Even if OPEC+ decided to resume phased increases, it would review each step every month, allowing it to hit pause if oil demand growth were to disappoint, according to a delegate. SourceContinue Reading
Exxon was forced to shut or reduce runs at its large refining and petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast, but its quarterly filing showed that its oil and gas production facilities also suffered substantial reductions in earnings. SourceContinue Reading
Many OPEC-watchers had been expecting the group to roll over its production quotas for at least one month, so any deviation from that could be bearish. It remains to be seen whether the call from U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to her Saudi counterpart Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman could tip the balance in the another...Continue Reading
The American Petroleum Institute’s senior vice president for policy, economic and regulatory affairs Frank Macchiarola says the White House’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan jeopardizes both union and non-union jobs in the U.S. energy sector. SourceContinue Reading
CGG has been awarded three major seismic imaging projects by BP, two from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and one from offshore Trinidad and Tobago. These projects will start in Q1/Q2 this year and complete with cloud delivery of the data no later than Q4 of 2021. SourceContinue Reading
The revision, which mainly affects the next few months, follows a recommendation from OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo that the coalition should remain very cautious. SourceContinue Reading
The $2.25 trillion, eight-year proposal is a follow-up to the $1.9 trillion economic relief bill passed earlier this month. To cover the costs, Biden wants to raise corporate taxes to 28% from 21%. The plan also seeks a minimum tax on profits U.S. corporations earn overseas, increasing the rate to 21% from roughly 13%. SourceContinue Reading
The president’s plans, part of a $2.25 trillion infrastructure and stimulus blueprint he is set to unveil in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, are meant to catalyze investments in a clean energy economy and encourage low-emission technology necessary to constrain global warming. SourceContinue Reading
Texas moved to stop the city of Austin and others from imposing a California-style ban on natural gas in new homes and buildings, the latest salvo in the gas industry’s bid to protect itself from local climate regulations. SourceContinue Reading
It’s the latest in a series of incidents that are undermining the southern African country’s hopes of developing some of the continent’s biggest private investment projects. As much as $120 billion of investments by Total, Exxon Mobil Corp. and other companies may be approved by 2026, according to Standard Bank Group Ltd. SourceContinue Reading
