Arrow Exploration has acquired a 100% working interest in an oil property in Alberta’s Thorsby area from an undisclosed seller for approximately USD 8.9 million, the company announced on Thursday.
YPF, Eni and XRG have submitted their $51 billion Argentina LNG project for approval under Argentina’s Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI), advancing plans to develop Vaca Muerta natural gas for large-scale LNG exports.
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and its subsidiaries recorded revenue of $1.64 billion in 2025, up 3.66% from $1.58 billion a year earlier, as the state oil company stepped up efforts to stem declining crude production and bring new petroleum resources into development.
Petrobras has identified hydrocarbons in a deepwater exploratory well off the coast of Amapá in northern Brazil, the company announced on Friday.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Friday there is a “distinct possibility” that the Philippines and China could undertake joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, amid recent confrontations between the two countries in the South China Sea.
Adnoc Gas was behind two of the largest entries on Upstream’s compilation of contract awards this week, with the Abu Dhabi giant’s final investment decision on the second and third phases of its Rich Gas Development (RGD) project yielding contracts worth up to $8.2 billion.
The Federal Government has introduced a major fiscal incentive for new deep offshore oil and gas projects, allowing qualifying developments to restart the profit-oil sharing scale at 70:30 in favour of contractors, even where existing production in the same contract area has already moved to a higher government share.
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and other local refineries could have saved between $246.6m and $328.8m on crude supplied to them in the first half of 2026 if the proposed crude swap arrangement had been in operation.
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has commenced consultations with stakeholders on a new framework for domestic crude oil and gas supply, including a proposed swap arrangement aimed at reducing logistics costs and improving the availability of feedstock for local refineries.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright this week said that the oil exports from the Middle East have rebounded to 15 million barrels per day (bpd) and even topped the pre-war average of 20 million bpd on Sunday.
Vessel-tracking services and commodity analysts are baffled and struggling to reconcile these numbers with their observations of tanker loadings and traffic in the region.