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Baker Hughes exceeds estimates for first quarter 2023
Oilfield services company Baker Hughes beat profit estimates for the first quarter of 2023. The Houston-based company reported revenues of $5.7bn for the quarter, up 18% year on year, and orders of $7.6bn for the quarter, an increase of 12% y/y.
GHG emissions from Canada’s oil and gas up 4% in 2021
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector rose by around 4% in 2021 compared with a year earlier, according to the official National Inventory Report.
US to end Congress-mandated sales from SPR
The United States will end congressionally ordered sales of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to try to refill the reserve.
Biden administration approves LNG exports from Alaska project
The Biden administration gave the green light on April 13 to exports of LNG from the Alaska LNG project to countries with which the US does not have a free trade agreement. The majority of the LNG produced at the facility would be shipped to Asia.
Cyberattackers may have targeted Canadian gas distribution station
Pro-Russia hackers – purportedly working with a Russian spy agency – claim to have breached a Canadian gas pipeline company. This is according to leaked US documents from the Pentagon.
ExxonMobil has been considering purchase of shale producer Pioneer
ExxonMobil has been eyeing a potential purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources that would make the supermajor the largest player in the Permian Basin.
ConocoPhillips predicts major cash flow gains, up to 5% output growth
ConocoPhillips has said it expects to generate around $115bn in free cash flow for distribution over the next decade while also increasing annual oil and gas output by up to 5%.
Enbridge CEO says pipeline business has robust growth opportunities
Enbridge’s CEO, Greg Ebel, said that the Canadian company’s oil pipeline business has robust opportunities for growth opportunities. He said that oil output in Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico and Western Canada should continue to expand.
Diamondback eyes selling Permian assets
Diamondback Energy is considering selling non-core assets in the western Permian Basin for as much as $1bn.
Private equity firm NGP considers $7bn Permian sales
NGP Energy Capital Management is reportedly eyeing the sale of two Permian Basin-oriented oil producers.
Oklahoma shuts in 12 disposal wells
Oklahoma regulators have shut in 12 disposal wells in the Arbuckle formation following several recent tremors.
Tellurian seeks Japanese and Indian investment for Driftwood LNG project
US LNG developer Tellurian is holding discussions with Japanese and Indian companies on potential investment in Tellurian’s planned Driftwood LNG terminal, the company’s CEO Octavio Simoes told Nikkei on April 11.
Tellurian agrees to $1bn deal for Driftwood LNG project land
US LNG developer Tellurian has reached an agreement with an unnamed New York-based institutional investor to sell around 800 acres in Louisiana where it is building its Driftwood LNG project, the company revealed on April 6.
Ovintiv expands in Permian with $4.3bn purchase
US shale producer Ovintiv has acquired $4.3bn of oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin in Texas from private equity firm EnCap.
ExxonMobil – decarbonisation business could outgrow oil and gas
ExxonMobil and Linde have signed a long-term agreement for the offtake of carbon dioxide (CO2) at Linde’s proposed clean hydrogen production plant in Beaumont, Texas.
KBR awarded engineering contract for Equinor’s $9bn Bay du Nord
KBR Industrial Canada has received a letter of intent from Equinor Canada for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of the topside facilities of the proposed Bay Du Nord project.
US appeals court again blocks Mountain Valley pipeline
Equitrans Midstream’s Mountain Valley pipeline (MVP) has again been blocked by a federal court.
Judge rejects injunction against ConocoPhillips’ Willow
A federal judge has rejected a plea to halt construction at ConocoPhillips’ Willow project on the North Slope of Alaska.
Yara, Enbridge plan $2.9bn blue ammonia plant in Texas
Yara Clean Ammonia and Enbridge Inc. will jointly develop and construct a $2.9bn low-carbon blue ammonia production facility in Texas.
Cheniere seeks permit for Corpus Christi LNG plant expansion
Cheniere Energy has filed an application with US regulators for another expansion of its Corpus Christi LNG export plant in Texas.
Global gas flaring drops 3% in 2022
The global oil and gas industry managed to reduce gas flaring by 3% last year to 139 bcm, from 144 bcm in the previous year, the World Bank reported on March 29 in its new Global Gas Flaring Report (GGFR), despite oil output rising by 5% to 80mn bpd.
US LNG exports reach record high in March, elevated by Freeport’s return to full power
US LNG producers recorded a record month in March, shipping 7.73mn tonnes of the super-chilled fuel, according to data from Refinitiv Eikon. The figure surpasses the country’s previous record high of 7.67mn tonnes exported in March 2022.
Venture Global to make repairs at Calcasieu Pass, delaying start of commercial operations
US LNG company Venture Global LNG will make repairs at the Calcasieu Pass export plant in Louisiana, delaying the start of the facility’s full commercial operations, the company revealed on March 31.

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