Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) announced Monday that it is extending the Early Tender Time and Withdrawal Deadline for its cash tender offer of up to $250 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 7.750% Senior Notes due 2027. The company stated that the new deadline for noteholders to submit tender instructions and remain eligible to receive the total consideration is now 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 28, 2026, moved from the previous deadline of January 26, 2026.
Italy’s Eni has signed a binding agreement to sell a 10% stake in the Baleine offshore oil and gas project in Côte d’Ivoire to SOCAR, the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The deal reduces Eni’s operating stake to 37.25% while leaving it as project operator. Vitol retains a 30% interest and Côte d’Ivoire’s state oil company Petroci holds 22.75%.
Trading house Trafigura sold a cargo of Venezuelan oil to a Spanish refiner, while rival Vitol prepared to export Venezuelan fuel oil as shipments accelerate from the OPEC nation under a U.S.-backed $2 billion oil supply deal following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, oil industry sources said on Thursday.
Santos has reported a strong fourth quarter, increasing production to 22.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), a 5 per cent rise from the previous quarter. The company’s full-year output reached 87.7 million boe, despite weather-related challenges in the Cooper Basin. Santos is an Australian oil and gas company.
Europe is set to receive some of its first shipments of Venezuelan oil in nearly a year after traders rolled out offers worldwide to sell cargoes at the behest of the Trump administration.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met Russell Hardy, Chief Executive Officer of Vitol, on January 21 on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, with discussions focusing on energy cooperation and supplies to Europe.
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR has signed an agreement with Italian Eni S.p.A. to acquire a 10% participating interest in the development project of the Baleine oil and gas field located offshore Côte d’Ivoire, Trend reports via SOCAR.
The world’s oil demand growth is set to rise by 930,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2026, thanks to lower oil prices and a normalization of economies after the 2025 tariff chaos, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, raising its demand growth estimate by 70,000 bpd from last month
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States saw a build of 3.04 million barrels in the week ending January 16. Crude oil inventories increased by 5.27 million barrels in the week prior.
Turkey’s state energy company is in talks with Chevron Corp to jointly explore for oil and gas, according to a Turkish official familiar with the discussions.