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A backlog has accumulated for Russian gas shipments via Ukraine destined for Moldova, and if it persists, shipments will be reduced beginning Nov. 28, according to Russian energy company Gazprom on Monday. Gazprom said the quantity of gas delivered to the Sudzha transit point in Russia for Moldova “is higher …

TotalEnergies SE is planning to explore for oil offshore South Africa’s West Coast, where environmental groups have increasingly opposed such activity. The French explorer proposes to drill one well, which could result in an additional nine wells depending on the success of the first, SLR Consulting Ltd., which is doing …

Saudi Aramco announced its biggest ever investment in South Korea to develop one of the world’s largest refinery-integrated petrochemical steam crackers through its S-OIL affiliate. In a statement received by Argaam Aramco said, the SAR 26 billion ($7 billion) Shaheen project aims to convert crude oil into petrochemical feedstock. This …

BP is paying more tax as it is making more profit, its UK head Louise Kingham told the Reuters Energy Transition Europe 2022 event on Wednesday. “It’s right that (the government) should think about how they protect the most vulnerable and taxation is not for companies to determine,” Kingham said. …

Minister of Development and Technology Waldemar Buda has acted on advice of the Internal Security Agency (ABW) to take over the shares owned by Gazprom in the EuRoPol Gaz company. EuRoPol is the owner of the Polish part of the Yamal-Europe gas pipe network. Up until now, Gazprom owned 48 …

The European Commission has approved the nationalization of Gazprom Germania, a German subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom. The regulator in Brussels on Saturday approved a 225.6 million euro subsidy for it. This will enable the German government to take full control of the company, which is now called Security Energy for …

The National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG), Exxon Mobil Angola and the Angola Block 15 partners on Monday announced a new discovery at the Bavuca South-1 exploration well. The well encountered 30 m (98 ft) of high-quality, hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone. It is located approximately 365 kilometers northwest off the …

Oil giants, TotalEnergies, Shell and BP, are making strategic investments in the area of energy diversification struggling to remain focused in the years to come. Currently, oil and gas investments by the three largest integrate energy companies are likely to remain significant through to 2030. Shell, BP and TotalEnergies share …

QatarEnergy has announced an oil discovery in the 4-BRSA-1386D-RJS well in Brazil’s world class Sépia oil field, which is located in the prolific Santos Basin in water depths of about 2,000 meters off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. QatarEnergy acquired a working interest in the Sépia Co-Participated Area in …

Aramco and IBM have announced preliminary plans for a strategic collaboration to establish an Innovation Hub in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The collaboration aims to support high-tech driven economic growth in Saudi Arabia, leveraging emerging technologies in hybrid cloud, AI, and quantum computing to address objectives including circular economy, materials science, …