Eni SpA has put onstream the Merakes East field in the offshore part of the Kutei Basin in Indonesia, expecting net natural gas production of 100 million standard cubic feet a day (MMscfd) or about 18,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed).
Libya’s latest upstream licensing round has already attracted more than 40 applicants, a signal of the country’s re-entry into the global energy arena and growing interest in its largely untapped hydrocarbon potential. This update was shared by Abdolkabir Alfakhry, Advisor to Libya’s Minister of Oil and Gas, during a session sponsored by ConocoPhillips at the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris on Wednesday.
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has announced a major shale gas exploration breakthrough of its Project Deep Earth – Sichuan and Chongqing Natural Gas Base. The vertical depth of the well reaches over 5,300 m with a 1,312-m-long horizontal section, setting a new record for vertical depth of shale gas wells in China.
Perenco has announced a successful drilling operation for its Onyx well, encountering significant columns of natural gas in two separate geological compartments. The Onyx field is an undeveloped gas discovery located within the TSP license, offshore Trinidad.
The European Union is preparing to impose up to €100 billion ($113 billion) in tariffs on US goods if trade talks fail, according to a new report by Bloomberg this morning.
The draft list of retaliatory measures will be circulated to member states as early as Wednesday, with a one-month consultation period before finalization.
Crude oil inventories in the United States saw a decrease of 2 million barrels during the week ending May 2, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration released on Wednesday.
US ship classification society ABS has issued an approval in principle for SBM Offshore’s concept design of a low-emissions FPSO, SBM Offshore announced on Thursday.
Dräger Marine & Offshore (DMO), a global leader in the field of safety technology, has secured a long-term deal with a major North Sea oil and gas operator.
Due to run for five-years, with a further two one-year extension options, the extension of the existing supply contract means more than 10 UK North Sea assets will continue to benefit from Dräger’s industry leading portable gas detection and breathing apparatus systems.
Zephyr Energy has announced successful initial results from the production test on the State 36-2 LNW-CC-R well at the company’s flagship project in the Paradox basin, Utah.
Permian Resources has reached an agreement to buy core assets in the Delaware basin from Apache parent company APA Corp. The deal, valued at $608 million, includes 13,320 net acres, 8,700 net royalty acres and 12,000 Boe/d directly offset Permian Resources’ core New Mexico operating areas. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2025.