Oil

Solar Power Plant

Russian Oil Firm Energises 20MW Solar Plant Featuring Hevel Heterojunction Modules

Oil and gas company Lukoil has commissioned a 20MW PV plant that features heterojunction modules from Hevel and has been constructed at a refinery in Russia’s …

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 …

Oil Refinery

UK Government Funds Hydrogen Power at Refineries

The UK government is subsidising a shift towards hydrogen-powered operations at two of the country's oil refineries, with £7.7mn in environmental grants.

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

Hydrogen Project

Sinopec to Launch First Green Hydrogen Project in 2022

Chinese state-controlled oil giant Sinopec said it expects to launch its first green hydrogen project, a zero-carbon fuel generated from renewable energy source…

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…

Hydrogen Project

ADNOC to Build Blue Ammonia Facility in UAE in Clean Energy Push

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. plans to build a blue ammonia production plant as the UAE's biggest energy producer seeks to become a leader in clean energy products…

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…