Oil and Gas Industry

Rystad: OPEC’s Oil Reserves are Much Lower Than Officially Reported

Rystad: global recoverable oil reserves held largely steady at around 1,500 billion barrels.
The largest downward revisions are seen in Saudi Arabia, where development priorities have shifted from offshore capacity expansions to onshore infill drilling.
Rystad puts OPEC oil reserves well below its officially reported oil reserves of 1,125 billion barrels.

Oando says Eni gets Govt approval to sell 100% shares of Agip

Oando Plc, Nigeria’s leading Indigenous energy solutions provider listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and Johannesburg Stock Exchange had announced that Eni has received formal consent from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), for the sale of 100 percent of the shares of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) (Acquisition).

Nigerian regulator approves $500 million sale of Eni’s onshore oil and gas E&P assets

Eni has received formal consent from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) for the sale of NAOC Ltd to Oando Plc.Having already obtained all other relevant local and regulatory authorities’ authorizations, this achievement will allow Eni to proceed to with the sale of Nigerian Agip Oil Company Ltd (NAOC Ltd), Eni’s wholly owned subsidiary […]

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.