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Oil and gas firms get more time under EPA’s revised methane rule

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a rule granting oil and gas operators more than a year in additional time to comply with mandates set by former President Joe Biden to replace leaky equipment and routinely monitor for escaped methane.  The Trump administration said this rule will affect hundreds of oil and gas sources nationwide and save an […]

ADNOC Gas seals $4 billion, 20-year natural gas supply deal with EMSTEEL

ADNOC Gas has signed a long-term agreement valued between $3.5 billion and $4.2 billion to supply lower-carbon natural gas to EMSTEEL, one of the UAE’s largest integrated steel and building materials manufacturers. The 20-year contract, effective Jan. 1, 2027, secures feedstock for EMSTEEL’s industrial operations while expanding ADNOC Gas’ long-term revenue portfolio. The deal reinforces the […]

Ivory Coast Sees Oil and Gas Spurring Growth in Next 5 Years

Ivory Coast’s economic growth is poised to accelerate in the next five years as the country sees an increase in oil and gas activity, Planning and Development Minister Kaba Niale said. “We can do a much stronger growth rate in the coming five years,” Niale said in an interview at an African Development Bank conference […]

Nigeria strengthens upstream output as Petralon Energy expands Dawes Island drilling

Petralon Energy is progressing its drilling campaign at the Dawes Island field (PPL 259) in Nigeria, bringing the DI-2 well back online and spudding the DI-3 well as part of efforts to boost near-term output under the country’s Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).  Following a site visit, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken […]

Angola starts up $4 billion gas facility to advance energy security, gas monetization

 Angolan President João Lourenço opened a $4 billion gas processing plant in Soyo as the longtime crude producer increases its focus on the fuel. The facility, built by the Novo Consórcio de Gás, can process 400 million cubic feet of gas a day from Angola’s first standalone fields, Minerals and Petroleum Minister Diamantino Azevedo said […]