Angola’s National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) has signed a series of offshore exploration agreements with Shell, Chevron, TotalEnergies and other international operators covering deepwater blocks across the Kwanza and Congo basins. ANPG signed risk-service contracts for deepwater Blocks 19, 34 and 35 with Shell, Equinor and Sonangol E&P. The agreements establish terms […]
TotalEnergies has identified Namibia among a portfolio of countries expected to support its oil and gas production growth beyond 2030, as the energy group targets average energy production growth of 4% a year through 2030. The French energy company said on Monday that it has a portfolio of organic oil and gas projects in Namibia, […]
TotalEnergies and partners SOCAR and XRG have taken final investment decision (FID) on the full-field development of the Absheron gas and condensate field offshore Azerbaijan, targeting startup in 2029. The development will increase overall Absheron production capacity to 6 billion cubic meters per annum (Bcma) of gas and 47,000 bpd of condensate. Gas production will […]
Tunde Afolabi’s Amni International Petroleum and TotalEnergies signed an $800 million final investment decision on Wednesday, Sept. 23, to develop the Ima gas field offshore Nigeria, 53 years after it was discovered.
TotalEnergies and partner AMNI have taken final investment decision (FID) on the Ima gas development offshore Nigeria, targeting 350 MMcfd of production to supply the expanding Nigeria LNG (NLNG) liquefaction plant.
TotalEnergies and Mistral have launched a three-year, more than $115 million artificial intelligence program aimed at developing advanced models for oil and gas exploration, reservoir characterization and field development. The partnership will combine TotalEnergies’ subsurface data and nearly a century of geoscience and reservoir engineering expertise with Mistral’s artificial intelligence capabilities, including agentic AI. […]
Iraq plans to increase investment in gas production to achieve self-sufficiency, as well as to boost oil output over the next five years, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has said. Speaking during a meeting in France with a delegation led by TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné, he outlined that this will allow Iraq to reach production […]
On Thursday, a discovery from June, made in the Acacia-5 development of Angola’s offshore Block 17, was announced by TotalEnergies‘ Chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné. The discovery was made near to existing production at Block 17, allowing development to be fast-tracked via a tie-back using spare capacity on the Pazflor FPSO. This means no new […]
TotalEnergies SE and its partners plan to invest $10 billion in Angola’s oil sector over the next five years in order to sustain production in the country. The French energy company produces about 450,000 barrels of oil a day in Angola, more than 40% of the nation’s output, Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanné said at […]
TotalEnergies is fast-tracking development of its Acacia-5 oil discovery offshore Angola, targeting first production just three months after the discovery while expanding its exploration portfolio with two new operated blocks. Acacia-5 was discovered in June 2026 on Block 17, where TotalEnergies holds a 38% operated interest. The discovery will be developed using available capacity on the existing […]