National Grid, an energy transmission and distribution company, has unveiled its investment plan for the 2024-29 period, earmarking £60 billion (close to $76.5 billion) for energy projects that will step up its decarbonization game and propel the energy transition momentum forward on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, encompassing the United States (U.S.) and Western Europe. The biggest slice of this multibillion-dollar investment pie is expected to be spent in the U.S. and the UK.
Luxembourg-domiciled Subsea7 has tucked a new assignment in the UK under its belt, which will enable it to work on the development of a field that will be tied back to an existing floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel working in the North Sea.
Colombia is targeting oil productiton of 1 MMbpd by pressuring drillers to step up activity in underused exploration blocs, according to the nation’s top energy official.
The OPEC+ group of oil producers, comprising the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies led by Russia, has pushed back its output policy meeting by a day to June 2 and will convene online.
Malaysian national oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) has completed the transfer of its 74 percent stake in Engen Ltd. to Vivo Energy, which is now the major shareholder of Engen.
On May 23, 2024, SONATRACH and the U.S.-based company ExxonMobil finalized a Memorandum of Understanding at SONATRACH’s General Management headquarters. Present at the signing were Mr. Rachid HACHICHI, President and CEO of SONATRACH, and Mr. John ARDILL, Vice President of Exploration & New Opportunities at ExxonMobil.
Nigeria’s 650,000 barrels per day Dangote refinery will start exporting diesel conforming to European specifications along with gasoline (petrol) sales in June, its Vice President for Oil and Gas, Devakumar Edwin, said at the weekend.
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, on Sunday, announced that it would work with Schlumberger Global to develop frontier oil basins in Nigeria.
Schlumberger, globally known as SLB Global, is a major player in the oil and gas industry, while Nigeria’s frontier basins are regions with potential for oil and gas reserves that have not been extensively explored yet.
The project, which started in 2020, is currently about 99 per cent complete.
The GNPC operational headquarters is in fulfillment of a promise the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) made to the people of Western Region to help make the region the hub for petroleum and oil and gas industry in Ghana.
Apart from the building, there are also other projects ongoing in the region to ensure that government achieves its aim of making the Western Region an oil and gas hub.
Didon Redevelopment is a conventional oil development located in shallow water in Tunisia and is operated by Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activites Petrolieres. According to GlobalData, who tracks more than 34,000 active and developing oil and gas fields worldwide, lies in block Didon, with water depth of around 236 feet.