Bedrijven in de industrie hebben in het eerste kwartaal van 2017 een omzetgroei van 10,3 procent behaald. Daarmee zet de industrie de groei door die eind vorig jaar begon. Ook de afzetprijzen stegen met 10,3...Lees verder
China’s independent refiners account for roughly one third of the country’s downstream, yet for years, these private companies, nicknamed ‘teapots’ for their simple refining configuration, were virtually unknown to global crude markets. … [Persbericht]Lees verder
Het energieverbruik is in 2016 met 2 procent gestegen tot 3131 petajoule. Vooral het aardgasverbruik steeg, met 80 petajoule. De winning van aardgas daalde juist met 120 petajoule. Het olieverbruik steeg met 20 petajoule en...Lees verder
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announces the signing of two agreements by Shell Canada Energy, Shell Canada Limited and Shell Canada Resources (“Shell”) — which are detailed in this announcement — that will see Shell...Lees verder
The Trump administration is reportedly launching a rollback of vehicle efficiency standards that greatly benefit the US economy. These standards save consumers money, create jobs, help reduce US reliance on foreign oil, and lower carbon...Lees verder
Global oil supply could struggle to keep pace with demand after 2020, risking a sharp increase in prices, unless new projects are approved soon, according to the latest five-year oil market forecast from the International...Lees verder
This year marks a new period of oil market management by leading oil producers, who put together in late 2016 the most comprehensive agreement to limit oil output seen since 2009. The agreement brought to...Lees verder
For the trading community, 2017’s ‘IP week’ in London (20-23 February) was not just concerned with the forecast level of crude oil prices, but about how those prices are expressed, assessed and reported. Once again...Lees verder
In de nieuwe Mijnbouwwet, die vanaf 1 januari van kracht is, is de veiligheid van burgers bij mijnbouwactiviteiten beter gewaarborgd. Bovendien is vastgelegd op welke wijze burgers beter te betrekken bij de besluitvorming over het...Lees verder
New research by DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, shows oil and gas companies seeking to rebalance business portfolios and reorganizing for a new era. In a period of drawn-out...Lees verder
This paper explores how the oil price path could evolve in 2017 by assessing the various oil price risks under alternative forecast scenarios pertaining to future market conditions. It is shown that even without the...Lees verder
BP today announced it has agreed to sell part of its interests in the Magnus oil field and some associated pipeline infrastructure in the UK northern North Sea and in the Sullom Voe Terminal (SVT)...Lees verder
BP today announced that it has started up the Thunder Horse South Expansion project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico 11 months ahead of schedule and $150 million under budget. The project is expected to boost...Lees verder
In connection with the interim report for the first nine months of 2016, DONG Energy announced that the company has initiated a process with the ultimate aim of divesting its activities within exploration and production...Lees verder
One year after the licence award Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery close to Norne estimated at between 20 and 80 million barrels.
“It’s great kicking off the new year with a discovery,” says...Lees verder
On 30 December 2016 Statoil and Wintershall Norge (“Wintershall”) completed their previously announced transaction, whereby Statoil has acquired Wintershall’s 25% interest in the Byrding project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). As a result, Statoil’s operated...Lees verder
SOCAR (the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and AIOC (the Azerbaijan International Operating Company) today signed a letter of intent (LoI) for the future development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the...Lees verder
Gullfaks was something of a final exam for Statoil – the first field where the company was both developer and operator. Since production started on 22 December 1986, 2.6 billion barrels of oil have passed...Lees verder
The Rumaila Operating Organisation (ROO), composed of BP, PetroChina and the South Oil Company of Iraq, today announced that the Rumaila oilfield has produced three billion barrels of oil since the joint venture began operating...Lees verder
BP today signed an agreement with the Supreme Petroleum Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) that grants BP a 10% interest in Abu Dhabi’s ADCO onshore...Lees verder
