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Saudi Aramco is pushing ahead with plans for an initial public offering of its energy-trading business and is targeting a listing in Riyadh for the end of the year or early 2023, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The world’s top oil producer is in the process of adding more banks …

BP has agreed to buy U.S. renewable gas producer Archaea for $4.1 billion to help the British oil giant reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The London-listed energy major is flush with cash after recent surges in oil prices that have triggered calls for the cash-strapped U.K. government to …

American oil giant ExxonMobil has completed its exit from the Russian market after President Vladimir Putin ordered the expropriation of its assets, the company said. ExxonMobil had been in negotiations with the Russian authorities to sell its more than $4 billion in assets — including its largest Russian investment, a …

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) last week granted Equinor a drilling permit for wellbores 34/6-6 S and 34/6-6 A, expected to be drilled in November and December 2022, respectively. The prospect is named Angulata Brent. Both wells are located in production licence 554, between Garantiana and Visund fields. The licence …

The introduction of a price cap on Russian gas in Europe, if such a decision is made, will be a violation of the contractual terms and will entail the termination of supplies, Alexey Miller, the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom, said on Sunday. “We are guided by the contracts …

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday promised to follow up French energy giant Total’s oil and gas exploration in Lebanon to ensure its continuous work, a statement by Lebanon’s Presidency reported. “You can count on Total’s commitments; I will follow up on the matter,” Macron said in a phone call …

Iran and Gazprom have created a roadmap on fields, there are several working groups, Iranian Deputy Petroleum Minister Ahmad Asadzadeh said. “Another area is the development of fields in Iran. This is one of the topics in the agreement. We have created a roadmap with Gazprom, we have several working …

Italian oil and gas company Eni has started production from two gas fields in Algeria to meet the surging gas demand in the European market. The two fields are related to the Berkine Sud contract that was signed in December 2021 between Algeria state-owned oil company Sonatrach and Eni. In …

Qatargas, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production unit of state-owned QatarEnergy, has delivered a commissioning LNG cargo to China’s newest LNG terminal, the Jiangsu-Binhai LNG terminal, owned and operated by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). The cargo was loaded in Ras Laffan on 10 September on the 216,000 cubic …

French energy giant TotalEnergies will continue to ship liquefied natural gas from Russia as long as there are no European sanctions on the fuel, the company’s Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said on Wednesday, reiterating a previously stated position. “We will continue to ship LNG from Russia as long as there …