China’s onshore giant PetroChina has produced what it has hailed as the first green barrel of crude oil from the Jilin oilfield it owns and operates in northeastern China’s Jilin province. This accomplishment is part of a broader initiative aimed at mitigating carbon emissions and reducing the company’s overall carbon …
Read More »ADNOC Acquires 30% Stake in Azeri Gas Field
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will buy 30% in the Absheron gas field in the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan by acquiring stakes from the current partners in the field, TotalEnergies and SOCAR. The French supermajor and State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) have signed an agreement …
Read More »Supermajors Return to Libya as Political Climate Stabilizes
BP and Eni, as well as Algeria’s Sonatrach have returned to Libya after a force majeure forced them out of the North African country. In a statement, Libya’s National Oil Corporation said that BP and Eni had notified it about lifting the force majeure and returning to fulfill their contractual …
Read More »BP Returns more Cash to Shareholders despite Profit Miss
BP Plc raised its dividend by 10% and said it would buy back another $1.5 billion of shares, even as its second-quarter profit fell by more than expected amid weaker oil and gas prices. The results follow the pattern set by Big Oil peers Shell Plc, TotalEnergies SE, ExxonMobil Corp. …
Read More »Another Western Company has Left the Russian Arctic LNG 2 Project
French LNG technology company Technip Energies has withdrawn from the Russian Arctic LNG 2 project. The French Technip Energies has completely left the Arctic LNG 2 liquefied natural gas production project. The project is headed by Novatek, a gas producer registered on the Moscow Stock Exchange. It will be recalled …
Read More »Total Starts Drilling in Ugandan Oil Field
France’s TotalEnergies has started drilling its first well in the Tilenga field, near Lake Albert, in Uganda. Production is set to start in 2025, the company said, as quoted by the AFP. The Tilenga project is part of a $10-billion deal between TotalEnergies, Chinese CNOOC, and the Ugandan government for …
Read More »Chevron Considers Building LNG Export Terminal in the Mediterranean
Chevron is considering the construction of a floating LNG terminal in the Eastern Mediterranean to use as an export hub for Asia and Europe. That’s according to Chevron’s global head of gas, who spoke to Japan’s Nikkei, saying that the Eastern Mediterranean was “being supplied really well, so [there’s] going …
Read More »Italy’s Energy Groups Set to Benefit from Green EU Funds
Eni, Enel and other state-controlled Italian energy groups are due to benefit from a partial transfer of European Union funds to the REPowerEU scheme, credit rating agency DBRS said on Monday (24 July). In a report analysing Italy’s challenges to spend €191.5 billion of EU post-COVID funds by 2026, DBRS …
Read More »Chevron Posts $6 Billion Quarterly Earnings, Beating Estimates
Chevron Corp. reported second-quarter earnings of $6.01 billion, beating analyst estimates. The figures, while down 48% from the same period last year, topped the second-quarter profit of $5.5 billion expected by analysts in a Bloomberg survey. Chevron also said on Sunday it produced 772,000 barrels of oil equivalent at the …
Read More »TotalEnergies, Rönesans to Develop Renewable Energy in Turkey
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Rönesans Holding to acquire a 50% stake in Rönesans Enerji and jointly develop, through this joint-venture, renewable projects in Turkey, which is a liberalised growing electricity market. Rönesans Enerji is currently operating a portfolio of 166 MW hydro assets. The company has as well …
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