TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa is divesting its 36.36 percent minority stake in National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Natref) to the Prax Group. Located at Sasolburg, South Africa, the Natref refinery has a capacity of 108,500 barrels of oil per day, and supplies the main South African inland market in …
Read More »Masdar Going Deeper into Renewables with Big UK Wind, Asian Deals
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC, better known as Masdar, on Friday unveiled a contract to buy a 49% stake in the 3-GW Dogger Bank South offshore wind farm in the UK, along with other deals for renewable energy initiatives in the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan and Indonesia. The UAE state-owned …
Read More »Aramco Expected to Cut Oil Price for Asia amid Higher Competition
Saudi Aramco is forecast to cut the price of its flagship oil grade to Asia for the first time since June as an influx of cheaper US and European barrels drives up competition in the world’s biggest importing region. The state-owned Saudi Arabian producer will reduce the official selling price …
Read More »Gazprom Plans $17.6B of Investments in 2024
Russia’s Gazprom PJSC plans to invest $17.6 billion (RUB 1,573.627 billion) in projects next year. The company’s management committee reviewed the preliminary operating results for 2023 and the projected investment program and budget for 2025-2026, the company said in a media release. The committee endorsed the drafts of the investment …
Read More »BP Enters Japan’s Power Retail Market
BP said on Monday it has entered Japan’s power market after receiving approval from the industry ministry to operate as a retail electricity provider. BP, focused on transforming itself into an integrated energy company, said in a statement the move was part of its plan to expand its investment in …
Read More »Gazprom Boosts Gas Exports to China, Surpassing Contractual Volumes
In a strategic pivot towards Asia, Gazprom PJSC has reported delivering record volumes of natural gas to China through the Power of Siberia 1 pipeline, exceeding its supply obligations. The Russian energy giant fulfilled an elevated request from China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on Thursday, marking a significant moment as …
Read More »Gazprom Mulls Investment Cut as Exports Drop
Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom has said it planned to cut investment spending by a fifth next year amid dwindling gas flows to Europe and a heavy tax burden. Since Russia launched its assault on Ukraine in February 2022, European countries have sharply cut gas imports from Russia in a …
Read More »Equinor and BP’s US Offshore Wind Project Presses ahead
Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has secured approval for its offshore wind farm project on the US East Coast. The project is the sixth commercial-scale wind farm to be given a go-ahead under President Joe Biden’s administration. Equinor and BP plan to build two offshore …
Read More »UAE Oil Giant and Australian Santos Team Up to Develop Carbon Capture Tech
The national oil producer of the United Arab Emirates and Australia’s energy group Santos have teamed up to jointly explore the development of a global carbon management platform to help customers in the Asia Pacific region cut emissions. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, which pumps nearly all the oil in …
Read More »TotalEnergies Signs Offtake Deal for Oil from Energy Transfer
TotalEnergies SE has signed up for the supply of four million barrels of oil per month from a pending project of Energy Transfer LP in the United States Gulf of Mexico. Energy Transfer has yet to make a final investment decision on the Blue Marlin Offshore Port project, a deepwater …
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