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TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa is divesting its 36.36 percent minority stake in National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Natref) to the Prax Group. Located at Sasolburg, South Africa, the Natref refinery has a capacity of 108,500 barrels of oil per day, and supplies the main South African inland market in …

Saudi Aramco is forecast to cut the price of its flagship oil grade to Asia for the first time since June as an influx of cheaper US and European barrels drives up competition in the world’s biggest importing region. The state-owned Saudi Arabian producer will reduce the official selling price …

Russia’s Gazprom PJSC plans to invest $17.6 billion (RUB 1,573.627 billion) in projects next year. The company’s management committee reviewed the preliminary operating results for 2023 and the projected investment program and budget for 2025-2026, the company said in a media release. The committee endorsed the drafts of the investment …

World oil demand continues to exceed expectations, the International Energy Agency (IEA) stated in its latest oil market report (OMR), which was released recently. “We have slightly revised up our 2023 growth forecast to 2.4 million barrels per day, as U.S. deliveries proved more resilient than indicated by preliminary data …

TotalEnergies SE has signed up for the supply of four million barrels of oil per month from a pending project of Energy Transfer LP in the United States Gulf of Mexico. Energy Transfer has yet to make a final investment decision on the Blue Marlin Offshore Port project, a deepwater …

State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp.’s quarterly earnings missed estimates as a slump in production and crude prices offset gains from higher gas rates. The New Delhi-based company’s net income declined 20% from a year earlier to 102.2 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) in the quarter ended September, according to a …

Demand for oil and natural gas will stay resilient for decades, driven by population growth and industrialization in developing economies across Asia, according to Woodside Energy Group Ltd., a key supplier of fossil fuels to the region. “Growth in demand for LNG in particular is expected to continue as buyers …

Despite pervasive narratives around a supposed lack of shale supply response, monthly U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA) data shows U.S. oil production reaching a record 13.1 million barrels per day in August. That’s what strategists at Macquarie stated in a report sent to Rigzone on Wednesday, adding that they believe …

Chevron Corp. has pledged to look into potential carbon capture and biofuel operations in Angola through a pact involving its lower carbon division in the USA and the government in Luanda. “Chevron and the Angola Government plan to evaluate various projects related to nature-based and technological carbon offsets, lower-carbon intensity …

QatarEnergy signed a 27-year deal with Eni SPA to supply up to one million tons per annum (MMtpa) of Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Italy. The signing in Doha follows separate LNG contracts scored by state-owned QatarEnergy from two other European energy heavyweights in France’s TotalEnergies SE and Britain’s …