The European Union needs to step up efforts to provide supply of critical minerals in the face of Chinese export curbs, the European Initiative for Energy Security has said, calling for more funding to be secured for these efforts.
Lukoil is the most internationally diverse of Russia’s oil giants, with upstream businesses in former Soviet countries such as Kazakstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, as well as in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and West African nations of Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Congo.
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has restated its commitment to achieving full operatorship as it continues to strengthen technical competence, institutional resilience, and financial sustainability.
In reality, though, national output has been declining. Data from the Petroleum Commission show crude production fell from 71.4 million barrels in 2019 to 48.2 million barrels in 2024, with a further 26% year-on-year drop recorded in the first half of 2025.
The Centre for Environmental Management and Sustainable Energy (CEMSE) has called for a pragmatic, partnership-driven approach to reviving the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), emphasising that a tolling agreement, rather than an outright sale, offers the most sustainable path to restoring the refinery’s operational and financial viability.
Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports surged by 413,000 barrels per day (bpd) in August, to the highest level in six months, as the world’s top crude exporter and the OPEC+ group accelerated the reversal of the production cuts.
Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. upstream oil and gas sector fell for a third straight quarter, marking an end to blockbuster takeovers seen in recent years amid persistently low energy prices. According to Enverus Intelligence Research, deals worth $9.7 billion were closed in the third quarter, marking a 28% drop from the second quarter and putting the current year far below the record $192 billion recorded in 2023
The European Union adopted a new package of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure, joining a new US push to chip away at Moscow’s ability to wage its war against Ukraine.
FlowHeat enables heating cables to be installed after pipeline laying or within reeled pipelines, offering up to 35% cost reductions and 30% lower emissions compared to conventional systems.
Under the agreement, Williams will contribute approximately USD 1.9 billion in capital expenditure towards the LNG facility and pipeline, reducing Woodside’s total expected capital expenditure for the Louisiana LNG project to an estimated USD 9.9 billion. With the deal, Williams also assumes offtake obligations for 10% of the produced LNG volumes, equivalent to 1.6 million tonnes per year (tpy).