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Natural Gas

NUPRC to Launch New Oil Licensing Round in 2025

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has disclosed plans to hold another oil licensing bid round in 2025.NUPRC Chief Executive Officer …

Natural Gas

PTTEP Appraising ‘Remarkable’ Offshore Oil and Gas

Thailand’s national upstream company PTTEP is appraising its Chenda discovery on Block SK 405B offshore Sarawak, East Malaysia, for which it expects to co…

Oil Refinery

Major Libya Oil Refinery Halts Operations Due to Clashes

A major oil refinery in Zawiya, western Libya, ceased operations yesterday following clashes between local armed groups that caused fires in several storage tan…

Nuclear Reactor

NANO Partners With Digihost on Nuclear-Powered AI Data Centre

US-based nuclear start-up NANO Nuclear Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Digihost Technology to advance the transition to carbon-free e…

Oil Field

Reabold Resources Ups Stake in Rathlin Energy

The £700,000 purchase, from Rathlin’s Canadian owners, Connaught Oil & Gas, takes Reabold’s total shareholding in Rathlin to nearly 80%.Under the deal announ…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Improving Vertical Bifacial PV System Performance With Free-Space Luminescent Solar Concentrators

New research from the Netherlands shows that using free-space luminescent solar concentrators could be used to considerably increase bifacial solar module perfo…

Oil Exploration

ORLEN Ramps up Its Exploration Activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

A total of 6 exploration and appraisal wells were completed by ORLEN Upstream Norway in 2024, 4 more than the previous year. As a result, the company discovered…

Crude Oil

Indonesia’s Pertamina Has Signed Oil Block Contract -Regulator

Indonesian state energy firm PT Pertamina has signed a production sharing contract with the government for the country's second-largest crude producing fiel…

Natural Gas

TotalEnergies Completes Acquisition of SapuraOMV Upstream Assets in Malaysia

TotalEnergies has completed the acquisition of the interests of OMV and Sapura Upstream Assets in SapuraOMV Upstream, an independent gas producer based in Malay…

Crude Oil

GeoPark to Acquire Colombia Assets from Repsol for $530MM

Latin American oil and gas firm GeoPark Limited is acquiring upstream oil and gas assets in Colombia from Repsol.GeoPark said in a news release that it has sign…

Oil Price

Geopark Announces Plans To Acquire Repsol Upstream Assets In Colombia

GeoPark has announced the signing of Sales and Purchase Agreements (SPAs) with Repsol Exploración S.A. and Repsol E&P S.A.R.L to acquire Repsol upstream …

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

UK College Unveils Hydrogen Vehicle Training Workshop to Support Upskilling in Automotive Industry

South & City College Birmingham (SCCB) has unveiled a new hydrogen vehicle training facility which has been developed following £1.5m of capital funding f…

Solar Technology

Reducing Solar Module Temperature via Electrospray Cooling

Schematic of the experimental setupScientists in Turkey have sought to use electrospray cooling to reduce the operating temperature of photovoltaic for the firs…

Carbon Emissions

Powering Oil & Gas Production With Renewables and Low-Carbon Energy: Electrification Brings Emission Cuts of 80%

While the energy transition toolbox is filled with decarbonization tools, electrification seems to be the jewel in its crown, based on research conducted by Rys…

Solar Technology

Scientists Create ‘Affordable’ Teg-PV Generator for Off-Grid, Low-Power Applications

The experimental setupScientists in Malysia have tested a system that combines a PV panel and thermoelectric generators (TEGs) and have found it offers potentia…