As the European Union introduces an extensive windfall tax, the region is putting pressure on other parts of the world to do the same. The U.K. may have already taxed oil and gas companies to subsidize rising consumer energy bills, but the E.U. is going one step further by planning a total overhaul of the energy market. Yet, other world powers, such as the U.S., have avoided taxing energy companies, instead turning to the oil
After finishing the week as the worst performing sector amid growing recession fears, the energy sector has been paring back losses with WTI crude up 1.7% to $79.79/barrel while Brent has added 1.3% to trade at $87.42/barrel in Wednesday’s intraday session. Risk averse sentiment also hit U.S. natural gas futures, with the front-month October contract falling nearly 10% over the past week to trade at $6.54/MMBtu. Oil prices are a long way off their mid-June peak, when Brent
n more ways than one, the IPO market isn’t quite what it used to be a decade or two ago. The proportion of U.S. companies that choose to go public has been on a steady decline for more than two decades now, with startups often opting to sell out to bigger firms or remain private. Many observers have laid the blame for this unfortunate trend squarely on increasing red tape including rising regulatory and disclosure
BP has restarted production at its offshore Na Kika and Thunder Horse oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico after redeploying previously evacuated staff, BP PLC said on Thursday. BP halted production on the two platforms on Monday ahead of Hurricane Ian that made landfall in Florida on Wednesday. Chevron had also evacuated personnel and shut its production at its Petronius and Blind Faith platforms in the Gulf ahead of the storm. As of Thursday, 11 total
While traders and investors in the paper oil market are focused on looming recessions and interest rate hikes, those on the ground – executives at oil producers and commodity traders – warn of oil price spikes in the future as years of underinvestment have depleted capacity and the potential of new oil production to fill the growing supply gap. Recession Fears Drag Oil $40 A Barrel Down From Spring Peak Growing fears of imminent recessions
Atlas Petroleum, as a legacy investor in Equatorial Guinea, has been a partner in Block P prior to Vaalco’s entrance to the block, and remains an investor with active participating interest in Block P Atlas Petroleum notes the recent press statement by Vaalco Energy, Inc. on the Block P Venus discovery Plan of Development (POD). We are in constant communication with the government and have never received a letter from the government or GEPetrol that
The Invest in Congo side event at AEW 2022 will showcase investment opportunities across the Central African country’s oil and gas industry Representing Africa’s premier energy event, the 2022 edition of the African Energy Week (AEW) (www.AECWeek.com) conference and exhibition aims to position African oil and gas-producing countries as globally attractive energy investment destinations by uniting African energy stakeholders and policymakers with global energy companies and investors to discuss investment trends and the future of African
Africa Oil Week Gold Sponsor SNPC shares its expertise ahead of AOW 2022 Ahead of Africa Oil Week (AOW) 2022 (www.Africa-OilWeek.com), gold sponsor SNPC shares their thoughts on exploration and development of natural hydrogen in the Congo Project Assessment of the CO2 sequestration potential in the Congolese coastal basinContext of the Project: Fight against greenhouse gases from the production of hydrocarbons/ promotion and valorization of renewable energiesPARTNER: PGSOBJECTIVES: Decarbonization of oil production activity in the
This year’s Prospects Forum will showcase a wide range of attractive farm-in and exploration opportunities in established and frontier markets Amidst a recent surge of exploratory drilling in Africa, Africa Oil Week (https://Africa-OilWeek.com) is organizing once again a Prospects Forum to offer a platform that will showcase some of the most attractive farm-in and exploration opportunities on the continent. The Prospects Forum will be moderated and animated by African investment and commodities research agency Hawilti
The U.S. delegation’s participation in these prominent events will be a chance for the United States to meaningfully engage with its African partners CAPE TOWN, South Africa, September 29, 2022/APO Group/ — Senior officials from the United States Departments of Energy and State will be heading to South Africa to attend Africa Oil Week (https://Africa-OilWeek.com) and its sister event the Green Energy Africa Summit, taking place here from 3-7 October and 4-5 October 2022, respectively.
