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A giant semi-submersible rig, which is considered to be one of the largest ones ever built, has gone back to the UK’s Kishorn Port (KPL), a 50/50 joint venture between Ferguson Transport (Spean Bridge) and Leiths (Scotland), to prepare for its return to the drilling campaign with Britain’s energy giant …

For decades, Saudi Arabia has been regarded as the de facto leader of OPEC and a swing-producer critical to curtailing large price overshoots in either direction. Over the past few years, the Arab nation has borne the lion’s share of OPEC+ production cuts after recently agreeing to cut 1 million …

International oil and gas majors and the Middle East’s national oil companies are expected to give the green light this year to up to 30 projects, worth a total investment of $125 billion and holding an estimated 14 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of resources. That’s the estimate in …

Kazakhstan Railways is bolstering its presence in both China and Russia to cement the Central Asian state’s role as a hub for both Europe- and Russia-bound freight rail traffic originating in East Asia. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, speaking via video link, inaugurated a Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) logistics and innovation center …

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil revealed, on Saturday the latest developments in the work of technical committees between Baghdad and Erbil to resolve the issue of oil exports from the fields of the Kurdistan Region (KRI) through the Turkish port of Ceyhan. The ministry’s spokesperson Asim Jihad told Shafaq News …

Germany’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity is set to increase by up to five billion cubic meters (bcm) following the arrival of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Energos Force at the port of Stade. It is the first unit to be positioned in Stade and the fourth …

Turkey is expected to reach natural gas production of 13 billion cubic meters annually by 2050, enough to power Istanbul and Ankara for 12 months, positioning it between Western markets and major energy suppliers in the Middle East and Russia, Azernews reports, citing Anadolu Agency. According to information compiled by …

Libya recorded the biggest monthly increase in oil production in Africa, surpassing Nigeria, the continent’s largest producer. Libya’s production increase on a monthly basis to 1,167 million barrels of oil per day in February, compared to 1,023 million barrels per day last January, a daily increase of 144.000 barrels per …

Poland is set to spend $16 billion on upgrading and expanding its power grid to accommodate additional renewable and nuclear capacity, the country’s power grid operator said on Friday. Grid operator PSE said that its draft investment plan includes more than 3,000 miles of 400 kV transmission lines in a …

Carmakers preparing new EV models in a bid to take over the European market are worried grid and charging network constraints could challenge sales. According to a Bloomberg report, executives from some of the largest carmakers are flagging a lack of fast-enough grid expansion and the absence of a single …