Gas

Oil Refinery

France's Donges Refinery will not Restart Until 2022

France's 222,000 b/d Donges refinery will remain offline until next year after operator Total decided to bring forward planned maintenance.

Crude Oil

Biden Defends Alaska Oil Project

President Biden’s administration has backed the Willow oil project in Alaska in a new filing by the Department of Justice.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Turkey to Extract Oil from 3 New Onshore Wells: Energy Minister

Turkey will extract oil from three newly discovered wells in the country's Diyarbakir and Kirklareli provinces.

Oil & Gas Trade

Nigeria Inks Massive Oil Deal With Supermajors

Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation this week signed a deal with Shell, Exxon, Total, and Eni to develop an offshore oil block that includes the deepwater…

Net Zero Emission

Suncor Energy Adopts Net-Zero-by-2050 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target

Suncor Energy Inc. has become the latest major oil company to commit to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Santos Kicks off Bayu-Undan Drilling Campaign

Australia’s energy giant Santos, as the operator of the Bayu-Undan Joint Venture, has started the Phase 3C infill drilling program at the Bayu-Undan field, in …

Natural Gas

Adnoc Signs 10-Year Gas Supply Agreements with Emirates Steel and Arkan

Adnoc has the potential to produce 11 billion cubic feet of natural gas and over 1 billion cf of sour gas per day

Oil Field

Adnoc Awards $744m Offshore Field Contract to NPCC

The Belbazem block is being developed to reach a production capacity of 45,000 bpd, with the first barrel of oil expected in 2023

Thermal Plant

Mitsubishi Power Establishes New Gas Turbine Business in Dubai

The gas turbine combined cycle unit will focus on the sale of J-Series Air Cooled gas turbines, which are capable of operating on a mixture of 30 per cent hydro…

Oil Shale

High Profile Merger Creates A New $17 Billion Shale Giant

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation and Cimarex Energy announced on Monday another merger in the U.S. shale patch in an all-stock merger of equals that would result in …

Oil Price

Oil Prices Rise on Potential Hitch in Iran Talks

Oil prices rose on Monday as a demand bump fueled by COVID-19 vaccination drives gave traders optimism that the market can absorb any Iranian oil that would com…

Oil Pipeline

Tanzania, Uganda Finalize Oil Pipeline Deal

Tanzania and Uganda have signed a fifth and final government agreement that will greenlight the construction of a $3.5-billion pipeline that will carry crude pu…

Carbon Emissions

KENYA: Towards the Establishment of a GHG Emissions Trading System

The Kenyan government has approved the establishment of a greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme. The scheme, which is mainly aimed at businesses, is expected …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

MAN Energy Supplies 225MW to Four Power Plants in West Africa

It has also announced the completion of two other plants in The Gambia and Guinea.

Carbon Emissions

Indonesia Considering Carbon Tax Under Major Tax Overhaul

Indonesia has drawn up proposals to bring in a carbon tax to curb greenhouse gas emissions, in addition to raising VAT rates and reforming income tax, as part o…