China’s largest desert oil field has produced more than 26 million tonnes of oil and gas from reservoirs more than 6,000 meters underground, according to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on Monday. The output was recorded at the Hade-Fuman oil field, located on the northern edge of the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited committed N473.8bn to gas infrastructure projects, including the proposed Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline, in 2025, while N25.7bn in interest on the facility remained outstanding at the end of the year. The funding, provided to its wholly owned subsidiary, NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company Limited, was intended to meet cash call obligations […]
Sahara Group has opened a multimillion-dollar liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) depot in Ghana’s Tema industrial area, adding 6,000 metric tonnes to the country’s storage capacity. The energy company, which operates in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, said the facility would improve LPG availability and supply chain efficiency in Ghana and neighbouring West African nations. […]
The Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Benjamin Boakye, has urged Ghana and Tullow Oil to preserve their commercial relationship following an arbitration ruling dismissing the company’s claims and upholding a $393.09 million tax assessment by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Boakye said disagreements were inevitable in commercial relationships and that […]
Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev met with Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad in Tehran, APA’s Tehran bureau reports. Shahin Mustafayev, who is visiting Tehran, and the delegation accompanying him met with Mohsen Paknejad today as part of the visit and discussed prospects for the development of bilateral cooperation. During the meeting, the existing opportunities […]
Kazakhstan and Germany plan to cooperate on energy security, including oil and gas supplies to Europe, it is noted in a declaration adopted by the presidents of Kazakhstan and Germany, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the Kazakh leader’s official visit to Berlin, APA reports. “The presidents welcome close cooperation to strengthen energy security and […]
West Africa’s push to expand natural-gas production is entering a phase where the ability to build infrastructure and deliver projects on schedule may be as important as the region’s reserves, according to Regional Segment Leader for Energies and Chemicals at Schneider Electric West Africa, Iretomiwa Odusote. The comments come as Nigeria advances a new wave […]
TotalEnergies has identified Namibia among a portfolio of countries expected to support its oil and gas production growth beyond 2030, as the energy group targets average energy production growth of 4% a year through 2030. The French energy company said on Monday that it has a portfolio of organic oil and gas projects in Namibia, […]
Monumental Energy Corp. has identified two gas-condensate prospects within its pending Tirua Petroleum Exploration Permit application in New Zealand’s Taranaki basin following reinterpretation of subsurface data from the acreage. The company applied for PEP 61554 in early 2026, covering a 254-sq-km area spanning onshore and offshore acreage in the northern Taranaki basin. The application remains […]
MidOcean Energy will participate in Phase 2 of the LNG Canada project through its partnership with PETRONAS following a final investment decision (FID) by the project’s joint venture partners. Phase 2 will add two liquefaction trains at LNG Canada’s facility in Kitimat, British Columbia, doubling production capacity from 14 million tonnes per annum (MMtpa) […]