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Turkey has dispatched its seismic research vessel Oruc Reis to Somalia following the oil and gas cooperation deal signed early this year. This is the first intercontinental mission for the vessel since it was commissioned in 2017, significantly expanding Turkey’s exploration capabilities. In a ceremony to send off the vessel …

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 …

Japan has conducted its first tests of a form of biofuel that further reduces emissions and will be less costly to supply to the maritime industry. The project is part of a government-sponsored effort testing different fuels to reduce emissions from the domestic shipping industry and mirrors similar test projects …

Russian state energy giant Gazprom has shipped its first consignment of LNG to China through Russia’s Arctic waters, duplicating the delivery route used by Russian natural gas producer Novatek. In January, Gazprom opened an LNG liquefaction plant on Russia’s Baltic coast, about 100 miles to the northwest of St. Petersburg. …

During the UN 2021 COP26 conference in Glasgow, there were several divergent views on how to mitigate climate change. Natural gas production was a serious bone of contention. Specifically, Europe led the campaign advocating for a decline in natural gas investments in favor of renewable energy. Most developing countries took …

Russia and China are making much of their strategic partnership as a counterbalance to their stresses with the West, but the European Union is still much more important economically to Russia than is China, and Australia comprehensively trumps Russia as a supplier to China. There’s no realistic prospect of China …

The project’s Arc7 ice-class fleet is capable of shipping all of the LNG produced from the first three LNG trains and the planned Train 4.

Total is the second-largest private global LNG player.

The bigger challenge facing ExxonMobil is availability of buyers.

The strong increase in oil and gas production helped BP to offset weaker crude prices and refining profit.