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Ukraine hits Lukoil refinery in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region – General Staff

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has announced a strike on the Kstovo-based Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery, one of the fuel suppliers for the Russian army. “On the night of July 2, as part of reducing the military-economic potential of Russia, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in […]

What Namibia Can Learn from Angola’s Oil Reform Playbook

Namibia has emerged as one of the world’s most promising frontier oil and gas markets, with multi-billion-barrel discoveries positioning the country for first production by 2030. Yet moving from discovery to commercial production requires more than resource potential. It requires an investment framework that provides fiscal certainty, reduces execution risk and enables long-term capital deployment […]

ADNOC, Eni Acquire Stakes in Argentina LNG Blocks

Eni SpA and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co PJSC’s international investment arm, XRG PJSC, have signed agreements to each acquire a 32 percent ownership in three blocks in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta gas shale. The South American country’s state-controlled YPF SA, which has assumed full ownership of the Aguada Villanueva, Las Tacanas and Meseta Buena Esperanza […]

Eni, Mercuria to combine oil and LNG trading operations

Italian oil company Eni SpA and commodity merchant Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. signed an agreement to join forces in trading, seeking growth in an area that has seen huge price swings and profit opportunities during the war in Iran.  The two firms will be combining their main trading books for various commodities including oil, liquefied natural gas and biofuels […]