As Africa Oil Week (AOW) 2025 approaches, set to take place from September 15-18 in Accra, Ghana, industry leaders and experts are gearing up to discuss the continent’s rapidly evolving oil and gas landscape.
California regulators fearing a dramatic drop in gasoline supply placed a five-year pause on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s penalty on oil industry profits Aug. 29. The decision is a blow to Newsom’s legislation aimed at penalizing the oil industry for allegedly driving up the state’s gas prices in 2022. California Energy Commission Vice Chair Siva Gunda said the […]
U.S. oil and gas giant, Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), has predicted that we will fall far short of the global energy sector’s net zero goals, thanks to high energy costs and surging coal demand. In its newly published Global Outlook, Exxon has forecast that the planet will only be able to cut emissions by 25% by 2050, nowhere near the two-thirds reduction required to meet IPCC goals.
As the only globally recognized organization represented by the acronym “API” in this context, the Institute’s name and certification marks hold a unique and trusted place in the energy industry.
PRIO SA, Brava Energia and BW Energy Ltd are considering buying Petroliam Nasional Berhad’s stake in the Brazilian oil field Tartaruga Verde to expand in Latin America’s largest producing country, according to people familiar with the matter.
Shell Plc is exploring the sale of its interest in the A$34 billion ($22 billion) North West Shelf liquefied natural gas export plant in Western Australia, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Equatorial Guinea will launch its highly anticipated EG Ronda 2026 licensing round at this year’s African Energy Week (AEW) later this month. The licensing round forms part of the country’s broader strategy to revitalize its upstream sector, attract new investment and unlock exploration and production opportunities offshore.
The framework agreement begins in August 2025 and runs until July 2027, with four optional one-year extensions. The scope includes planning, advisory and execution services across insulation, coatings, passive fire protection, structural access and software-driven performance enhancement.
Block 3/24 covers 545 square kilometres and contains five oil and gas discoveries – Cefo, Goulongo, Kuma, Palanca North East and Quissama – as well as the previously developed Canuku field cluster, which has produced up to 12,000 bopd.
“The development of the project mainly leverages the adjacent existing facilities of the Wenchang Oilfields, with addition of a new jacket platform integrating functions such as oil and gas production, offshore drilling and completion operations as well as personnel accommodation”, CNOOC Ltd, the sole developer, said in a statement on its website. It plans to develop 15 wells.