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

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Currently, Galp holds stakes in various oilfields in the deep waters of the Santos basin in the prolific pre-salt layer offshore Brazil. 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.

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Chevron Expands Triple-Frac to Half of Its Permian Wells

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Chevron will boost the so-called triple fracs fracturing three wells with one frac spread at one time to more than half of its wells in the Permian basin, a Chevron executive told Reuters, amid efforts to reduce the costs and times of fracking at the worlds top shale basin. supermajor, told Reuters in an interview.

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NextEra Looks at Permian to Double its $20 Billion Texas Investment

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Renewable energy developer, NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) is considering doubling its $20B investment in Texas, with the renewable energy company currently exploring land in the Permian Basin for development, Michele Wheeler, VP of regulatory and political affairs, revealed at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston.

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Permian Basin Growth Fuels ExxonMobil’s Quarterly Success

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First-quarter earnings at ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) topped analyst estimates as higher production in the Permian and offshore Guyana offset part of the lower realizations due to falling oil prices. Exxon reported on Friday first-quarter earnings of $7.7 billion, down from $8.2 billion in the first quarter of 2024. Earnings per share

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Oil Wins Big as Supreme Court Greenlights Utah Rail Line

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Supreme Court has given the green light to Utahs Uinta Basin Railway project, backing a narrower interpretation of environmental review laws and potentially clearing the path for a major expansion in oil transport capacity. The line would link the Uinta Basins oil fieldstucked deep in northeastern Utahs sagebrush terrainto

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The Next Big Shale Boom Could Be North of the Border

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The Permian Basin has been the star of the U.S. shale oil and gas industry for years. But this star is, at least for the time being, dimming as production costs rise with the natural depletion of top-quality acreage. But there is another formation that could take up the torch from the Permian. And its in Canada.

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Peak Permian? Geology and Water Say We’re Close

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oil-producing basin, the Permian, some areas have hit geological limits while others, yet to be drilled, are not expected to be as prolific as the prime Tier 1 acreage that producers have started to exhaust. To be sure, crude oil output in the top basin continues to rise, but growth has slowed since 2022not only because producers

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