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TotalEnergies Secures Operated Interest in Namibia’s Offshore License

Feb 06, 2026

TotalEnergies has signed agreements to acquire a 42.5% operated interest in the PEL104 exploration license offshore Namibia from Eight Offshore Investments Holdings and Maravilla Oil & Gas.Following completion of the transaction, TotalEnergies will become operator of the licence with a 42…

ConocoPhillips to Cut Costs as Oil Prices Weigh on Earnings

Feb 05, 2026

ConocoPhillips said on Thursday it aims to cut capital and operating costs by $1 billion in 2026, after the U.S. oil and gas producer missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit due to weaker crude prices.Benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 prices averaged at $63…

Equinor, Eneco Sign Five-Year Gas Supply Deal for Netherlands

Feb 05, 2026

Equinor and Eneco have signed a five-year agreement for the supply of natural gas to the Netherlands, with deliveries of up to 0.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year.Under the agreement, gas deliveries to the Dutch gas grid began on February 1 this year…

ExxonMobil Buys Guyana FPSO for $2.3B, SBM Offshore Keeps Ops Role

Feb 05, 2026

SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil Guyana, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, have completed the transaction related to the purchase of One Guyana floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.The purchase was completed ahead of the maximum lease term which would have expired in August 2027…

Shell Falls Short of Profit Estimates

Feb 05, 2026

Shell missed fourth-quarter profit expectations on Thursday with an 11% drop to the lowest level since early 2021 amid weaker oil prices, but kept its share buyback programme steady at $3.5 billion for the next three months.Profits at its integrated…

Chevron Signs Oil Exploration Deal in Syrian Waters

Feb 04, 2026

Chevron has signed a memorandum of understanding, or an initial agreement, with the Syrian Petroleum Company and the Qatari firm UCC Holding to evaluate exploration for oil and gas offshore Syria, a spokesperson for the U.S. major said on Wednesday…

Oil Companies Snap Up West African Blocks in Search for Next Big Thing

Feb 04, 2026

Chevron and TotalEnergies are among the oil majors snapping up offshore blocks in West and Southern Africa as compelling geology, regulatory reforms, and the need to restock spur a hunt for the next Brazil.Companies are restocking their oil…

BOEM Advances Second OBBBA Offshore Lease Sales

Feb 04, 2026

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, today announced another major step toward expanding offshore energy development pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. BOEM released the Final Notice of Sale for Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 2 (BBG2)…

Chevron Backs Yoyo-Yolanda Gas Development in Africa

Feb 04, 2026

U.S oil major Chevron has renewed its commitment to the development of the Yoyo-Yolanda gas project that straddles the maritime border between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, the company said in a statement.In 2023 the two African countries…

TGS Gets Streamer 4D Contract Offshore Norway

Feb 03, 2026

Provider of energy data and intelligence TGS has secured a 4D streamer acquisition contract in the North Sea, offshore Norway.A Ramform vessel is scheduled to mobilize for the survey in the second quarter of 2026, with the contract expected to run for approximately 65 days…

Libya Targets Higher Gas Output to Supply Europe by 2030

Feb 03, 2026

Libya plans to boost its natural gas production in the next five years to have more supply available for export to Europe by early 2030, National Oil Corporation Chairman Massoud Suleman said on Tuesday.The country plans to increase gas production…

Kuwait to Tap International Oil Firms for Offshore Fields

Feb 03, 2026

Kuwait's prime minister Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said on Tuesday that Kuwait Petroleum Corporation plans to invite international oil companies to assist Kuwait Oil Company in developing recently announced offshore oil and gas discoveries…

Hungary’s MOL Forms Strategic Oil Partnership with Libya’s NOC

Feb 02, 2026

MOL Group has entered into a new strategic partnership with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), setting the foundation for cooperation in hydrocarbons exploration, technological innovation and crude trading.The companies signed a memorandum…

Chevron Expects Up to 225,000 boepd First Quarter Output Cut

Feb 02, 2026

U.S. oil and gas major Chevron said on Friday turnarounds and downtime are expected to reduce its upstream production by 185,000 to 225,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the first quarter.The company added refinery turnarounds and downtime…

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