Friday, October 31, 2025

Energy Giant News

Shell profits above expectations, TotalEnergies at par with expectations despite lower prices

Shell and TotalEnergies reported quarterly profits that fell by 10% and 2% respectively on Thursday. The declines were largely due to lower oil prices. Shell, however, beat expectations thanks to better trading results at its vast gas division.

Adani Total Gas in India reports lower profits as imports increase costs

Adani Total Gas in India reported a drop in its second-quarter profits on Tuesday as higher costs for gas imports, after the government reduced cheaper supplies, weighed on earnings. The city gas distributor is a joint…

ConocoPhillips will lay off Canada employees by November, a company memo shows

According to three sources, and according to a memo from the company, ConocoPhillips will be laying off workers at its Canadian operations as part of its plan to reduce its global workforce to up to one quarter by next year.

Karachaganak, a Kazakh gas producer, reduces output after a drone strikes a Russian gas plant

The operator of Kazakhstan's Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field said in an email on Tuesday that production levels have been reduced following "an accident" at Russia's Orenburg Plant. Two industry sources said that on Monday…

Santos reduces 2025 production forecast on technical issue at Barossa Project

Santos Australia has lowered its output forecasts for the second time in this year after a technical problem delayed ramp-up at its Barossa project. Inclement weather also hampered recovery of the Cooper Basin project. No.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Cove Point in Maryland LNG export plant is back in service

According to a notice sent to customers by the company and data provided by financial firm LSEG, on October 13, U.S. energy giant Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s Cove Point liquefied gas export plant (LNG) in Maryland resumed service after a planned maintenance outage.

Bloomberg News reports that Exxon Mobil will cut 2,000 jobs as part of a restructuring.

Bloomberg News reported that Exxon Mobil, a U.S. energy giant, will lay off 2,000 employees globally as part a long-term reorganization plan. This is the latest in a series of job losses this year within the oil and gas sector.

Chevron anticipates a quarterly impact of up to $400 Million from the Hess Deal

Chevron, the U.S. energy giant, said it expected to suffer a loss of between $200 million and $400 million during the third quarter due to the Hess transaction. Chevron completed its $55 billion purchase of Hess, after…

Russia expects the new Sakhalin-3 project to begin operations in 2028

Russian news agencies reported on Thursday that the country is expecting to begin natural gas production in 2028 at the new Sakhalin-3 Project in the Pacific Ocean to supply gas to China as well as for domestic use. Valery Limarenko said that Gazprom…

TotalEnergies awarded a $5.3 billion contract by the French government for offshore wind

TotalEnergies announced on Wednesday that it had won a contract worth 4.5 billion euros ($5.30billion) from the French Government to build and develop a 1.5 gigawatt offshore wind farm in a consortium. According to a press release…

Sources say that the Astrakhan Gas Plant in Russia has ceased operations following a drone attack.

Three industry sources have confirmed that the Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant, owned by energy giant Gazprom in Russia, stopped producing motor fuel after an attack by drones caused a fire on September 22, according to three sources.

Sinopec to Begin Work on $3.7b Crude Oil Refinery

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Sri Lanka expects Chinese state energy giant Sinopec to start work on a $3.7 billion refinery this year and is considering the company's long-standing demand to sell more fuel locally, the energy minister said on Tuesday.The Sinopec refinery…

ConocoPhillips announces it will reduce its workforce by 20-25%. Shares fall

ConocoPhillips, the U.S. oil-and-gas producer, will reduce 20-25% its workforce in a restructuring that is expected to take place over the next few months, according to a spokesperson for the company. Five sources had…

Nigeria's TotalEnergies deal marks shift to gas development

The Nigerian production-sharing agreement with TotalEnergies will be a model for future agreements, according to the oil regulator. It is the first contract based on a new law aimed at boosting the gas production of the OPEC country.

Technip Energys selected by Commonwealth LNG for US LNG Project

Commonwealth LNG, a U.S. company, announced on Monday that it had selected Technip Energies, a French firm, to provide Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) for its 9.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa), LNG facility located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Spain's Endesa faces a $240 million claim for a LNG contract dispute

In a financial statement published on Tuesday, Endesa said that it faces claims for $240 million in an arbitration process relating to a review of the price of a long term contract of supply of liquefied gas. It said that the amount could change during arbitration…

EBRD lends Moldova 400 million euros for energy security

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced on Tuesday a 400 million euro loan ($468 million) to the state-owned energy company Energocom of Moldova for purchasing gas and electricity on European markets…

Sources: BP chartered tanker leaves sanctioned Nayara Energy port without loading oil

According to five sources in the industry and shipping data from LSEG, oil tanker Talara chartered by energy giant BP has left Vadinar, India's newly-sanctioned refiner Nayara Energy, without loading diesel, as planned.

BP will sell its US onshore wind business for an undisclosed amount to LS Power

BP announced on Friday that it had agreed to divest its U.S. Onshore Wind business to U.S. based power grid operator LS Power as part of its ongoing strategy to divest. The energy giant did not disclose the deal's value.

Source: Russian government talks tax relief for Gazprom

A government source revealed on Monday that the Russian government is considering tax reliefs for the energy giant Gazprom. These could be offset by higher taxes on gas producers in general. Novatek and Rosneft, two other major gas producers in Russia, are also listed.