SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Sep.2025, Words: 178) — Petrobras concluded the acquisition of a 27.5% stake in block 4, […]
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Viridien and Mantle8 enter partnership to fast-track hydrogen exploration across EMEA
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Sep.2025, Words: 227) — Viridien and Mantle8, a French geoscience company focused on natural hydrogen exploration, […]
TotalEnergies awarded 2 exploration permits offshore Nigeria
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2025, Words: 185) — TotalEnergies (80%, operator), together with its partner South Atlantic Petroleum (20%), have […]
TotalEnergies awarded new exploration permit in the Congo
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2025, Words: 162) — TotalEnergies (50%, operator), together with its partners QatarEnergy (35%) and the national company SNPC (15%), […]
Eight OPEC+ countries eye 547,000 b/d production adjustment [table]
VIENNA, AUSTRIA (By OPEC, 3.Aug.2025, Words: 294) — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman reaffirmed their commitment to market stability on […]
Shell reports 2Q:25 results, comments on LNG Canada [pdf downloads]
LONDON, ENGLAND (By Shell, 31.Jul.2025, Words: 128) — Shell plc Chief Executive Officer, Wael Sawan commented on the company’s second-quarter 2025 results. “Shell generated robust […]
Finland tops annual global mining survey rankings, Ethiopia ranks last
VANCOUVER, BC (By Fraser Institute, 29.Jul.2025, Words: 263) — Finland is the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for mining investment, followed by Nevada and Alaska, according to the Annual […]
IMF and “tenuous resilience amid persistent uncertainty” [pdf download]
WASHINGTON, DC (By IMF, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 292) — Global growth is projected at 3% for 2025 and 3.1% in 2026, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) […]
Eni reports results: 2Q:25 and 1H:25 [pdf download]
SAN DONATO MILANESE, ITALY (By Eni, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 291) — Eni‘s Board of Directors, chaired by Giuseppe Zafarana, yesterday approved the unaudited consolidated results for the […]
TotalEnergies boasts upstream production of 2.53 Mboe/d in 2Q:25 [pdf download]
PARIS, FRANCE (By TotalEnergies, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 421) — The Board of Directors of TotalEnergles SE, chaired by CEO Patrick Pouyanné, met on July 23, 2025, […]
TotalEnergies reports strong 2Q:25 results [pdf download]
PARIS, FRANCE (By TotalEnergies, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 53) — TotalEnergies reported cash flow of $6.6bn in the second-quarter 2025, driven by production growth of its energies, […]
Eni and Sonatrach strengthen energy security cooperation
ROME, ITALY (Eni, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 232) — Eni and Sonatrach signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening cooperation in the field of hydrocarbons, energy […]
Woodside reports 2Q:25 results, updates on US activities [pdf download]
PERTH, AUSTRALIA (By Woodside, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 215) — Woodside Energy reported production of 50.1 MMboe (550 Mboe/d) in the second-quarter 2025 (2Q:25), up 2% sequentially […]
Oceaneering inks Esso contract for Angola block 15 for ROV services and integrated solutions
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jul.2025, Words: 226) — Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that its subsidiaries, Oceaneering Angola, S.A. and Oceaneering Marine Technologies […]
ANPG, ExxonMobil and partners in Angola’s block 15 ink PSC that expires in 2037
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jul.2025, Words: 252) — Angola’s National Agency for Oil, Gas, and Biofuels (ANPG) and the partners of […]
Brazil’s leader Lula condemns Gaza ‘genocide’ at BRICS
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (By Al Jazeera and news agencies, 6.Jul.2025, Words: 496) — Brazil’s president says the world must act to stop what he […]
EAI brief: BRICS group growing to include more “Global South” countries [declaration]
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jul.2025, Words: 114) — Leaders from the BRICS countries will participate in the XVII BRICS Summit held […]
OPEC+ reaffirm commitment to market stability [table]
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jul.2025, Words: 309) — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman reaffirmed their […]
Subsea7 awarded sizable $50mn-$150mn EPCI contract offshore Egypt
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jul.2025, Words: 98) — Subsea7 announced the award of sizable contract offshore Egypt with a value between $50mn-$150mn. […]
Côte d’Ivoire president Alassane Ouattara and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi talk Baleine and Calao
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jul.2025, Words: 518) — The president of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Alassane Ouattara, met […]
EAI brief: Predator updates on acquisition of Challenger’s entire operations in Trinidad
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jul.2025, Words: 990) — Jersey-based Predator Oil & Gas Holdings Plc (PRD) revealed details related to […]
US Supreme Court rejects Exxon’s appeal of $14.25mn air pollution penalty
(By Nate Raymond, Reuters, 30.Jun2025, Words: 432) — The U.S. Supreme Court turned away Exxon Mobil Corp‘s bid to overturn a $14.25 million civil penalty that a judge imposed […]
China’s Xi Jinping meets with Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jun.2025, Words: 115) — China’s president Xi Jinping met with Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko to discuss […]
Eni launches first export of vegetable oil from Côte d’Ivoire
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jun.2025, Words: 180) — Italy’s Eni exported its first vegetable oil from Côte d’Ivoire. The vegetable oil […]
NRGBriefs Jun. 2025: Scarborough first cargo, Maduro on Iran, Noem to Central America
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jun.2025, Words: 5,030) — Global energy, finance and project briefs as well as other from the front pages […]
Eni Rovuma Basin and AICS team up to boost sustainable development in Mozambique
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jun.2025, Words: 175) — Eni Rovuma Basin signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Italian Agency […]
QatarEnergy expand upstream footprint in Algeria north Africa
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Jun.2025, Words: 208) — QatarEnergy won an onshore exploration license in Algeria as part of the “Algeria Bid […]
Eni and YPF ink agreement for participation in the 12 MTPA Argentina LNG project (ARG LNG 3)
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 325) — Italy’s Eni and Argentina’s state-owned energy company YPF SA signed an agreement for […]
Petrobras submits declaration of interest for Ivory Coast exploratory blocks
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 167) — Petrobras submitted a declaration of interest for exploratory blocks located offshore the Ivory […]
NRGBriefs May 2025: Chevron’s Wirth on Venezuela, GranMorgu, Petrobras on Proquigel
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 5,844) — Global energy, finance and project briefs as well as other from the front pages […]
Chevron confirms 3 dead in Angola after BBLT incident
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 499) — Chevron Corporation confirmed the death of a third contractor as a result of the […]
US retains spot as world’s largest LNG exporter
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.May.2025, Words: 349) — The US remained the largest LNG exporter in 2024 with a total of 88.4 […]
Subsea 7 awarded sizable contract offshore West Africa
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.May.2025, Words: 152) — Subsea 7 announced the award of a sizable — valued between $50mn-$150mn — subsea contract […]
Chevron says CABGOC responds to an incident at BBLT platform
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 20.May.2025, Words: 193) — Chevron Corporation announced that at approximately 3:10am a fire occurred on the cellar deck […]
Fire at Chevron oil platform offshore Angola injures 17
CAPE TOWN, AFRICA (Reuters, 20.May.2025, Words: 185) — Seventeen people were injured, four seriously, when a fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday […]
Eni confirms oil find at Capricornus 1-X well offshore Namibia
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ian Silverman, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Apr.2025) — Eni confirmed preliminary results at the Capricornus 1-X well in the petroleum exploration license 85 (PEL85), […]
Woodside Energy reports 1Q:25 results, updates on Trion and Calypso projects in LatAm
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Apr.2025) — Australia’s Woodside Energy reported production of 49.1 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) or 546,000 boe/d […]
IMF revises global growth forecasts downward [PDF download]
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Apr.2025) — The global economy has appeared to have stabilized, with steady yet underwhelming growth rates, according to […]
Borr Drilling receives request for 3 rigs in Mexico, reveals 3 new contracts
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Apr.2025) — Borr Drilling Limited received a re-mobilization request for 3 rigs in Mexico. The company also […]
EAI’s 1Q:25 “NRG Prospector” full version [183-pg emag download]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Apr.2025, Words: 20,000) — Download Energy Analytics Institute‘s 183-page full version of the 1Q:25 NRG Prospector, which is […]
8 OPEC+ countries reaffirm commitment to market stability
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Apr.2025) — 8 OPEC+ countries — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman — reaffirmed […]
EAI 1Q:25 NRG Prospector condensed version [FREE emagazine download]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Apr.2025) — Download Energy Analytics Institute’s complimentary condensed 21-page 1Q:25 NRG Prospector emagazine with select stories from CERAWeek […]
TotalEnergies Welcomes Launch of Official Investigations in Mozambique
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Mar.2025) — TotalEnergies said the Mozambican Commission on Human Rights (CNDH) will conduct its own investigation following allegations […]
Vitol to Pay $1.65bn for Certain Eni Assets in Ivory Coast and Congo Including Congo LNG
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Mar.2025) — Vitol will acquire interests in certain assets owned by Eni in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and the Republic […]
Eni Boosts Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Gas Production for Power Generation
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Mar.2025) — Italy’s Eni together with Petroci announced a significant increase in gas supply for Côte d’Ivoire’s power […]
CERAWeek: Petrobras eyes subsea-to-shore for gas offshore Colombia, Sylvia Anjos says
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Mar.2025, Words: 480) — Petrobras plans to commercialize its natural gas discoveries offshore Colombia using subsea-to-shore installations, […]
CERAWeek: bp plc CEO Murray Auchinclose on the conversations about Gen AI
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Philipp Markopulos, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Mar.2025, Words: 779) — During CERAWeek by S&P Global, bp plc CEO Murray Auchinclose said his company and […]
Eco Atlantic prepares for Guyana well, other work in Namibia and South Africa
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Feb.2025, Words: 290) — Eco Atlantic is preparing to drill an exploration well offshore Guyana in the Orinduik […]
Bristow highlights headwinds amid opportunities in Nigeria, Brazil and Suriname
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Feb.2025, Words: 393) — Bristow Group Inc., a global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, […]
Woodside’s record 530,000 boe/d output in 2024 aided by Sangomar
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Feb.2025) — Australia’s Woodside Energy reported record production of 193.9 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe), or 530 […]