Senegal intends to offer local investors the opportunity to participate in the development of 109 oil and gas blocks. This was announced on 9 September by the country’s Minister for Energy, El Hadji Abdourahmane Diouf, during a programme on Sen TV.
The Government of Ghana, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and GNPC Explorco have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Shell and Chevron. The MoU covers the South Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block offshore Ghana’s Western Region. As reported by Reuters, the agreement was signed in Accra on September 1, 2026, at the […]
The Petroleum Commission and Kosmos Energy Ghana have signed an agreement to facilitate the secondment of some engineers of the Commission to Kosmos Energy’s facility in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The initiative forms part of the Commission’s efforts to build a highly skilled and technically competent workforce to effectively regulate and support Ghana’s […]
GNPC Explorco, Ghana’s national exploration company, has highlighted the investment opportunities in the Voltaian Basin as the country seeks to attract new investment into its upstream petroleum sector. The company made the case for increased exploration and strategic partnerships in the basin during Ghana Day at AOW:Energy 2026 in Accra. Speaking at the event, the […]
The Government of Ghana has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with ENI Ghana, Vitol Upstream Tano Ltd (Vitol) and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) covering offshore acreages GH WB 3 and GH WB 8 in the Tano Basin. The agreements, signed by the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, […]
China’s Sinopec, the world’s top refiner by capacity, expects Chinese oil demand to drop by 8.9% in 2026 from a year earlier amid demand destruction from higher oil prices and the acceleration of electric vehicle adoption.
Ukraine hit with drones overnight on Wednesday infrastructure in Novorossiysk, which is Russia’s key oil terminal in the Black Sea, in attacks that killed four people and reportedly sparked a fire at a fuel oil terminal at the port.
Sapphire Gas Solutions said Tuesday it had acquired a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility in Ehrenberg, Arizona, part of its efforts to establish a leading vertically integrated merchant LNG platform in the United States.
Argent LNG and the government of Albania have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to evaluate development of an onshore LNG storage and regasification terminal on the Albanian coast with capacity of up to approximately 5 MMtpa.
Saipem has secured a contract from GOE Petrol Sanayi to provide commissioning services for the Osman Gazi floating production unit (FPU), which will support development of the Sakarya gas field offshore Türkiye in the Black Sea.