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An oil tanker chartered by Italian oil company Eni SpA to carry 650,000 barrels of diluted crude oil supplied by Venezuelan state-run PDVSA arrived on Friday in Venezuelan waters, according to a document from the state-run firm. The crude cargo will be the first for Eni following an authorization issued …

QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem) have announced awarding the early site works contract for the Ras Laffan Petrochemical Project (RLPP), marking the commencement of execution of the RLPP. Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) has been selected as the contractor to undertake this work and was awarded a lump-sum contract …

Russian oil behemoth Rosneft PJSC promised record dividends on the back of soaring prices, but some foreign investors may struggle to access the payout. The board recommended 23.63 rubles a share for the second half of 2021, bringing full-year dividends to an all-time high of 41.66 rubles. That follows an …

Russia’s Gazprom has resumed shipping natural gas to Turkey after completing planned maintenance on the undersea Blue Stream gas pipeline, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.

Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Sunday its supply of gas to Europe through Ukraine via the Sudzha entry point stood at 44.1 million cubic metres (mcm), up from 43.96 mcm on Saturday. An application to supply gas via another major entry point, Sokhranovka, was rejected by Ukraine, Gazprom said.

Italian energy giant Eni signed a memorandum of understanding on May 26 with Algeria’s Sonatrach to boost gas exploration in the north African nation, as Rome seeks to reduce its reliance on Russia. It was penned during a state visit by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to Rome, a few weeks …

Equinor ASA has transferred its participating interests in four Russian joint ventures to Rosneft and is released from all future commitments and obligations, the company said in a release May 25. An agreement to exit the Kharyaga project has also been signed. Equinor began the exit process in late February …

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has made a new oil discovery in Snøfonn Nord with the exploration well 7220/8-2 S, located by the Johan Castberg field development in the Barents Sea. This proximity to the current project development enables the tieback option, which will be considered by Equinor and …

Italian Eni and French TotalEnergies on Monday began the exploratory drilling of a natural gas well off the coast of Cyprus in the same block where a discovery was made in 2018. On Monday, the Tungsten Explorer drillship arrived off the coast of Cyprus to begin drilling in Block 6, …

CEO and President of Saudi Aramco Amin Nasser said that the company cannot expand production capacity any faster than promised. “The world is facing a major oil supply crunch as most companies are afraid to invest in the sector as they face green energy pressures,” Nasser said. Aramco is sticking …