US President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline is sparking renewed interest in shipping Canadian oil-sands crude by rail, and that comes with its own environmental risks.
Malaysia has awarded shallow-water exploration Block SB405 to U.S. major ConocoPhillips off the coast of Sabah.
Diving contractors have good reason to be cautiously optimistic for the rest of 2021, according to new research from Aberdeen-based energy market intelligence firm Archer Knight.
US oil majors ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips had their credit ratings lowered after S&P Global Ratings followed through on its recent warning and revised the industry’s risk profile due to climate change and weak earnings.
Petronas MPM has officially introduced Malaysia’s Small Fields Asset (SFA) production-sharing contract framework as part of an effort to revive its domestic upstream sector and lure new money.
This coming decade will be defined by three historic, global challenges: building a resilient recovery from the devastating Covid-19 pandemic; achieving the UN goal of universal access to energy for all populations; and charting an ambitious course - at COP26 and beyond - for tackling the threat we all face from the climate emergency.
S&P Global Ratings has downgraded its outlook for a number of energy majors, driven by concerns around the energy transition and pressure on profitability.
Westwood Global Energy reports that there were four exploration well programmes active as of December 28. Three exploration well programmes were spudded in December and two exploration programmes completed.
ConocoPhillips may dismiss as much as one-fourth of its Houston headquarters staff as the largest independent oil explorer cuts costs and prepares for the takeover of Concho Resources Inc.
The West of Shetland oil and gas (WoS) basin has long been held aloft as the UK’s last great hope for indigenous oil and gas production growth.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has criticised Chrysaor after failing to maintain the launching system for its only lifeboat on board the Jade platform.
Repsol’s potential fast-track development of its Kali Berau Dalam (KBD) giant gas discovery in Indonesia is at risk as the company struggles to agree an attractive sales price with the government.
ConocoPhillips lost $450 million in the third quarter as low crude prices and reduced production during the coronavirus pandemic continued to take a toll on the company's bottom line.
Prosafe has won a $13.6 million deal to provide ConocoPhillips with offshore accommodation on the Ekofisk field for the tie-in of the Tommeliten Alpha field development.
Cenovus Energy Inc. agreed to buy Husky Energy Inc. in a C$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion) all-stock deal that will combine two of the largest players in Canada’s beleaguered oil-sands industry, which is struggling after the slump in crude prices.
ConocoPhillips agreed to buy Concho Resources Inc. for about $9.7 billion in stock, the largest shale industry deal since the collapse in energy demand earlier this year and one that will create a heavyweight driller in America’s most prolific oil field.
US oil and gas majors are lagging significantly behind their European counterparts in adapting to the energy transition, according to a new report.
Equinor has awarded a $290 million (£223m) contract to Odfjell Drilling for work on the 200-million-barrel Breidablikk field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Equinor and partners have made a final investment decision to develop the 200-million-barrel Breidablikk field in the Norwegian North Sea.
After reporting a $5 billion loss, Malaysian national oil company (NOC) Petronas is eager to see new money flow into its domestic upstream sector, especially as the majors, such as ExxonMobil, seek to exit the Southeast Asian nation.
Oil majors may be "pushed" to sell or swap more than $100billion of assets due to the energy transition, according to Rystad Energy.
East Timor is reassessing its ambitious petroleum development plans, which include the Woodside Petroleum-operated Greater Sunrise project, after discovering the economic analysis behind its proposed schemes is inaccurate.
Chrysaor, the UK’s largest offshore oil and gas producer, is mulling plans for electrification of its North Sea platforms.
ConocoPhillips managed to eke out a profit in the second quarter, despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic that has hammered the oil and gas industry.
Shifting political dynamics in East Timor hint at a change in direction for the petroleum sector as Woodside values the country’s proposed Greater Sunrise project at zero.