Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has informed that a new production well at the Zohr natural gas field in the Mediterranean added about 70 million cubic feet of gas per day to output, reinforcing the field’s role as a key contributor to national energy supply.The Zohr-9 well was drilled by the Saipem 10000 drillship and confirmed the presence of a gas-bearing layer, the ministry said…
QatarEnergy has signed a 17-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) for the supply of up to 1 million tons per annum (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Republic of India.Pursuant to the terms of the SPA…
QatarEnergy has completed a farm-in transaction with Eni, acquiring a 40% participating interest in the North Rafah exploration block, offshore Egypt.The agreement, recently approved by the government of Egypt, grants QatarEnergy a 40% stake in the offshore concession…
Egypt and Cyprus have signed a series of agreements to transfer natural gas from Cyprus’ Cronos offshore field to Egypt, marking a significant step toward linking Cypriot gas resources to Egypt’s infrastructure and boosting energy cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean…
Viridien, in partnership with Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), a unit of Petronas, is finalizing an integrated geological study aimed at uncovering new exploration opportunities in the underexplored Langkasuka Basin in the Malacca Strait…
U.K.-based oil and gas firm Serica Energy has informed the Triton floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) has been put back into production after it was shut down due to some technical issues encountered late in September.The production from the Triton FPSO…
BP on Monday confirmed an oil and gas discovery in Namibia’s Orange basin as reported by African energy explorer and operator Rhino Resources earlier this month.Petroleum Exploration License 85, where the well was drilled, is operated by Rhino Resources with a working interest of 42…
Pakistan’s state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) has agreed to acquire a 20% interest in the Eastern Offshore Indus-C Block, joining forces with Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company (TPOC), part of Türkiye’s TPAO…
Egypt has a plan for the drilling of 480 exploratory oil wells on the basis of investments totaling $5.7 billion over the next 5 years, the country's petroleum minister said on Tuesday, as the country seeks to reverse declining production.The…
Texas-based exploration and production company Beacon Offshore Energy has completed the ramp-up of the four development wells as part of the first phase of its operated deepwater Shenandoah field, reaching the target rate of 100,000 bopd/117…
Nigeria has commissioned its first wholly owned Floating Storage and Offloading vessel near its Bonny export terminal, one of the companies which developed it said, as Africa's biggest oil producer seeks to improve its crude export infrastructure…
QatarEnergy agreed with Shell to acquire a 27% participating interest in a block offshore Egypt from the oil and gas major, it said in a statement on Sunday.QatarEnergy has in recent years acquired stakes in oil and gas basins including in Guyana…
Eni and the Ivorian Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy have signed the exploration contract for the CI-707 offshore block in Ivory Coast.The license covers an area of approximately 2,926 square kilometers in the Ivorian sedimentary basin…
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has signed a new contract with Amni International Petroleum Development Company in Ghana for the Noble Venturer drillship.The contract is expected to start once the rig is released from its current…
Chevron, the world’s third-largest oil company, and investment fund Westlawn have joined Anadarko Petroleum in a consortium to explore offshore oil and gas blocks in Peru, in a move officials said could boost energy security and attract further global investment…