Oil & Gas Journal

08/13/2025

Introducing Oil & Gas Journal Breakfast Series Keynote Speaker: Mark Broadbent

From regulatory shifts to low-carbon fuels, discover how refiners are evolving for a changing energy landscape in this insider discussion! Join us on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at Lakeside Country Club in Houston, Texas!

🔗 Register: bit.ly/OGJBSeptember25

08/11/2025

Occidental posts drop in profits amid lower commodity prices

Occidental’s Midstream and Marketing business exceeded the high end of guidance, generating $49 million in pre-tax income.

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Occidental's Midstream and Marketing business exceeded the high end of guidance, generating $49 million in pre-tax income.

08/11/2025

The Oil & Gas Journal Breakfast series is back to discuss the recent developments and emerging trends in the global refining sector! Join us on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at Lakeside Country Club for the OGJ Breakfast Series – Refining!

🔗 Register now: bit.ly/OGJBSeptember25

08/08/2025

Join us for the September Oil & Gas Journal Breakfast Series featuring industry experts Mark Broadbent, Paul Bjacek, Kevin Milburn, & Hardik Shah as they lead a compelling discussion on the topic, Refining!

This event will explore the many factors shaping the strategies refiners are adopting to balance conventional refining operations with opportunities to adapt to shifting regulatory and market demands as part of the journey to a low-carbon future!

Join us September 10, 2025 in Houston, Texas! Register now: bit.ly/OGJBSeptember25

07/25/2025

Oldelval launches Duplicar Norte to expand transport capacity in Argentina’s Vaca Mu**ta

The project envisages construction of a 207-km, 24-in. OD pipeline linking the Puesto Hernández pumping station in northern Neuquén to the Allen station in Río Negro.

Read more from Oil & Gas Journal South America correspondent Camilo Ciruzzi https://bit.ly/415PBrU

The project envisages construction of a 207-km, 24-in. OD pipeline linking the Puesto Hernández pumping station in northern Neuquén to the Allen station in Río Negro.

07/25/2025

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will implement its own National Energy Policy Act procedures after a US Supreme Court’s ruling limiting environmental impact evaluations to the physical scope of the project—not the upstream or downstream effects, Chairman Mark Christie told reporters July 24 after his final meeting after President Trump asked him to step down.

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In the meeting, the outgoing chairman said he hopes that sitting commissioners “always remember the people that aren’t in the room."

07/25/2025

In this episode of the Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised podcast, OGJ recaps the Chevron - Hess deal and highlight details from a report on global upstream M&A—including deals to look out for.

https://bit.ly/3TWUsb6

07/19/2025

An arbitrator has ruled that Chevron's acquisition of Hess does not open the door for ExxonMobil to buy Hess’ non-operated interest in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

The ruling allowed Chevron to close the $53-billion acquisition of Hess, which was announced in the fall of 2023.

Read more about the deal here: https://bit.ly/3GVd7RB

The decision allowed Chevron to complete its $53-billion acquisition of Hess. The parties had referred their Stabroek standoff to the International Chamber of Commerce in March...

07/08/2025

NEW! 🎙️

In this Market Focus episode of the Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised , Conglin Xu, Managing Editor, Economics, takes a midyear look at the global , noting developments thus far with a look at what may lie ahead.

Listen in! https://bit.ly/3IfIt5Q

06/27/2025

In this second part of a two-part Insights episode of the Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised podcast, Alex Procyk, upstream editor, continues his discussion on artificial intelligence and the idea of The Great Crew Change, with an emphasis on new-hire training and manager turnover,

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06/19/2025

In this episode of the Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised podcast, Alex Procyk, upstream editor, discusses new hire competence, training, and statistical-based oilfield engineering, all with an eye toward .

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06/17/2025

A big thank you to everyone who joined us bright and early this morning for the Oil & Gas Journal Breakfast Series at Lakeside Country Club! It was a dynamic morning of networking, idea-sharing, and in-depth discussion on the LNG Mid-Year Forecast.

We’re especially grateful to our outstanding speakers—Mark Bononi, Robert Brooks, Ph.D., Francisco J. Monaldi, Ph.D., Alex Munton, and Conglin Xu—for offering insightful perspectives on the challenges, trends, and opportunities shaping today’s LNG market.

We hope to see you at our upcoming OGJ Breakfast Series events on September 10 and November 12. See you there!