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Hormuz Ship Traffic Slumps as Middle East Conflict Drags On

Sep 21, 2026

A total of 17 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend, down from 37 a week earlier, shipping data showed on Monday, as tension in the Gulf persisted with the US and Iran in stalemate.Visible traffic through the strait…

Oil Goes Down 2% as Saudi Supply Concerns Recede

Sep 18, 2026

Oil prices fell 2% on Friday, extending losses for a third straight session as easing concerns over Saudi supply disruptions outweighed anxiety about a widening of conflict across the Middle East.Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell by $2.14, or 2%…

Indonesia Picks Winners for Six Oil and Gas Blocks, Puts Eight More on Offer

Sep 18, 2026

Indonesia has awarded six oil and gas working areas to companies including Eni and Sinopec and opened a second 2026 tender round covering eight more areas as it seeks to expand upstream exploration.Eni Indonesia Limited was selected for the Sapukala working area…

Santos Expands LNG Portfolio with Asia, Canada Deals

Sep 15, 2026

Santos has agreed key commercial terms for a 10-year LNG supply deal with POSCO Steel and separately signed a non-binding agreement to buy about 1 million tonnes per annum of LNG from Canada's proposed Ksi Lisims project for up to 20 years.Under the proposed POSCO agreement…

Petronas, PTTEP Get Approvals for New Gas Block Sharing Contract

Sep 14, 2026

Petronas and PTTEP subsidiaries have received approvals from the governments of Malaysia and Thailand for a new 35-year production sharing contract covering Block A-18-01 in the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (MTJDA).PC JDA Limited…

Saudi Oil Lifeline Shut After Attack as Red Sea Threat Grows

Sep 14, 2026

Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher.The world’s largest crude oil exporter said it temporarily…

Greater Sunrise Gas Production Pushed Back to 2034

Sep 14, 2026

The Greater Sunrise natural gas project has pushed back its earliest possible production start by two years to 2034, East Timor's petroleum minister said, tightening a timeline already plagued by decades of delays.Production at the multi-billion dollar gas field…

Asia's Oil Industry Braces for Prolonged Hormuz Disruption

Sep 10, 2026

Asia's crude oil industry has a good idea of how to end the current crisis created by the Iran conflict. But they also know their wish is unlikely to be granted and they are hunkering down for an extended disruption to supplies from the Middle East…

Petronas Awards Estuary Cluster PSC to Harvester Energy

Sep 10, 2026

Petronas has awarded a production sharing contract for Malaysia's Estuary Cluster to Harvester Energy and handed over enhanced seismic data for the Mutiara Cluster to DIALOG Resources, advancing development of discovered oil and gas resources in two Malaysian basins…

ABS Backs Hanwha Ocean’s Standardized FPSO Design

Sep 09, 2026

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued basic design review certification to Hanwha Ocean for a standardized floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) design targeting deepwater projects in South America and West Africa.The…

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