Companies

PetroChina has become the only one of China’s three national oil companies to report a year-on-year increase in first-quarter net profit thanks to strong upstream production and rising sales of refined products.

Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company, known as Luberef, posted net income of 446 million riyals ($118.92 million) for the first quarter, up from 303 million riyals a year earlier, it said in a statement. The company, which listed 30% of its shares in an IPO in December, reported revenue of …

French firm TotalEnergies has signed a contract to begin drilling and exploring for gas this year in waters off crisis-hit Lebanon, the company said in a statement. “TotalEnergies in agreement with its partners Eni and QatarEnergy has signed a firm contract with Transocean to hire the drilling rig that will …

Sinopec and TotalEnergies SE are among companies holding talks to invest in the Jafurah development in Saudi Arabia, according to people familiar with the matter, as the kingdom seeks to exploit one of the world’s largest untapped gas fields. The Chinese and French energy giants are in separate discussions with …

Saudi Arabian Oil Group, Saudi Aramco has emerged as the second largest company in the world after displacing Microsoft. After displacing Microsoft to become the second largest company in the world, it only has to displace Apple to become the largest company in the world. According to reports, Aramco’s current …

The United Arab Emirates’ ADNOC Gas announced Monday a $1-billion deal to provide liquefied natural gas to France’s TotalEnergies as Europe scrambles to find alternatives to Russian energy sources. The liquefied natural gas provided under the three-year supply deal “will be delivered to various export markets around the world”, an …

Shell Australia is selling bp Plc its interests in the carbon-intensive Browse offshore natural gas project, one of Australia’s largest untapped gas fields. “The Browse asset is no longer a strategic fit in the context of Shell’s global portfolio,” Shell said in a statement Saturday, without elaborating on the size …

Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday reported a record first-quarter profit that was more than double a year ago and topped Wall Street estimates as rising oil and gas output overcame a pullback in energy prices from high levels. Oil companies are riding a wave of strong demand and cost-cutting tied …

Italian energy major Eni on Tuesday launched the construction works for the first natural gas liquefaction project in the Republic of the Congo, which is expected to supply LNG to Europe. The President of the Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, and Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi today laid the …

ADNOC, the national oil company of Abu Dhabi, is expanding its natural gas production capacity and increasing investments to target Europe’s gas markets. As one of the Middle East’s largest energy producers, ADNOC aims to meet the growing international demand for LNG by becoming a net-exporter of gas. The company …