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BP is considering a potential sale of a minority stake in its offshore wind business in a move to reduce spending on project developments in the sector, anonymous sources have told Reuters. Currently, BP doesn’t operate offshore wind farms, but it had a pipeline of offshore wind developments worth 9.6 …

TotalEnergies will do extensive turnaround work at its largest integrated refinery complex in Europe in the second half of 2025, sources familiar with the plans told Bloomberg on Friday. TotalEnergies’s Antwerp refining and petrochemicals platform is the French supermajor’s largest integrated complex in Europe. Located in Antwerp, Belgium, right in …

Recently, a delegation from the Russian oil corporation Lukoil visited Baghdad to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani to discuss matters about the company’s activities in the country. Lukoil gave a thorough update on their current activities in Iraq’s West Qurna 2 and Eridu oil fields, emphasizing the …

Germany’s car manufacturing giant BMW is warning that an EU ban on the sale of gasoline and diesel cars from 2035 is “no longer realistic” amid slow EV sales as the European auto industry will see a “massive shrinking” with such a ban. European carmakers are already struggling with their …

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has revealed a record cumulative production of 9 billion m3 of natural gas and more than 900 000 m3 of crude oil from the Deep Sea #1 field. Production from the field is set to rise further as CNOOC, China’s third-largest national oil company, …

A consortium led by U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil has successfully completed the first exploration phase southwest of the Greek island of Crete and has decided to proceed with the second exploration stage, Greece’s state firm Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA) said on Thursday. Exxon and Helleniq Energy are …

Chevron has shut in its Blind Faith platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and evacuated all personnel from the facility in preparation for Hurricane Milton, the supermajor said on Monday. “Production from our other Chevron-operated Gulf of Mexico assets remains at normal levels,” Chevron said in a media update …

Italian energy company Eni is in talks with Japan on supplying the country with liquefied natural gas (LNG), Cristian Signoretto, Eni’s director for global gas and LNG portfolio, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on Sunday. “We already deal with Japanese buyers on a short-term basis and we …

Exxon has warned that its third-quarter earnings would likely be affected by lower oil prices, with the impact in the range of $600 million to $1 billion. In an SEC filing, the supermajor also estimated the effect of lower refining margins on its third-quarter earnings at up to $1 billion. …

Petroleum giant Petrobras announced Thursday the discovery of natural gas deposits in Colombia that could double the South American country’s known reserves even as it seeks to transition away from hydrocarbons. But it also coincides with a government drive to stop extracting fossil fuels as it transitions to a low-carbon …