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 …
Read More »Aramco Starts Unconventional Tight Gas Production at South Ghawar Field
Saudi Arabia’s national petroleum and natural gas company Aramco has started producing unconventional tight gas from its South Ghawar field in Al Hasa Province, 200km east of Riyadh. Aramco has started production two months ahead of schedule, which supports its strategy to increase gas production by more than half from …
Read More »Masdar and PLN Inaugurate 192MWp Largest Floating PV Site in Southeast Asia
The Indonesian state utility PLN and UAE state-run renewables developer Masdar have inaugurated the 145MWac (192MWp) Cirata floating solar PV (FPV) plant in the West Java province of Indonesia. Opened by the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Masdar and PLN said that the plant is the ‘largest’ FPV site in …
Read More »Sinopec Signs New 27-Year LNG Supply Deal with QatarEnergy
State-owned Chinese firm Sinopec signed a new 27-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply and purchase agreement with QatarEnergy, the two companies said on Saturday. Under the agreement, the two companies will cooperate on the second phase of the Gulf Arab state’s North Field expansion project, which will supply 3 million …
Read More »Equinor Finds more Oil and Gas Near One of the North Sea’s Largest Fields
Energy major Equinor has made an oil and gas discovery near Oseberg, one of the top fields offshore Norway, which could add additional resources to the field, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Friday. Equinor and its partners in the license, Petoro, TotalEnergies, and ConocoPhillips, made the discovery about four …
Read More »Exxon and Chevron’s Mega Deals Face Scrutiny over Potential Antitrust Violations
Democratic Senators, led by Chuck Schumer, have called for an investigation into ExxonMobil’s $59.5 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources and Chevron’s $53 billion purchase of Hess Corporation, citing potential antitrust violations. The lawmakers are concerned that these transactions could disrupt competition, increase gasoline prices, and have negative effects on …
Read More »Gazprom to Produce Oil and Gas in Kyrgyzstan
«A project has been approved, according to which Gazprom PJSC will produce oil and gas in the country, provide our population with gas and process oil at our refineries,» the Minister of Energy of Kyrgyzstan Taalaibek Ibraev said at the XII St. Petersburg International Gas Forum. According to him, the …
Read More »TotalEnergies Project in South Iraq to be Completed by 2028
According to Iraq’s Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul-Ghani, a $27 billion agreement between Iraq and France’s TotalEnergies inked in July 2023 will generate almost 600 million cubic feet per day (mcf/d) of gas, enough to fuel power plants with a capacity of 5,000 megawatts (MW). According to recent statements made by …
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