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(Oil & Gas 360) –   Electricity Data For The Month Of March Highlights Why Many Are Likely To Soon Be Caught Very Natural Gas Short   More energy needed to power the much needing to be done had 3.2% more electricity generated in March than last year.  Grid connected electricity generation plus small-scale solar averaged 11.030-billion-kilowatt hours per day (Bkwh/d) in March (Figure 1, red line), 0.338 more than 10.692 last year (blue line) a 3.2% year-over-year (YOY) increase.  It is another record high quantity needed highlighting the economy growing. Energy Market Assessment: Why many are likely to soon be caught…

Zephyr Energy has announced initial post-well evaluation results from the State 36-2R LNW-CC-R well at its flagship project in the Paradox basin, Utah. In addition, Zephyr also gave initial results related to hydrocarbon production in Q1 2025 from its non-operated asset portfolio in the Williston basin, North Dakota and Montana. “The quality of the data gathered from our recent production test on the State 36-2R well is solid, and the results are robust,” said Colin Harrington, Zephyr’s Chief Executive. “The evaluation confirms that the Cane Creek reservoir is highly productive and potentially ranks alongside some of the most…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a City Gas Distribution (CGD) project in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district. The project, valued at ₹1,010 crore, will extend piped natural gas (PNG) supply to over 2.5 lakh households across Alipurduar and neighbouring Cooch Behar districts.In addition to household connections, the plan includes provision for commercial and industrial users. Around 19 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations will be set up under the minimum work programme targets set by the government.The CGD initiative is expected to ensure fuel supply and create employment opportunities in the region.‘Not just a pipeline project’Speaking…

Image: bp bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) announced today that the Mento development has safely delivered first gas through connection of the initial discovery well and the drilling campaign for the remaining seven gross wells on the platform will now begin. Mento is a 50/50 joint venture between EOG Resources Trinidad Ltd (EOG) and bpTT, with EOG as the operator. The development features a 12-slot, attended facility that is located in acreage jointly licensed by bpTT and EOG off Trinidad’s southeast coast. Mento is one of bp’s 10 major projects expected to start up worldwide between 2025 and…

New Delhi: DEE Development Engineers Ltd said its Anjar facility expansion is on track and will be scaled up to 30,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) by October 2025. The company is also working on its high-wall seamless thickness pipe plant, expected to begin commercial production by January 2026.“The Anjar Facility expansion is progressing as scheduled, with an additional 15,000 MTPA set to be commissioned by October 2025,” Chairman Krishan Lalit Bansal said.The expanded facility, with a U-shaped layout and advanced automation systems, will focus on oil and gas sector projects. The company said this will allow the Palwal plant…

(Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. plans to lay off nearly 800 employees in the Permian basin, its biggest oil-production operation globally. The bulk of the reductions will come from Chevron’s Midcontinent campus on the outskirts of Midland, Texas, the company said in a filing with the Texas Workforce Commission. The filing listed the layoff date as July 15, 2025. “Chevron is taking action to simplify our operating model, execute work faster and more effectively,” the company said in a statement. “This is a difficult decision, and we do not make it lightly.” Chevron is undergoing one of the biggest…

Meta reported that online bullying and harassment on Facebook rose slightly in Q1 2025 compared to Q4 2024.”There was a small increase in the prevalence of bullying and harassment content from 0.06-0.07% to 0.07-0.08% on Facebook due to a spike in sharing of violating content in March,” Meta said in its first quarter integrity report published on Thursday. “There was also a small increase in the prevalence of violent and graphic content on Facebook from 0.06%-0.07% to about 0.09% due to an increase in sharing of violating content as well as a result of ongoing work to reduce enforcement mistakes.”In…

(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. said it will be “business as usual” in its massive Guyana oil field if it loses its arbitration case against Chevron Corp. and Hess Corp. Image: Hess Exxon remains confident it will prevail in the case over the field’s ownership at the International Chamber of Commerce, Neil Chapman, Exxon’s senior vice president, said at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York on Thursday. But there will be “no change for us” if Exxon loses, he said. The ICC hearing ended this week and the panel of three judges is now considering its…

(World Oil) – Ecopetrol SA plans to continue drilling for natural gas in Colombian Caribbean waters after partner Shell Plc exited three offshore blocks, betting on growing domestic demand and potentially lucrative reserves. Shell said in April it would pull out of the COL-5, Purple Angel and Fuerte Sur blocks as part of a “strategic” decision, ending its oil and gas exploration in Colombia. Ecopetrol, which jointly operates the areas, will move forward on its own or seek a new partner, according to Rafael Guzman, vice president of hydrocarbons. “Not only is there a need for gas in Colombia but these…

A federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated (PDF) US President Donald Trump’s tariffs a day after a trade court ruled that it exceeded the authorities granted to the president. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington temporarily blocked the lower court’s decision on Thursday, but provided no reasoning for the decision, only giving the plaintiffs until June 5th to respond. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted an emergency motion from the Trump administration arguing that a halt is “critical for the country’s national security”. The White House has applauded the move. “You…