TotalEnergies Announces Major Oil Discovery Offshore Suriname
TotalEnergies and its partner APA Corporation have made significant...
TotalEnergies and its partner APA Corporation have made significant oil and associated gas discovery offshore one of the hottest basins for major oil finds in recent years, the Guyana-Suriname Basin offshore South America.
The French supermajor and APA Corporation found significant amounts of oil and associated gas in the Krabdagu-1 well, in the central area of Block 58 offshore Suriname, TotalEnergies said on Monday. The discovery announced today follows four previous Suriname discoveries—Maka, Sapakara, Kwaskwasi, and Keskesi.
Marathon’s Huge Louisiana Refinery Rocked by Explosion, Fire
Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s oil refinery near New Orleans exploded into flames on Monday,...
Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s oil refinery near New Orleans exploded into flames on Monday, threatening to crimp fuel supplies and raise pump prices at a time of already rampant inflation.
The company’s Garyville, Louisiana, plant is one of the nation’s largest and a key supplier of gasoline, diesel and other fuels. Marathon said five people were injured. The blaze that started around 9:30 a.m. local time was declared extinguished about 4 1/2 hours later.
U.S. drillers add oil and gas rigs for seventh week
U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a seventh week in a row...
U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a seventh week in a row for the first time since February 2021 after crude prices this week soared to their highest since 2014.
The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose 10 to 645 in the week to Feb. 18, its highest since April 2020, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed report on Friday. I
That puts the total rig count up 248 rigs, or 62%, over this time last year.
U.S. oil rigs rose by four to 520 this week, their highest since April 2020, while gas rigsrose six, their biggest weekly gain since May 2021, to 124, their highest since December 2019.
Here comes $7 gas prices, warns oil strategist in dire outlook
Drivers best start bracing for another surge in gas prices amid the conflict between Russia and Ukraine...
Drivers best start bracing for another surge in gas prices amid the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and years of under-investment by the oil industry, warns one veteran energy strategist.
"My guess is that you are going to see $5 a gallon at any triple-digit [oil prices] ... as soon as you get to $100. And you might get to $6.50 or $7. Forget about $150 a barrel, I don't know where we will be by then," Energy Word founder Dan Dicker said on Yahoo Finance Live.
The average price nationally for gas currently stands at $3.47.