Malaysia’s Petronas has strengthened upstream collaboration in Sabah through a new oil and gas production sharing contract (PSC) award and an equity transfer agreement involving state-linked partners.Petronas Carigali, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petronas, signed a farm-out agreement to transfer a 20% non-operating participating interest in the 2011 North Sabah Enhanced Oil Recovery production sharing contract to SMJ Energy…
Norwegian oil and gas investments are expected to decline this year and next as many field developments are completed while fewer new projects begin, a quarterly survey of the industry showed on Thursday.Norway produces about 2% of global oil and meets about 30% of Europe's gas needs…
The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and offshore and marine engineering group Seatrium have launched an Offshore & Marine Digital Learning Lab at SIT’s Punggol Campus, aimed at accelerating maritime digitalization and supporting the energy transition…
Elemental Energies has acquired Norway-based geoscience specialist Applied Petroleum Technology (APT), expanding its subsurface and geochemistry capabilities as operators seek deeper technical insight across the well lifecycle.APT provides petroleum geochemistry…
Malaysia’s Petronas, through Malaysia Petroleum Management, has launched the Malaysia Bid Round 2026, offering nine exploration blocks and six discovered resource opportunities in a move aimed at strengthening Malaysia’s position as an upstream investment hub…
Egypt has directed international oil companies to double production by 2030, Energean International CEO Nicolas Katcharov told Reuters on Tuesday, saying existing contracts must be revised to spur new investment.Katcharov said the low gas prices…
Government officials stated on Sunday that Namibia would not recognize the purchase of offshore stakes by TotalEnergies or Petrobras announced last week until the oil companies followed the proper approval route.A spokesperson for the Presidency…
Cheniere Energy, the largest liquefied natural gas exporter in the U.S., has submitted an application to build a 24 million metric tonnes per annum LNG plant at its Corpus Christi location in Texas, according to a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
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…
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…
Germany has agreed to buy 25.1% of Dutch grid operator TenneT's German division for 3.3 billion euros ($3.9 billion), it said on Tuesday, in a long-planned move to tighten Berlin's control over critical energy infrastructure.The deal marks a…
Equinor has trimmed planned investments in renewables and low-emission energy and flagged heavy cuts to share buybacks, the company said on Wednesday as it posted a 22% drop in fourth-quarter profit.The Norwegian energy group's adjusted earnings…
Shell Brasil Petróleo, a subsidiary of Shell, has agreed to sell a 20% interest in the Orca deepwater project offshore Brazil to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC).Orca, formerly known as Gato do Mator, is a deepwater development located in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin…
Seatrium has completed divested its AmFELS Yard located at Brownsville in Texas to Karpower Valley, a related party of Karpowership.The divestment, first announced in September 2025 and completed on January 30, 2026, will allow Seatrium to enhance capital and operational efficiencies…
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…