South Africa’s purchase of the nation’s largest refinery from Shell Plc and BP Plc for a symbolic rand (five US cents) will transfer the environmental liability of the site to the government, according to a local advocacy group.
Tullow Oil has announced a substantial investment of approximately US$90million over the next decade to support Ghana’s efforts in combatting deforestation and reducing carbon emissions.
National Grid, an energy transmission and distribution company, has unveiled its investment plan for the 2024-29 period, earmarking £60 billion (close to $76.5 billion) for energy projects that will step up its decarbonization game and propel the energy transition momentum forward on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, encompassing the United States (U.S.) and Western Europe. The biggest slice of this multibillion-dollar investment pie is expected to be spent in the U.S. and the UK.
Luxembourg-domiciled Subsea7 has tucked a new assignment in the UK under its belt, which will enable it to work on the development of a field that will be tied back to an existing floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel working in the North Sea.
Colombia is targeting oil productiton of 1 MMbpd by pressuring drillers to step up activity in underused exploration blocs, according to the nation’s top energy official.
The OPEC+ group of oil producers, comprising the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies led by Russia, has pushed back its output policy meeting by a day to June 2 and will convene online.
Malaysian national oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) has completed the transfer of its 74 percent stake in Engen Ltd. to Vivo Energy, which is now the major shareholder of Engen.
On May 23, 2024, SONATRACH and the U.S.-based company ExxonMobil finalized a Memorandum of Understanding at SONATRACH’s General Management headquarters. Present at the signing were Mr. Rachid HACHICHI, President and CEO of SONATRACH, and Mr. John ARDILL, Vice President of Exploration & New Opportunities at ExxonMobil.
Nigeria’s 650,000 barrels per day Dangote refinery will start exporting diesel conforming to European specifications along with gasoline (petrol) sales in June, its Vice President for Oil and Gas, Devakumar Edwin, said at the weekend.
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, on Sunday, announced that it would work with Schlumberger Global to develop frontier oil basins in Nigeria.
Schlumberger, globally known as SLB Global, is a major player in the oil and gas industry, while Nigeria’s frontier basins are regions with potential for oil and gas reserves that have not been extensively explored yet.