“Our growing LNG exposure, combined with the unique attributes that have made EQT the supplier of choice for end users of natural gas domestically – our low-cost structure, unmatched scale and resource depth, investment grade balance sheet, and peer leading emissions profile – position the company to expand its market reach and become the supplier of choice for end users of natural gas worldwide,” EQT chief executive Toby Rice said in comments on the deal.
Exxon has been increasingly vocal in its criticism of European Union energy policies. In its latest Global Outlook, the supermajor dedicated a special section to Europe, calling it “Lessons from Europe” and detailing the EU’s path from a competitive business region to a place notorious for its red tape and energy prices, plus a disgruntled population.
The Guyanese government has used the windfall from oil sales to build infrastructure, schools, and hospitals but many in Guyana still live in poverty. As oil production grows, however, so should income to invest in more public services and reducing poverty levels.
ConocoPhillips will reduce its workforce by 20–25% as part of a broad reorganization announced to employees this week, according to a new Reuters report. The company said reductions will occur across functions and geographies, with further details to be shared directly with staff through internal briefings.
Abdulrahman Al Khannah, group CEO of Beyout Holding, talks to The Energy Year about deploying HR and real estate services synergically and the important contribution of private holding companies to Kuwait’s economic growth and diversification. Beyout Holding is a Kuwaiti-based group engaged in HR, logistics and real estate asset management.
Part of a broader push to diversify revenue streams and increase Panama’s competitiveness as a transit hub in global energy trade, the project is slated to be one of the largest investments in the canal’s history. The Panama Canal Authority estimates the project can bring average annual revenues of USD 160 million during the construction phase and more than USD 1.5 billion once operational.
Azule Energy is currently developing the Agogo integrated oilfield project in Block 15/06 and the Quiluma and Maboqueiro gas project, Angola’s first non-associated gas development. The company also holds stakes in 16 licences and operates more than 200,000 boepd in production.
“We will engage peer ministries: Energy & Green Transition; Finance, Trade Agribusiness & Industry, Lands & Natural Resources; Employment & Labour Relations, along with the National Development Planning Committee (NDPC), EPA, Energy Commission, and key regulators to align efforts and avoid duplication,” Prof. Klutse said.
The National Oil Corp. wants its unit Arabian Gulf Oil Co. to develop discovered gas deposits in the NC-7 block in western Libya, potentially in collaboration with consortium partners Eni SpA, TotalEnergies SE, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and Turkish Petroleum Corp., according to a letter from the NOC to Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognized government.
In effect, a handful of counties in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico have added more new oil supply since 2020 than some OPEC members produce outright — a reminder that the balance of global oil power still tilts heavily toward the Permian.