Crude oil and gasoline prices are under pressure today, with crude oil falling to a 1.75-month low and gasoline posting a 4.75-year nearest-futures low.
Stanbic Bank Ghana has emphasized that a solid and predictable financial structure remains the most decisive factor in determining whether an energy project can attract investment. This is according to Malaika Bakar, Senior Vice President for Energy and Infrastructure at Stanbic Bank Ghana.
Falling oil prices and strengthening Russian currency are set to slash Russia’s oil and gas revenues by nearly 50% in December from a year earlier, to the lowest level since August 2020, according to Reuters calculations.
OPEC kept forecasts for global oil supplies and demand in 2026 steady, pointing to a balanced world market that clashes with widespread predictions of a surplus.
Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE: VTLE) (“Vital Energy” or the “Company”) today announced that, at a special meeting of Vital Energy stockholders held today, the stockholders of the Company approved the previously announced merger (the “Merger”) between Vital Energy and Crescent Energy Company (“Crescent”). Vital Energy will file the final vote results for its special meeting on a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Merger is anticipated to close on December 15, 2025.
he government has notified the Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 2025, introducing a modern regulatory framework designed to draw higher investment into India’s oil and gas sector and improve ease of doing business. Issued under the recently enacted Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, 2025, the rules overhaul the licensing regime and replace the older system of multiple permissions with a single petroleum lease for exploration, development and production of all hydrocarbons, including shale.
South Sudan has moved troops into Sudan’s Heglig oil field under what it calls a tripartite agreement with Sudan’s two warring factions. The move is a rare arrangement aimed at shielding critical oil infrastructure as fighting escalates across West Kordofan.
Valaris has secured a multi-year contract from Shell for the drillship VALARIS DS-8 for operations offshore Brazil, the company said on Wednesday.
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has signed a 15-year agreement with Kuwait’s SPETCO to develop the Budour Tayseer Gas Project in Oman, local media reported on Thursday.
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre has called for deliberate sequencing and sustained political will to strengthen reforms in the Nigerian oil and gas sector. The body made the call while unveiling a comprehensive report on petroleum environmental governance in Nigeria. The report is titled “Nigeria’s Petroleum-Environmental Governance: Law, Policy, and Reform […]