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Golden Pass LNG Reaches First Production Milestone in US

Mar 31, 2026

Golden Pass LNG, a joint venture between QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil, has produced its first liquefied natural gas from the initial train of its export facility in Texas, marking a step toward full operations.The project, located in Sabine Pass…

TotalEnergies Completes UK Upstream Merger to Form NEO NEXT+

Mar 30, 2026

TotalEnergies has completed the merger of its U.K. upstream oil and gas business with NEO NEXT, creating a new company named NEO NEXT+ and taking a 47.5% stake in the combined entity.The deal establishes NEO NEXT+ as the largest independent oil and gas producer on the U…

Europa Oil & Gas Secures License Extension off Ireland

Mar 27, 2026

Europa Oil & Gas has received approval from the Irish government to extend the first phase of its FEL 4/19 license to January 2028.The company said Ireland’s Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment (DECC) granted consent for the extension…

Etu Energias to Acquire Azule Energy’s Stakes in Angola’s Offshore Blocks

Mar 27, 2026

Etu Energias has agreed to acquire stakes in offshore Blocks 14 and 14K in Angola from Azule Energy, after exercising pre-emption rights over the assets.Azule Energy, a joint venture combining the Angolan businesses of BP and Eni, said it signed…

Cyclone Disrupts Australia’s Biggest LNG Plants, Strains Global Market

Mar 27, 2026

A powerful tropical cyclone in Western Australia has disrupted production at the country’s two biggest liquefied natural gas plants run by Chevron and Woodside, exacerbating a global supply crunch caused by the conflict in the Middle East.Australia…

TotalEnergies' Sale of Greater Laggan Area Assets Strengthens Serica’s UK Portfolio

Mar 26, 2026

Serica Energy has completed the acquisition of a 40% operated interest in the Greater Laggan Area and associated infrastructure from TotalEnergies, strengthening its position in the West of Shetland basin.The deal, first announced in September 2025…

Capricorn Energy Reports Loss on Egypt JV Charge, Keeps Outlook

Mar 26, 2026

Oil producer Capricorn Energy swung to an annual pre-tax loss on Thursday, after it took a $10.6 million impairment charge for its Egyptian joint venture.The Egypt-focused firm took the charge after an assessment of its Alam El Shawish West JV with Cheiron Oil & Gas showed reduced future production…

OKEA Raises Recoverable Resource Estimate at North Sea Field

Mar 25, 2026

Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has increased recoverable resource estimates for the Talisker West discovery at the Brage field in the North Sea following further subsurface evaluation.The company said P50 recoverable resources in the Talisker…

Brazil's Petrobras and Mexico’s Pemex Eye Deepwater Partnership

Mar 25, 2026

Brazil's Petrobras will discuss a possible partnership with Mexico's Pemex during a visit to Mexico next month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday, after her Brazilian counterpart proposed joint projects in the Gulf of Mexico for the two state-run oil companies…

Shell-Equinor JV Adura Signs $3B Financing Deal

Mar 24, 2026

Adura Energy, a joint venture between Shell and Equinor, has signed a $3 billion reserve-based lending (RBL) facility to support its future growth and energy supply ambitions in the United Kingdom.The seven-year, senior-secured facility is Adura’s…

Borr Drilling Acquires Five Jack‑Ups

Mar 23, 2026

Borr Drilling has entered into definitive agreements to acquire five premium jack-up rigs from Fontis Finance for a purchase price of $287 million.The acquisition will be completed through BC Ventures Limited, a newly established 50/50 joint…

Arcius Energy to Drill Two Offshore Gas Wells in Egypt

Mar 23, 2026

Arcius Energy, a joint venture between BP and ADNOC, is set to begin drilling two offshore gas exploration wells in Egypt’s Mediterranean waters as part of the country’s wider upstream expansion plans.The campaign will target the Atoll West…

Qatar LNG Exports Cut 17% After Missile Strikes, $20B Revenue Loss Expected

Mar 23, 2026

QatarEnergy has confirmed that missile attacks on its Ras Laffan Industrial City have reduced the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity by about 17% and could result in around $20 billion in annual revenue losses.The strikes…

Brazil Eyes Petrobras-Pemex Alliance for Gulf of Mexico Oil Exploration

Mar 23, 2026

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday he had proposed a partnership between state-run energy firms Petrobras of Brazil and Pemex of Mexico to explore oil in the Gulf of Mexico.'Pemex could get a great deal of help from Petrobras…

Top Aramco Executive Pulls Out of CERAWeek as Iran War Escalates

Mar 23, 2026

Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Amin Nasser has cancelled his planned appearance at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston to remain in Saudi Arabia because of the Iran conflict, an industry source told Reuters.Nasser, who has been CEO of the world's top oil exporter for more than a decade…

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