The new Covid-19 strain — which is possibly already in the U.S., Germany, France and Switzerland — is raising the risk of more stay-at-home measures that would sap energy demand. The UK is considering putting more people under a severe lockdown to halt its spread. SourceContinue Reading
Apparel manufacturer The North Face is inviting scorn and maybe a little coal in their petroleum-based stockings this Christmas, writes Jason Modglin, President of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. SourceContinue Reading
Equinor and its license partners have decided to invest NOK 3 billion in the North Sea Statfjord Øst field to improve recovery by 23 million barrels of oil equivalent. SourceContinue Reading
Joe Biden made it clear on the campaign trail that he planned to take strong action to fight global warming. But his ambitious, $2 trillion climate plan will take time and resources. In the meantime, here are some of the smaller, immediate steps he can take — and a few that are probably much harder...Continue Reading
Google will start selling its cloud-computing services in Saudi Arabia through a deal with oil producer Aramco, risking a backlash from staff who oppose doing business with the fossil fuel industry or regimes accused of human rights abuses. SourceContinue Reading
The Nordic government beat back a lawsuit by environmental groups in the country’s Supreme Court, which ruled on Tuesday the authorities had acted lawfully by awarding exploration licenses in the Barents Sea to companies including Equinor ASA, Aker BP ASA and Lundin Petroleum AB. SourceContinue Reading
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies have shifted to a monthly schedule of meetings, so they can react more rapidly to changes in the market, and make more gradual production adjustments that are better suited to a volatile situation. SourceContinue Reading
Diamondback said it agreed to purchase closely held Guidon Operating LLC. That cash-and-stock deal values Guidon, which was co-founded in 2016 by funds managed with Blackstone Group, at about $862 million. SourceContinue Reading
Weir Oil and Gas Dubai signed a five-year $70 million contract with Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production, a subsidiary of state-owned energy conglomerate PTT, to supply and install 1,800 sets of wellheads and trees in the Gulf of Thailand. SourceContinue Reading
