The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, has announced that Ghana is expected to sign at least six new petroleum agreements with international oil companies by the first quarter of 2027. This forms part of efforts to attract fresh investment and reverse the decline in the country’s oil production. He said […]
Iraq’s Minister of Oil Basim Mohammed Khudair Al-Abadi has confirmed that agreements have been reached with Chevron on a contract for the West Qurna-2 oil field, according to a ministry statement carried by the state Iraqi News Agency (INA). Under the agreement, the West Qurna-2 contract is to be signed before the end of the […]
Brian Unietis, Lead Country Manager of ExxonMobil Angola, talks to The Energy Year about extending the productive life of Block 15 through new drilling, tiebacks and facility investments, Angola’s upstream investment environment and the company’s approach to local development. ExxonMobil operates Block 15 and holds interests in several deepwater blocks offshore Angola. ExxonMobil is extending […]
ExxonMobil has reached agreement to increase its working interest in the Rovuma LNG project in Mozambique to 50% and in Papua LNG in Papua New Guinea to 34%, the company said in its third-quarter 2026 results on Oct. 30. ExxonMobil already operates Rovuma, and the company said it has assumed operatorship at Papua LNG. The […]
Helmerich & Payne (H&P) will deploy seven additional FlexRobotics systems for ExxonMobil over the next 12 months, expanding the companies’ use of drilling automation technology across ExxonMobil’s operations.
SLB’s OneSubsea joint venture has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Moçambique, Limitada to supply subsea production systems for the first phase of the deepwater Rovuma LNG development offshore Mozambique. ExxonMobil awarded the contract on behalf of the Area 4 partners, which include ENH, CNPC, Eni, KOGAS and XRG. The scope covers subsea trees, manifolds, […]
ExxonMobil has agreed to pump oil and natural gas from Azerbaijan’s shale fields as the Texas energy giant takes its fracing expertise overseas. ExxonMobil has entered a joint venture with Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR that will allow it to explore and develop “unconventional hydrocarbon resources” in the Middle Kura basin, the companies said in […]
Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian voted against ExxonMobil’s Rose carbon capture and storage (CCS) permit on Tuesday, raising concerns about the project’s long-term safety and questioning the economics and purpose of government-supported carbon storage. The Railroad Commission of Texas approved the permit in a 2–1 vote. The Rose project in Jefferson County calls for three […]
Wood has secured a five-year, $200 million construction services contract from ExxonMobil PNG to support brownfield projects across the PNG LNG project in Papua New Guinea. The contract covers work across the Hides Gas Conditioning Plant, the LNG plant at Caution Bay, approximately 700 km of pipeline infrastructure and associated well pads and flowlines. More […]