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Turkey nets largest-ever find with Tuna-1 gas discovery
- 21 八月 2020
A gas discovery of the scale of the Tuna-1 find in the Black Sea, if developed, would be transformational for Turkey, given its overwhelming reliance on imports and crippling energy import bill. Turkey is chiefly reliant on piped gas from Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran but the share of liquefied natural gas imports has also continued to grow.
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BP underscores commitment to energy transition
- 04 八月 2020
Today’s BP strategy update marked a big step forward, filling in many of the blanks, including detailed guidance to 2030. It leaves stakeholders with a much clearer idea of where BP is headed over the next decade, how it will to get there and what that means for the value proposition.
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Chevron swoops on Noble in US$13bn deal
- 20 七月 2020
Chevron is set to buy Noble Energy in a US$13 billion all-stock transaction, including US$5 billion in equity. This is the first large-scale corporate acquisition of this downturn.
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Woodside takes impairment but is a US$80 carbon price the bigger news?
- 15 七月 2020
Wood Mackenzie analysts delved deeper into implications of Woodside's announced US$80 carbon price.
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Shell's write-down of Australian assets not a surprise
- 01 七月 2020
It’s no surprise to see Shell writing down the value of its assets, in line with the new post-pandemic energy demand outlook. In fact, we’ve revised the value of oil and gas assets in Asia Pacific by US$200 billion as a result of a lower oil price outlook.
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Shell's US$22bn write down 'signals fundamental change'
- 30 六月 2020
Royal Dutch Shell said on 20 June it would write off assets worth up to $22 billion on the back of weakening oil and gas demand due to the coronavirus pandemic and a weaker energy price outlook.
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Chevron to sell stake in North West Shelf LNG
- 18 六月 2020
Chevron continuing to high-grade its portfolio and putting its 16.7% stake in the NWS up for sale makes a lot of sense.
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BP asset write-down 'is significant for sector'
- 16 六月 2020
Speaking after BP announced it was writing down as much as $17.5 billion when it reports its second quarter results, Luke Parker, vice president, corporate analysis, said: “The impairment shouldn’t come as a big surprise, but the implications – near-term and long-term – are significant.”
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Market set to tighten as OPEC+ agrees to extend 9.7 million b/d output cut
- 06 六月 2020
OPEC+ today (6 June 2020) agreed a one-month extension of the 9.7 million barrels per day (b/d) production cut. The extension will tighten the market further and could see Brent prices rise from the current $40/bbl toward $45-to-$50/bbl.
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Shell dividend cut frees up US$10bn
- 30 四月 2020
Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell today slashed its dividend by 66%, the first time the company has cut cash distributions to shareholders since World War II. The annual pay-out will fall from US$14.9 billion to US$5.1 billion, freeing up US$10 billion of capital.
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Arrow Energy sanctions Surat Gas Project
- 17 四月 2020
Arrow Energy sanctions Surat Gas Project
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Shell 'to be net-zero company by 2050'
- 16 四月 2020
Commenting after Shell announced its intention to become net-zero company by 2050, Luke Parker, vice president, corporate analysis, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “This is an evolution of the net carbon footprint ambition that Shell unveiled in November 2017.
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Collapsing demand sets the terms in the OPEC+ battle for market share
- 09 四月 2020
Since OPEC+’s failure to agree on production restraint on 5-6 March, the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have become far clearer, sparking a crisis in the oil market as prices fell and supply ramped up. The problem for these producers is the scale of the fall in oil demand, especially during April and forecast for Q2 2020. No matter the size of the varying forecasts, they all point to a challenging market that puts pressure on storage space and prices.
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Equinor carves Gulf of Mexico niche with Monument discovery
- 06 四月 2020
Norwegian operator Equinor today announced it struck 200 feet of oil pay at the Monument exploration well, in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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US$210bn of new spend in firing line as players target cost cuts
- 02 四月 2020
The oil price crash has hit the upstream sector hard. Deep cuts are being made across the board, but it will have a dramatic impact on the industry’s project pipeline. Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes almost all pre-FID projects will be deferred. Of the 50+ projects we identified with potential to go ahead this year, only 10 have a chance of proceeding, but all are at risk.
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Can the North Sea survive the price rout?
- 23 三月 2020
The North Sea has weathered several storms in its 50-year existence. But the events of the past few weeks mean the sector is entering uncharted waters. The coronavirus pandemic and collapse in OPEC+ production restraint has seen Brent reach its lowest point since 2003.
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Industry slashes spending as price rout deepens: Can companies cope?
- 19 三月 2020
Survival mode has returned to the oil and gas sector as the oil price rout deepens. Corporate financials are in better shape than during the 2014/2015 crash, but room for manoeuvre is limited. Can companies cope with prices this low?
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Companies pass on the US Gulf of Mexico lease sale
- 18 三月 2020
Today’s region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 254 saw 84 bids received from 22 participating companies, with high bids totalling US$93 million. That amounts to roughly half of the previous lease sale, held in August 2019.
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New CEO Looney rings changes at BP with ambitious climate plan
- 12 二月 2020
Speaking after BP’s new chief executive Bernard Looney unveiled the major’s ambitious climate commitments today, Luke Parker, vice president, corporate analysis, said: “BP joins Shell, Total, Equinor and Repsol in making a major commitment to reduce its net carbon footprint. “This marks a major turnaround in BP’s position. Just 12 months ago former CEO Bob Dudley said the company could not be held accountable for how people use its products. Looney is taking the company in a very different direction.” Parker added: “It’s an ambition, rather than a target, but the commitment appears to be unconditional. In terms of scale of commitment, this puts BP towards the top of the pack, along with Repsol and Equinor. “This will see BP’s business completely transformed over the coming decades: renewables and carbon abatement will get very big, legacy oil and gas will eventually get smaller. But the transition to 2050 is a multi-decade transition - not something that will happen in the next year or so.”
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Jebel Ali gas find ‘largest since 2005’
- 03 二月 2020
The announcement of an 80 trillion cubic feet (tcf) find at Jebel Ali, on the border between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, is hugely significant for the United Arab Emirates. Liam Yates, an analyst on Wood Mackenzie’s Middle East upstream team, said: “The find ranks as the largest global gas discovery since Galkynysh (South Iolotan). The Turkmen field was discovered in 2005."
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PNG government calls off P'nyang Gas Agreement negotiations
- 03 二月 2020
The government of PNG has called-off negotiations on the development of the ExxonMobil-operated P’nyang gas field.
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India's 2020 energy outlook
- 23 一月 2020
India's 2020 energy outlook
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Talos shells out US$640m for Gulf of Mexico assets
- 12 十二月 2019
Talos Energy, in its pursuit of growth in the US Gulf of Mexico, has announced a series of purchases, worth $640 million assets in the region
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Deeper OPEC+ supply cuts sends supportive signal to markets
- 06 十二月 2019
After a marathon meeting, running late into the night of 5 December, the OPEC+ group has agreed to continue its current production restraint of 1.2 million barrels per day (b/d), and will add a further 0.5 million b/d of supply cuts through to March 2020.
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Brazil’s PSC Round 6 disappoints as Petrobras lodges sole bid
- 07 十一月 2019
Speaking after this morning’s PSC round, Juliana Miguez, from Wood Mackenzie’s Latin America upstream team, said: “Petrobras has returned to the headlines. One day after it dominated the Transfer of Rights Surplus round, the NOC placed the only bid of today’s auction."
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Majors cautious as Petrobras takes prize in Brazil’s TOR round
- 06 十一月 2019
Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil licences – the Transfer of Rights round – saw state-controlled Petrobras walk away with the biggest prizes, the Búzios and Itapu blocks.
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Santos to acquire ConocoPhillips northern Australian assets
- 14 十月 2019
Santos announced today its plans to acquire ConocoPhillips’s northern Australian portfolio. This is a logical and attractive transaction for a number of reasons.
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Brazil licensing round sets record as Majors eye November's prizes
- 10 十月 2019
Brazil's Licensing Round 16 set a record – the BRL 8.9 billion (US$2.2 billion) in signature bonuses is the highest yet for a Brazilian round. Of the 36 blocks on offer, 12 were awarded, all in the prolific offshore Campos and Santos basins. Malaysia’s Petronas, Qatar’s QPI, Spanish producer Repsol and the US’ Chevron all bid high. QPI and Petronas were the biggest spenders of the day, as well as Petrobras. Only Campos and Santos basin blocks were awarded, with frontier acreage failing to attract interest.
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Red-letter day for Norway as Johan Sverdrup comes on stream
- 08 十月 2019
First oil from Johan Sverdrup – Norway’s sixth-largest discovery, with reserves of around 2.7 billion barrels – is a red-letter day for the partners and the Norwegian state. The decision to sanction the development was the country's largest final investment decision in more than 30 years.
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ExxonMobil farewells Norway with US$4.5bn Vår Energi deal
- 27 九月 2019
ExxonMobil is selling its Norwegian business to Eni/HitecVision-owned Vår Energi for US$4.5 billion, Norway’s biggest deal since the Statoil-Norsk Hydro merger in 2006.

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