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Washington has weighed into a dispute between Cyprus and international companies led by Chevron over how to develop a giant offshore gas field, backing the US company’s plan to link it to neighboring Egypt, two industry sources and a US source said on Friday. The Chevron-led consortium proposed connecting the …

The world’s largest oil company, Saudi Aramco, is considering the world’s largest offering, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to Saudi officials and “other people familiar with the plan,” Saudi Aramco is considering selling off as much as $50 billion in shares. If The Kingdom goes through with the …

Russia’s gas giant Gazprom has reported a massive drop in its first-half net profit as deliveries to Europe have slumped compared to 2022 when Russia was still supplying pipeline gas to its European customers for most of the first half of last year. Gazprom’s net profit plunged by 8.5 times …

Equinor has acquired a 25% interest in Bayou Bend CCS LLC, positioned to be one of the largest U.S. carbon capture and storage projects located along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas. Bayou Bend is positioned to be one of the largest CCS solutions in the U.S. for industrial emitters, …

Iraq’s Basra Oil Company (BOC) announced that TotalEnergies entered into a contractual commitment to carry out four large energy projects as part of a deal concluded with the Iraqi government last July. TotalEnergies long-awaited $27 billion energy deal is expected to increase oil production and Iraq’s capacity to produce energy …

Sinopec’s first-half profits shrank amid lower oil prices and fuel demand being weighed down by China’s sluggish economic recovery. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., as it’s officially known, posted net income of 36.12 billion yuan ($4.96 billion), according to international financial reporting standards. That compared with a revised 44.8 billion …

Global oil major BP said the world must invest in the production of oil and gas to avoid to sharp price spikes while accelerating the energy transition to combat greenhouse gas emissions. Global gas prices surged seven-fold last year as 3% of global gas supplies were hit following Russia’s invasion …

BP is expanding alternate fuel options in India, CEO Bernard Looney said. Speaking on the sidelines of the B20 Summit, he said BP and partner Reliance Industries have expanded charging stations for EVs to 3,000 now, from 750 in January. “That’s going to be so critical for India… not just …

Equinor has started production at Statfjord Øst, which is expected to boost production by a total of 26 million barrels of oil equivalents from the project, the Norwegian energy major said on Friday. Equinor has been looking to extend the life of various producing oil and gas fields on the …

Saudi Aramco looks to further bolster its downstream presence in the world’s top crude oil importer, China, the oil giant’s Downstream President, Mohammed Al Qahtani, has said. “China is strategically important to our business growth in Asia and worldwide, and we will remain a reliable source of long-term oil supply,” …