
Category: Oil & Gas

ExxonMobil, employees donate over $170,000 to New Mexico’s tertiary institutions
ExxonMobil and its employees contributed more than $170,000 to institutions of 6 higher education across New Mexico as part of the ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2017 Educational Matching Gift Program. ExxonMobil employees, retirees, directors and surviving spouses contributed more than $42,700 to 6 New Mexico colleges and universities, which was matched by more than $128,000 in unrestricted…

Oil investors advocate action against climate change
Energy Worth with Agency Report Some of the world’s biggest fund managers are ratcheting up the pressure on oil and gas companies, expressing fear that a lack of action over tackling climate change could risk their investments. The comments come days before major oil companies kick off annual shareholder meetings, where they are already facing…

NNPC loses N546bn to policy somersault in three years …Kachikwu, Baru power tussle frustrating progress
By Energy Worth Failure by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to reform the oil and gas sector has pushed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)’s revenue loss to over N546 billion. The trend does not only represent the loss of potential revenue for government but also constitutes a major challenge for the 2018 budget expectations…

Is $70 oil adequate for Shale Drillers?
By Tsvetana Paraskova WTI Crude prices have recently surged to their highest level in three and a half years—just above $70 a barrel. In theory, that’s higher than the average breakeven costs of all key U.S. shale plays. Even $60 WTI is higher than the average breakeven prices, as per the latest quarterly Dallas Fed…

World’s biggest oil traders compete to buy Petrobras Nigerian assets
By Tsvetana Paraskova Vitol, Glencore, and Shell—the three biggest oil traders in the world—are in the running to buy the Nigerian oil assets of Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting banking and industry sources in the know. As part of its asset sale program aimed at raising billions of U.S. dollars…

Goldman: Don’t bet against oil
By Nick Cunningham On Thursday, Brent topped $80 per barrel for the first time since November 2014, breaching a psychological threshold amid tightening inventories and widening geopolitical risk. Yet, even as oil prices have rallied to their highest point in three and a half years, investors have pared back their bullish bets on oil futures….

NEC directs NNPC, others to refund N8tr, as excess crude account hits $1.803bn
By Energy Worth The National Economic Council (NEC) has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other agencies in the country to refund unremitted revenues in the sum of N8trillion (about $21billion) and another N526billion into the Federation Account. The council, headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, consists of governors of the 36 states…

Regulations that could push oil up to $90
By Nick Cunningham International regulations on the fuels used in shipping could tighten the oil market and push prices up to $90 per barrel in the next two years. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has new rules coming into effect at the start of 2020 requiring shipowners to dramatically lower the concentration of sulfur used…

Regulations that could push oil up to $90
By Nick Cunningham International regulations on the fuels used in shipping could tighten the oil market and push prices up to $90 per barrel in the next two years. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has new rules coming into effect at the start of 2020 requiring shipowners to dramatically lower the concentration of sulfur used…

Anxiety over Nigeria’s loss making in oil
It’s meant to be a cash cow, but the state oil company of Africa’s biggest producer is bleeding money. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Abuja-based behemoth that dominates the OPEC member’s energy industry, has made losses for at least the last three years, statements on its website show. It will probably register another in…