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IEA: The World Needs Upstream Oil and Gas Investment

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The world needs upstream investments in existing oil and gas fields to support global energy security, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston.

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US Oil, Gas Rig Count Falls

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The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States slipped this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 1-rig increase in the week prior. The number of oil rigs stayed the samedown by 18 compared to this time last year. Miscellaneous rigs were unchanged at 5.

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IEA: The world needs upstream oil and gas investment

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(Oil Price) –The world needs upstream investments in existing oil and gas fields to support global energy security, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston. Atkinson authored a report in partnership with Mark P.

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Russia Set to Resume Oil & Gas Operations in Iraqi Kurdistan 

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Russia is to restart its key oil and gas operations in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) according to recent comments from its Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev.

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UK Oil & Gas: Too Legit to Quit, Even for Labour

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When the Labour Party of Keir Starmer won the latest UK elections, it vowed to stop new oil and gas exploration. In early February, a Scottish court ruled the previous governments approval of two new oil and gas projects in the North Sea unlawful.

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"Drill, Baby, Drill": Natural Gas Producers Eye a Boom

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oil production continues, rallying natural gas prices are setting the stage for a rebound in Americas gas output this year, following months of output curtailments in 2024. natural gas prices above the $4 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) level, up by 160% in one year. While the slowdown in U.S.

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Exxon Bets Big on Natural Gas in Its Eighth Guyana Oil Project

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ExxonMobils eighth oil project offshore Guyana will also be the biggest natural gas development of the Exxon-led consortium in the prolific Stabroek Block. Exxon and its partners in Guyanas oil projects, U.S. Hess Corp and CNOOC of China, expect to produce up to 1.5