Lukoil is the most internationally diverse of Russia’s oil giants, with upstream businesses in former Soviet countries such as Kazakstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, as well as in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and West African nations of Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Congo.
Israel’s Natural Gas Authority allocated 41.8 percent of the capacity of the planned Nitzana natural gas pipeline to Egypt to the Chevron Corp-led Leviathan consortium, Leviathan co-venturer NewMed Energy LP said Sunday.
North Rafah spans nearly 3,000 square kilometers (1,158.31 square miles) in the Mediterranean Sea off the northeastern coast of Egypt, QatarEnergy noted. The block has a water depth of up to 450 meters (1,476.38 feet), it said.
The U.S. president earlier this year stepped up his rhetoric against Venezuela’s government, saying both President Nicolas Maduro and senior members of his cabinet were involved in drug trafficking. Trump also put a higher bounty on Maduro’s head, at $50 million, and ordered boats coming from Venezuela—allegedly with drugs on board—to be destroyed.
SLB and Ormat Technologies have entered a strategic agreement to fast-track the development and commercialization of integrated geothermal assets, including enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). The partnership aims to scale next-generation geothermal solutions capable of delivering clean, reliable baseload energy in regions beyond traditional hydrothermal resources.
Halliburton has signed a framework agreement with Shell to provide umbilical-less tubing hanger installation and retrieval services using its Remote Operated Control System (ROCS) technology. The multi-well agreement follows a successful three-well technology phase in the Gulf of America, where ROCS demonstrated measurable gains in speed, safety and operational precision.
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has restated its commitment to achieving full operatorship as it continues to strengthen technical competence, institutional resilience, and financial sustainability.
In reality, though, national output has been declining. Data from the Petroleum Commission show crude production fell from 71.4 million barrels in 2019 to 48.2 million barrels in 2024, with a further 26% year-on-year drop recorded in the first half of 2025.
The Centre for Environmental Management and Sustainable Energy (CEMSE) has called for a pragmatic, partnership-driven approach to reviving the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), emphasising that a tolling agreement, rather than an outright sale, offers the most sustainable path to restoring the refinery’s operational and financial viability.
TotalEnergies SE needs Mozambique’s approval for a $4.5 billion increase in cost to its liquefied natural gas project before restarting construction that’s been delayed since 2021 due to security issues.