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China’s offshore oil and gas major CNOOC has initiated a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its Enping 15-1 oilfield in the South China Sea, making it the country’s first venture into offshore CCS plays. The project involves building facilities to capture up to 300,000 tonnes of CO2 per …

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Gazprom´s CEO, and Rainer Seele, CEO of OMV, took place on Friday in Russia. The parties expressed appreciation for the strategic cooperation between Gazprom and OMV, noting in particular their successful collaboration on the development project for the Yuzhno-Russkoye field. The field’s annual design …

Russia’s second-largest crude oil producer Lukoil hopes to increase oil output at the West Qurna 2 project in Iraq to 480,000 b/d next year, the company said during a conference call Aug. 27. Lukoil had previously considered quitting the project in the country due to the current investment climate, but …

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is at the final implementation stage, the Russian gas holding Gazprom said on Friday. The project status was reviewed by the CEO of Gazprom Alexei Miller and the CEO of Austria’s OMV Rainer Seele. “More than 50-year history of reliable export of Russian …

The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), headed Mustafa Sanallah, discussed in a meeting in Milan with Italian oil firm, Eni, plans to upgrade (A and H) offshore gas fields: two strategic fields that follow agreements of exploration projects and sharing production and operation, which includes Mellitah Oil and Gas Company. …

Qatar Petroleum has let an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for its North Field expansion project to Técnicas Reunidas SA. Técnicas Reunidas will act as the EPC contractor for the expansion of existing liquid products (condensate, propane, and butane) storage and loading facilities and the expansion of import facilities …

LUKOIL announces the start of a catalytic cracking complex construction project at the Perm refinery. The project is implemented under an agreement with the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation on providing an investment incentive as part of the negative excise tax on refinery feedstock until January 1, 2031. …

The United Arab Emirates sold its third shipment of blue ammonia to Japan, as the oil producer looks to build a hydrogen industry as it plans for the transition of global energy. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) will send its cargo to INPEX Corp. for use in power generation …

ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum plan on drilling for gas in an offshore block towards the end of the year, Energy Minister Natasa Pilidou has said. In an interview with daily Politis, the minister said the two companies planned on drilling an appraisal well in block 10 where natural gas was …

Saudi Aramco is joining a group led by ACWA Power to build a nearly $1 billion solar power plant in the kingdom as the world’s largest oil-exporting nation expands renewable energy supply. Aramco will hold a 30% stake in the Sudair solar project, while ACWA and partner Water & Electricity …