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Eni Starts Up Phase 2 of Congo LNG Ahead of Schedule

Dec 02, 2025

Eni has started up Phase 2 of its Congo LNG project ahead of schedule, following the arrival of the Nguya floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit into Congolese waters and the introduction of gas into the new infrastructure.Eni said it expects the first LNG cargo to be exported in early 2026.Phase 2 includes three production platforms, the Scarabeo 5 gas treatment and compression unit, and the Nguya FLNG…

Eni Expands Asian Footprint with Long-Term LNG Contract in Thailand

Dec 05, 2025

Eni has signed a long-term LNG sales agreement with Thailand’s Gulf Development Company, expanding its presence in Asian gas markets and advancing its plan to build a diversified global liquefied natural gas (LNG) portfolio.Under the 10-year contract…

Renewables Not Expanding Fast Enough to Replace Fossil Fuels, COP30 Warns

Nov 20, 2025

The message could not have been clearer as protesters carried coffins labeled oil, coal and gas through Belém while negotiators met in the Amazonian city for the United Nations COP30 climate summit.It may be too early to declare the end of the fossil fuel era…

Kombi-II MOPU Sets Sail for Congo After Conversion Job in Netherlands

Oct 15, 2025

Kombi-II mobile offshore production unit (MOPU), converted from a jack-up drilling rig by Dixstone, has started its journey to Congo for deployment at Perenco-operated Kombi-Likalala-Libondo II (KLL II) permit.Dixstone, a sister company of oil and gas firm Perenco…

Boskalis’ Blue Marlin Transporting ‘Colossal’ FPU for Congo LNG Project

Sep 29, 2025

Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has engaged its heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin to move a recently converted floating production unit (FPU) to Angola, ahead of its deployment at Congo’s first natural gas liquefaction project.The cargo…

POSH Set to Tow Nguya FLNG from China to Eni’s Congo Field

Sep 12, 2025

Singapore-based marine services provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has been selected by Wison New Energies to tow the Nguya floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility from China to the Republic of Congo.The FLNG unit will be…

Chevron Signs Preliminary Agreement to Explore for Offshore Oil

Sep 03, 2025

Chevron has signed a preliminary agreement with Angola's national oil and gas concessionaire ANPG to explore for oil in the country's offshore block 33/24, the U.S. oil major said on Wednesday.The risk services contract with Angola's National Oil…

TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy Secure Exploration License Offshore Congo

Sep 01, 2025

TotalEnergies and its partners QatarEnergy and Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo have been awarded an exploration license for the Nzombo offshore block in the Republic of Congo.Under the terms of the production sharing contract signed with the Congolese Government…

Borr Drilling Scoops $43M in New Jack-Up Rigs Deals

Aug 27, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured new contract commitments for two of its premium jack-up rigs and confirmed the start of operations for one of its rigs offshore Mexico.In the North Sea, Borr Drilling’s Prospector 1 jack…

Saipem Completes Conversion of Rig to FPU for Eni’s Congo LNG Project

Aug 27, 2025

Saipem has completed the conversion of the Scarabeo 5 semi-submersible drilling rig into a floating production unit (FPU), which will be deployed at Eni’s Congo liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.The conversion of the Scarabeo 5 into an FPU…

Nguya FLNG Unit to Set Sail for Next Phase of Eni's Congo LNG Project

Aug 26, 2025

Italian energy giant Eni has held the sail away ceremony for the Nguya floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit in Shanghai, which is set to depart for Congo LNG project in the Marine XII concession, offshore the Republic of Congo.The Nguya unit…

Argentina’s 30 MMtpa LNG Ambition by 2030 – Is It feasible?

Aug 15, 2025

The development Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta share is transforming the nation into a rising energy exporter, with oil and pipeline gas already flowing abroad and an ambitious multi-phase ‘Argentina LNG’ initiative aiming to secure a permanent place in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market…

Bourbon to Deliver Next-Gen Crewboats for Eni’s Congo Operations

Jul 28, 2025

French offshore vessel services firm Bourbon has signed a five-year charter agreement with Eni Congo for six next-generation crewboats to support operations on Eni’s offshore fields in the Central Africa country.The agreement includes the deployment of six newly built S200X-G2 crewboats…

BP-Eni Joint Venture Finds Gas Offshore Angola

Jul 14, 2025

Azule Energy, a joint venture firm between BP and Eni, has made a gas discovery at the Gajajeira-01 exploration well, located offshore in the Lower Congo Basin, Republic of Angola.The well was spudded on April 1, 2025 in a water depth of 95 meters…

Eni Launches Services Firm for Oil Drilling Industry

Jul 01, 2025

Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has set out plans to transfer its Oilfield Chemicals business unit into the newly established company Versalis Oilfield Solutions.As of July 1, 2025, Eni has consolidated Versalis’ position in the oilfield services…

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