Fire reported at Exxon’s Rotterdam refinery
ExxonMobil said no injuries had resulted from a fire at its refinery in Rotterdam.
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ExxonMobil second quarter profits double
Second quarter profits doubled at US oil major ExxonMobil on the back of improved oil and gas sales figures and refining margins.
Majors slash drilling budgets as caution takes hold
Caution lights are flashing for the oil industry.
Majors beating slump as bosses learn to cope with $50 crude
Big Oil is starting to beat the crude-market slump as the industry rediscovers how to make money at lower prices.
ExxonMobil well in Guyana adds 500m barrels to discovery
US major ExxonMobil said yesterday that it had found more oil in the Payara reservoir offshore Guyana.
Exxon sues US government over £1.5m Ukraine sanctions fine
The Treasury Department has fined Exxon Mobil $2million (£1.5million) for showing “reckless disregard” for US sanctions on Russia while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the oil company’s chief executive.
ExxonMobil pulls plug on huge Indonesian field talks
ExxonMobil has pulled the plug on talks about the East Natuna gas block in Indonesia, a news report said.
ExxonMobil, Hess and Statoil sign contract for Suriname block
ExxonMobil and project partners Hess and Statoil have signed a production sharing contract for a block off Suriname.
Update: OGA hands out 12 licences in extra North Sea bidding round
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has dished out a dozen licences to 10 companies in its supplementary 2016 North Sea bidding round.
Oil majors among top contributors to greenhouse emissions, report says
Oil and gas supermajors and the national coal industries of three of the world's biggest countries are among the top contributors to climate change, according to a new report.
ExxonMobil ordered to make improvements at Ringhorne
The Norwegian offshore safety authority has told ExxonMobil to make improvements at its Ringhorne site in the Balder field.
Consortium agrees deal for Suriname offshore blocks
A consortium made up of ExxonMobil, Hess and Statoil has reached an agreement with Suriname’s energy agency on a production sharing contract for block 59 in the country.
Shell and ExxonMobil joint venture to protest Groningen cap
Nam - a joint venture between Shell and ExxonMobil – is to appeal against a Dutch government plan to lower the production cap at the Groningen natural gas field by a further 10%.
Greece approves exploration applications
The Greek energy ministry has approved the applications of a consortium of Total, ExxonMobil and Hellenic Petroleum oil and gas exploration off the island on Crete.
Exxon awards Liza FPSO to SBM Offshore
ExxonMobil has confirmed the award of contracts for the next phase of the Liza project in Guyana – including one for SBM Offshore.
Think-tank delivers climate change warning to oil majors
Major North Sea oil firms will have to cap their global spending by as much as 70% if international climate change targets are to be met, a financial think tank has warned.
Ex-BlackRock chief’s gas bet comes good with $6.7bn EQT deal
Five years ago, Daniel Rice III was asked to step down from a lucrative position at BlackRock because of the side business he’d created with his sons. That business just sold for $6.7billion.
Exxon’s shale drilling unit XTO to move 1,600 jobs to Houston
XTO Energy, the US shale drilling arm of Exxon Mobil, plans to move 1,600 workers to the Houston area from its Fort Worth headquarter offices starting in mid-2018.
ExxonMobil makes decision to proceed with Liza field
US supermajor ExxonMobil has decided to proceed with the first phase of development of the Liza field, located offshore Guyana.
ExxonMobil flows gas from Muruk 1 sidetrack test
Exxon Mobil has announced it has flowed gas from its production well tests at the Muruk 1 sidetrack 3 well in Papa New Guinea.
Exxon, Total signal interest in exploration off Crete
A joint venture involving ExxonMobil and Total has contacted the Greek Government to express an interest in exploring two blocks off Crete.
Exxon, Conoco support Paris deal as Trump announcement looms
President Donald Trump faces some unlikely opposition to the idea of pulling the US out of the 2015 Paris climate accord: ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, two of the world’s biggest oil producers.
Exxon squares off with shareholders in annual climate showdown
This week will be a public trial by fire for new Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Darren Woods.
Q&A: Russia’s ex-energy minister on the Opec deal and Moscow-Washington relations
Oil producing nations meet on Thursday to discuss extending production cuts to re-balance crude market supply and demand. The cuts, which came into effect on January 1, comprised a reduction of 1.2million barrels per day for Opec members, and 600,000 for non-Opec states, with Russia making up the bulk of that quota.
Chevron’s $54bn LNG plant hits new snag
Chevron’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas plant shut a production train for about a month, at least the eighth outage since operations started 14 months ago at the most-expensive project in the company’s history.