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Oil Industry Profitability Under Pressure

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With crude oil prices dropping into the low $60s per barrel, profitability in the oil and gas industry is under pressure, squeezing cash flows and forcing companies to reassess their capital allocation. As a result, upstream investments are expected to decline.

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CNOOC Announces Seventh Upstream Startup in Chinese Waters This Year

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Brent Crude $66.90 +0.65% Natural Gas $3.69 -2.62% Latest Oil Prices SUBSCRIBE SEARCH ARTICLES NEWS CNOOC Announces Seventh Upstream Startup in Chinese Waters This Year by Jov Onsat | Rigzone Staff | Monday, June 09, 2025 | 3:37 AM EST Weizhou 5-3 is expected to reach a peak output of about 10,000 bpd next year. feet) deep.

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Galp Expects New Field to Boost Its Production in Brazil by 40%

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Portugal-based energy company Galp expects its oil production in Brazil to jump by 40% in the coming years as a new major field is set to begin production later in 2025, Nuno Bastos, EVP Upstream, has said. The Portuguese firms production in Brazil is about 110,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) at present.

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Refiners Defy Oil Price Slump With Strong Q1 Profits on Solid Margins

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Gulf Coast refiners processing Mars crude enjoying a doubling of margins to some $16 per barrel, $7 margins in Singapore for Dubai crude, and a 36% margin jump in Asia for Arab Light crude.

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OPEC Cuts Forecast of Oil Supply Growth From Rival Producers

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Lower upstream spending amid falling oil prices is set to slow the growth in oil supply from producers outside the OPEC+ pact this year and next, OPEC said in its monthly report on Wednesday.

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EOG Resources $5.6B Bet on the Utica: What It Could Mean for the Wider M&A Market 

Enverus

million net acres and more than two billion barrels of oil equivalent in undeveloped net resource. Implications for the Wider M&A Market This transaction is significant not just for EOG, but for the entire upstream M&A landscape. Key takeaways: EOG re-enters M&A  with a $5.6B billion in debt and $2.1

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Shell’s Upstream Production Records 1.859 mmboe/d in Q4 2024

Egypt Oil & Gas

Shell company announced, in a statement , that its upstream production recorded 1.859 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (mmboe/d) during Q4 2024. Additionally, the company’s integrated gas production amounted to 905,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) during Q4 2024.