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BP AND SHELL ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF M&A RANKING
European supermajors BP and Shell occupy the top spots on opposite sides of Rystad Energy’s...
WOOD MACKENZIE: HAS M&A CREATED VALUE IN THE NORTH SEA?
Wood Mackenzie runs rule over 55 largest deals Since the turn of the decade, it’s be...
CAN KUWAIT AND SAUDI ARABIA UNLOCK OIL PRODUCTION IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE?
On July 24 Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for energy aff...
WORLD LAND DRILLING RIG MARKET FORECAST 2019-2023
International fleet conditions improve with onshore rig utilisation to tick past 50%, despite wea...
WHAT ARE THE LIKELY OUTCOMES OF SAUDI ARABIA’S OVERSEAS INVESTMENT DRIVE?
Saudi Arabia has rapidly been increasing its business footprint overseas, last year tripling its ...
WESTOOD RELEASES THE US FRAC SAND OUTLOOK WHITE PAPER
US Frac Sand Outlook – White Paper A new white paper from Westwood investigates demand f...
ENERGY MARKET REVIEW TOP TRENDS SO FAR
Across all Energy markets the trend towards hardening market conditions and increasing ...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: WEST AFRICAN RIG MARKET - A SLOW-BURN RECOVERY
The West African offshore rig market has been one of the hardest hit during the oil price dow...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: FLOATING PRODUCTION
The offshore market is set for a bumper year with 83 greenfield FIDs expected, totalling $115...
HOW CONCERNED ARE ASEAN CEOS ABOUT A SLOWDOWN IN CHINA?
Patrick Cooke Asia Regional Editor, Oxford Business Group In an era marked by rapid techn...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: OFFSHORE RIG SUPPLY – REBALANCING THE MARKET
Consolidation and Rig ‘Recycling’ are at the Forefront of a Supply-Chain Response...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: FRONTIER SUCCESS SPARKS THE EXPLORATION FARM-OUT MARKET INT...
Exploration started with a bang in 2019 with a frontier discovery by a Total led joint venture at...
ROMANIA UPSTREAM FISCAL AND REGULATORY REPORT 2019
The "Romania Upstream Fiscal and Regulatory Report - Frequent Legislative Changes Create Unc...
NW BORNEO EXPLORATION – IN SEARCH OF NEW FRONTIERS
Since the start of 2008, 153 exploration wells have been drilled in the SE Asia exp...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT : NORTHWEST EUROPE MODU MARKET: COULD 2019 DEMAND EXCEED AVA...
Westwood’s Offshore Drilling Rigs Senior Analyst, Teresa Wilkie on what to expect from ...
CRUSHING THE MARKET WITH 225 MILLION TONS OF FRAC SAND SUPPLY
Westwood’s Todd Bush, Head of US Unconventionals (Energent) looks at supply, pricing an...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: 2019 HIGH IMPACT EXPLORATION STARTS WITH A BANG
In the first few weeks of 2019 there have been four high impact discoveries of conventional o...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: US DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS SET TO EXCEED 20,000 WELLS IN 2019
The US Unconventional industry continues to see increasing completion intensity per well. Thi...
S-92 IN FOCUS: A CENSUS OF THE HEAVY HELICOPTER SECTOR
Introduction – Why Survey the S-92 Fleet? Recent months have been a busy time for th...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: 2018 GLOBAL OFFSHORE RIG MARKET RECAP
The Year That Wasn’t – Will 2019 be the Year That Was? In the past year, there...
THE HYDROCARBON E&P INDUSTRY IN 2019: ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET?
According to analysts Rystad Energy, 2018 was the best year for hydrocarbon discoveries since 201...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2019 IN E&P
Macro uncertainty means short term oil price volatility in the $50-80 per barrel range The oil...
HOW WELL FOUNDED IS THE POSITIVE OUTLOOK OF ALGERIAN CEOS?
Souhir Mzali Africa Regional Editor, Oxford Business Group With the i...
OUTLOOK FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN 2019
5 new trends are highlighted in a new report published today by DNV GL 1: Resilient, confi...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY AND EXPLORATION PERFORMANCE OFFSHORE...
Westwood has analysed recent farm-in activity in the UK and Norway and reviewed how the resul...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR THE OFFSHORE RIG FLEET
After four plus years of low rig utilization and day rates, company layoffs, operator spendin...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: UK EXPLORATION MOMENTUM IS BUILDING, BUT CAN IT BE SUSTAINED?
Westwood has looked back on the last ten years of exploration drilling in the UK and examines fut...
REBOUND IN SPENDING KEEPS OFFSHORE AHEAD OF SHALE
A recent surge in final investment decisions (FIDs) on offshore oil and gas projects has set the ...
NVENTURES AFRICA E&P NEWS UPDATE
Exploration Drilling Industry attention is very much focused on Namibia this month, with t...
FRONTIER AND EMERGING DEEPWATER PLAYS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO – WILL THEY DELIVER?
A new Westwood report reviews exploration potential across both the US and Mexican sides of t...
RUSSIA’S ENERGY DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
DR CAROLE NAKHLE, August 2018 The ‘Energy Strategy of Russia for the Period up to 2030&r...
WESTWOOD GLOBAL ENERGY: MIDDLE EAST – A HOTBED OF ACTIVITY FOR RIG CONTRACTOR...
The onshore land rig market is now just over two years into the current cycle. North American act...
DON’T LOOK NOW, BUT THE GULF OF MEXICO JACKUP MARKET IS DOING PRETTY WELL
At first glance, it would be difficult to view a region with just 27 jackups and only 12 of t...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: NORTH SEA - HIGH-SPEC JACKUPS ECLIPSE THE STANDARD FLEET
It is a well-known fact that modern high-specification[1] (high-spec) or ‘heavy-duty&rs...
WILL THE FARM-OUT MARKET SHIFT FROM PROMISE TO PERFORMANCE?
Global conventional exploration farm-in/farm-out activity has reduced by around two thirds fr...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: AUV’S – THE FOOT SOLDIER OF ‘TOMORROW’S FIELD’?
AUV’s – The foot soldier of ‘tomorrow’s field’? Autonomous Underwa...
WESTWOOD ENERGY 2018 STATE OF EXPLORATION REPORT
Westwood Global Energy Group has released its ninth annual State of Exploration Report, the d...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: THE STATE OF EXPLORATION IN 2018 – A RENEWED OPTIMISM
Renewed optimism is the theme for exploration in 2018, driven by higher oil prices and improv...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: NORTHWEST EUROPE HIGH-IMPACT EXPLORATION IN 2018
The industry is planning to drill out 3.7 billion boe of prospective resources in 16 high imp...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: MID-TO LARGE-CAP E&P 2017 RESULTS – UNIT COSTS UP 2% WHILST...
The analysis below is based on the financial and operational performance of 25 mid- to large-cap ...