Energy

Study: Oil and gas exploration booming despite global pact to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels

UK is among a group of five richer nations which have together issued two-thirds of oil and gas licenses since 2020, according to the IISD
Oil and gas exploration worldwide has surged to the highest level in five years, despite hundreds of nations agreeing to “transition away” from fossil fuels in energy systems at last year’s UN Climate Summit.

ExxonMobil could invest $15 billion offshore Angola following successful exploration campaigns

Following the results of ongoing drilling campaigns, oil and gas major ExxonMobil could invest as much as $15 billion in Angola’s Namibe basin by 2030. Active in the country for 30 years, the company is developing a series of large-scale oil and gas projects while implementing initiatives to maximize output at producing fields.

Eni’s revamped FPSO and FSO getting ready to set sail for ‘Africa’s first net-zero emissions’ oil & gas project (Video)

Italy’s energy giant Eni has held a naming ceremony for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) and floating storage and offloading (FSO), which underwent conversion works for a year. The finishing touches are now underway to prepare these vessels for their move to the Italian heavyweight’s oil and gas development, which is said to be the largest discovery in Cote d’Ivoire and the first net-zero upstream project, in terms of Scope 1 and 2 emissions, on the African continent.