Impact Africa Ltd has received approval from the Government of South Africa to take forward the Transkei & Algoa Exploration Right and the Tugela South Exploration Right, offshore South Africa, on a 100% operated basis. ExxonMobil Exploration and Production South Africa Ltd and Equinor…
The Scottish Government has set a new ambition to increase offshore wind capacity to 11 gigawatts of energy installed by 2030 – enough to power more than eight million homes. The aim of substantially increasing the offshore wind capacity in Scottish waters supports the…
The semi-submersible West Phoenix is concluding a current wildcat well for Neptune Energy on the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), well 6406/12-G-1 H, drilled in 322 m (1,056 ft) of water in licence PL586, is an…
The Gazprom Board of Directors took note of the information on the ongoing import substitution of products, equipment and technologies meant for the NGV (Natural Gas Vehicles) market development. It was noted that the production and sale of natural gas as a vehicle fuel…
Total has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometres off the southern coast of South Africa. This discovery follows the adjacent play opening Brulpadda discovery in 2019, which proved a significant…
Day & Zimmermann (D&Z), the century-old, family-owned provider of construction, engineering, maintenance, staffing, and defence solutions for leading corporations and governments around the world, has announced the acquisition of EMC Power Canada Ltd (EMC), an Ontario-based specialised trade services and construction company. The acquisition…
Huge volumes of discovered hydrocarbons worldwide are currently ‘stranded,’ according to a study by Westwood Global Energy Group. The consultant has identified 119 fields in this category that were found between 2008 and 2016 with collectively 11 Bbbl of oil and 36 Bboe of…
A new interactive mapping application that reveals the location of every energy-related site in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is expected to bring real benefits for exploration and the search for carbon storage locations. The game-changing app shows the proximity of existing oil and…
Swedish refiner Preem AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Corral Petroleum Holdings AB, Stockholm, is moving forward with a recently proposed project to convert its 220,000-b/d refinery in Lysekil, Sweden, into Scandinavia’s largest manufacturing site for renewable fuel. With an application to amend the…
Cenovus Energy Inc and Husky Energy Inc have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at US$23.6 billion, inclusive of debt. The combined company, to operate as Cenovus Energy Inc and remain headquartered in Calgary, will have low exposure to Alberta oil pricing,…
