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Canada’s Suncor considers selling North Sea oil and gas fields
After a slow start to the year as the coronavirus crisis disrupted plans across the industry, asset-sale activity in the North Sea has picked up in the second half.
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U.S. shale mergers reshuffle the oil production landscape
“There’s only going to be three or four independents that are investable by shareholders” after the recent market rout, Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield said on a conference call with analysts. “The best companies have been picked off the past few weeks.”
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UAE and Israel open talks on once-secret crude oil pipeline
Europe Asia Pipeline Co., controlled by Israel’s government, and UAE-based MED-RED Land Bridge Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the transportation of crude and oil products between the Persian Gulf and Western markets, according to an EAPC statement.
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Tullow Oil stock jumps 40% on Uganda sale approval
The explorer has been waiting since 2017 to close its divestment in the Lake Albert Development Project, an effort repeatedly stymied by tax disagreements.
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Pioneer Natural Resources merger deal could see father-son conflict challenge
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. is in discussions to buy rival Parsley Energy Inc. in an all-stock deal that could be finalized by the end of the month, according to a person familiar with the matter. Pioneer is run by Scott Sheffield while his son Bryan is Parsley’s founder and chairman.
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Oil prices climb as U.S. stimulus negotiations resume
Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Bloomberg TV that a bill for a compromise stimulus package is being written, raising hopes that lawmakers and the White House may be able to break a months-long impasse. But “mixed messages” between Trump and Senate Republicans -- who have opposed a package of $1.8 trillion or more -- could pose a hurdle, Pelosi said.
