First half production from the country’s three main oilfields has declined by 13.2 per cent to 22.45 million barrels (bbls) from 25.86 bbls in the same period last year.
Aramco discovers two significant natural gas fields in the Empty Quarter, yielding substantial reserves for Saudi Arabia’s energy security
The federal government has met with a team from Seplat Energy, to resolve the stalemate arising from the proposed $1.3 billion ExxonMobil’s oil asset sale which has now been held up for close to two years.
It wasn’t clear what the details of the meeting which took place in Abuja were, but the Minister of State, Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, hinted that it bordered on ways to resolve the prolonged altercation.
French energy giant TotalEnergies said that it is in the process of drilling the first of three wells on a field offshore Nigeria with one of Noble Corporation’s drillships.
Petroleum and other minerals ownership Ghana’s legal foundations for the ownership of petroleum and other minerals are firmly established within the constitutional framework of 1992.
Oil prices have weakened recently, mostly on the back of equally weak economic data from the two largest markets for oil.
Traders, this week, focused on rising U.S. crude oil inventories, record American oil production, weaker Chinese refinery and economic data.
The Middle East also stands out as the only region where upstream oil and gas investments have exceeded pre-pandemic levels.
OPEC+ members are set to meet on Sunday to discuss production policy, and unnamed sources have claimed that the group will be discussing further production cuts.
Oil prices were little changed on Friday but on track for their fourth straight week of losses after tumbling about 5% to a four month-low on Thursday on worries over global demand.