India’s state oil refiners are planning to reduce their reliance on the Middle East following the supply shock of the Iran war, and will lean more heavily on alternative options including through spot-market purchases, according to people familiar with the matter. Processors are seeking to trim the volume they buy from producers in the Middle East under […]
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. has emerged as the front-runner to acquire closely held WildFire Energy for more than $4 billion in what would rank as its largest-ever acquisition, according to people familiar with the matter. The Houston-based shale producer is poised to win the auction for the driller backed by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Kayne […]
Shell Plc expects global liquefied natural gas flows to be little changed this year—after more than a decade of growth—if shipping through the Strait of Hormuz returns to normal this summer. However, under an alternative scenario, published in Shell’s LNG Outlook 2026 released on Tuesday, LNG supply could see a rare annual contraction if Hormuz […]
The UAE’s biggest oil company is proposing a new pricing methodology for the sale of crude supplies to term customers, said people with direct knowledge of the matter, opting for an approach that’s more aligned with wider regional trading norms. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s crude-marketing team has spoken with refiners and traders about the […]
Nigeria has discovered a major polymetallic deposit in Kaduna State containing nickel, copper, gold, platinum group metals, and rare earth elements. The government is accelerating mining sector reforms, requiring local mineral processing, revoking thousands of inactive mining licenses, and attracting major Chinese investment in lithium processing to boost domestic value creation. Despite the mining boom, […]
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, the oil and gas exploration company focused on the offshore Atlantic Margins, has received formal Ministerial approval from the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy of Namibia for the Section 11 assignment relating to the Company’s previously announced farm-out of its 85% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration Licence 98 (‘PEL 98’), offshore Namibia, to an arm’s-length wholly Namibian-owned company, Lamda Energy.
Pakistan is seeking to buy liquefied natural gas for delivery this week as a string of attacks in the Strait of Hormuz disrupts flows of the super-chilled fuel. State-owned Pakistan LNG released a tender over the weekend seeking to procure a shipment for June 30 to July 4 delivery, with offers due on Monday, according […]
Oil rose as traders assessed upcoming peace talks between the US and Iran following a weekend of flare-ups over the Strait of Hormuz that served as a reminder of the fragility of their truce. West Texas Intermediate rose more than 2% to settle near $71 a barrel. Brent settled up 1.6%. Both Tehran and Washington […]
TechnipFMC PLC has received a contract to execute the Vår Energi ASA-led Ofelia and Gjøa Nord development projects on Norway’s side of the North Sea. TechnipFMC did not specify the value of the integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract but said it was a “large” award, which the company defines as ranging from $500 […]
Kolibri Global Energy is broadening its development strategy in Oklahoma’s Tishomingo field by targeting multiple additional reservoir benches beyond the Lower Caney, a move the company believes could significantly expand its future drilling inventory and reserves. While continuing to develop the Lower Caney formation, Kolibri plans to evaluate the False Caney, Upper Caney, T-zone and Sycamore […]