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September 27, 2024
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Lewis Energy Group to acquire a 45% interest in dry gas producing assets owned and operated by Lewis Energy Group in the Eagle Ford basin in Texas.
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September 26, 2024
Upon closing, the combined company will be the largest natural gas producer in the U.S. and assume the name Expand Energy Corporation.
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September 25, 2024
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement estimates that approximately 29.18% of the current oil production and 16.85% of the current natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut-in.
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September 25, 2024
The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed $2,308,419.00 in fines involving 656 enforcement dockets against operators and businesses at the Commissioners’ Conference on Tuesday. 
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September 24, 2024
The two countries have overlapping claims to the seabed north of Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territories, which is thought to contain significant oil reserves. The Arctic is also a region that has become increasingly accessible and has drawn greater interest from Russia and China.
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September 23, 2024
While the storm is expected to strike the northeastern part of the Gulf, it has had an impact on some energy operations. Shell Plc shut the Appomattox and Stones oil facilities and evacuated non-essential personnel from assets in the Mars corridor, according to a company statement. Chevron Corp. also removed some crews from offshore installations.
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September 19, 2024
The growth has made the U.S. the world’s largest oil producer — pumping almost 50% more crude each day than Saudi Arabia. It’s “been good for the American consumer and good for national security,” said John Podesta, the senior adviser to the president for international climate policy.
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September 18, 2024
Lance is among several CEOs looking to utilize North America’s gas reserves, of which the head of ConocoPhillips says is “substantial.” Lance went as far as to predict “a century” of available resources.
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September 18, 2024
The well will be drilled as a deviated hole with a total measured depth of approximately 7,500 m and is expected to take 50 - 60 days to drill and evaluate. The well lies within tie-back distance to both the Who Dat G subsea manifold (6 km) and the Who Dat FPS.
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September 17, 2024
The Midland, Texas-based company, which recently finalized its acquisition of Endeavor Energy, has also signed a nonbinding letter of intent with nuclear power developer Oklo Inc. to deploy small reactors for some of its future electricity needs.
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September 17, 2024
The permitting halt, which went into effect earlier this year, will raise energy costs, threaten supplies for America’s European allies and increase emissions by slowing the transition from coal to gas, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said in a speech at the GasTech conference in Houston Tuesday.
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September 12, 2024
Diamondback Energy announced that it has closed its merger with Endeavor Energy Resources, the company said on Sept. 10.
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September 12, 2024
bp has chosen ABS to support its deepwater Kaskida project in the Gulf of Mexico. ABS will provide classification and engineering verification for the project's new semisubmersible production unit.
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September 11, 2024
Harris twice invoked the surge in U.S. crude and natural gas production in the televised proceedings — a striking embrace of the nation’s fossil fuel output for a candidate who more often touts her green credentials and history of attacking the oil and gas industry as California’s top prosecutor.
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September 11, 2024
Personnel have been evacuated from a total of 171 production platforms, 46% of the 371 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Evacuations have also commenced from three non-dynamically positioned rigs, equivalent to 60% of the five rigs of this type currently operating in the Gulf. A total of four DP rigs have moved off location out of the storm’s path as a precaution. This number represents 20% of the 20 DP rigs currently operating in the Gulf.
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September 11, 2024
The properties are located in the Central Basin Platform, Texas and New Mexico Shelf, and Northwest Shelf, and currently represent estimated net production of 21,000 boed, of which approximately 57% is oil.
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September 09, 2024
The American Petroleum Institute is raising concerns over the recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland to vacate the National Marine Fisheries Services’ (NMFS) Biological Opinion in the Gulf of Mexico.
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September 09, 2024
The group led by Saudi Arabia and Russia delayed easing supply curbs last week, but now needs to pick which way it wants to go ahead of next year, given outlook for balances was “not great”, said Ben Luckock, global head of oil at Trafigura.
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September 09, 2024
Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell are among the companies taking measures such as evacuating workers from vulnerable installations, suspending drilling activities, and shutting in some wells. The storm’s forecast path intersects with fields that account for roughly 125,000 bpd and 300 MMcfgd. Francine may rake nine major platforms, including Enchilada, Cerveza, Perdido and Hoover.
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September 08, 2024
Slim has consistently ramped up his investments in Talos and US refiner PBF Energy Inc. over the past year in a sign that the 84-year-old billionaire sees plenty of upside in the oil and gas industry. In his native Mexico, Slim has partnered with Talos to explore one of the country’s most promising new discoveries in decades.
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September 08, 2024
According to the Railroad Commission of Texas, the agency plugged 1,012 orphan wells in Fiscal Year 2024 using state funds. This exceeded the fiscal year’s goal of plugging 1,000 wells with state funds, making it the eighth year in a row in which the RRC has surpassed its legislative target.
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