MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum, 8.Nov.2026, Words: 325) — Company briefs spanning details on the IMF, Seatrium Limited, Karpowership, and the Promotora de Comercio Exterior (Costa Rica), […]
Category: Nigeria
One in five refineries at closure risk as global oil demand peaks in 2032
LONDON / HOUSTON / SINGAPORE (By Wood Mackenzie, 5.Nov.2026, Words: 926) — An estimated one in five of the world’s oil refineries faces increasing risk of closure as global oil demand […]
PRESS DIGEST 27Oct2026: Borr search and rescue offshore Gabon
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum, 27.Oct.2026, Words: 375) — Company briefs spanning details on ECOPETROL, PEMEX, YPF, PETROBRAS, ENI, Seatrium, Karpowership, Ignitis Group, EQT, CoAspire, Compal Electronics, […]
PRESS DIGEST 26Oct2026: EQT-Range $50bn+ deal; Eni in Nigeria
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum, 26.Oct.2026, Words: 225) — Company briefs spanning details on Denarius Metals, Nucor, Borr Drilling, AENR, Eni, APEX, and EQT Corporation and Range […]
Eni divests Nigerian subsidiary AENR to APEX
SAN DONATO MILANESE, ITALY (By Eni, 26.Oct.2026, Words: 149) — Eni completed the sale of its subsidiary Agip Energy and Natural Resources (Nigeria) Limited (AENR) to Apex Global Energy Limited, a […]
PRESS DIGEST 1 AUG 2026: EVs export to China; IOCs with headwinds in VEN
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Aug.2026, Words: 555) — The following briefs span company details on the International Energy Agency (IEA), KAPSARC, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Shell Companies, Petrotrin, Exxon, […]
Baker Hughes inks service agreement with ANOH for gas plant in Nigeria
HOUSTON and LONDON (By Baker Hughes, 23.Jun.2026, Words: 214) — Baker Hughes announced an award from ANOH Gas Processing Company (AGPC) to provide comprehensive lifecycle services [that covers parts, repair services, engineering advisory] […]
ExxonMobil awards Nigerian deepwater completions contract to Weatherford
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.May.2026, Words: 137) — Esso Exploration & Production Nigeria Ltd. (EEPNL), an ExxonMobil affiliate, awarded Weatherford International plc a deepwater integrated completions contract for […]
Corruption perceptions index 2025: Venezuela (10), Mexico (27), Uruguay (73)
BERLIN, GERMANY (By Transparency International, 10.Feb.2026, Words: 1,102) — Corruption is worsening globally, with even established democracies experiencing rising corruption amid a decline in leadership, according to Transparency International’s 2025 […]
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 signed the production sharing contract […]
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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 cash flows reflecting strong operational […]
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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) said in its Jul. 2025 […]
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, expects market conditions to remain […]
Venezuela flared 46% of its 3,895 MMcf/d of natural gas production in 2024
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Feb.2025, Words: 1,030) — Oil producing Venezuela, a founding member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), flared 46% […]
CERAWeek by S&P Global Houston, 10-14 Mar. 2025
HOUSTON, TEXAS (S&P Global, 10.Feb.2025) — The 43rd annual gathering of CERAWeek by S&P Global—the world’s preeminent energy conference—will convene energy industry leaders, experts, government officials and policymakers, as well as […]
Baker Hughes to Deploy Leucipa Automated Field Production Solution in Niger Delta
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Feb.2025) — Baker Hughes announced an agreement with NNPC Limited/FIRST Exploration & Petroleum Development Company (FIRST E&P) joint venture (JV) to deploy the […]
Nigeria Officially Joins BRICS as Partner Country
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Jan.2025) — Nigeria formally joined BRICS as a partner country of the grouping. “With the world’s sixth-largest population—and Africa’s largest—as well as […]
IMF Expects World Output to Rise 3.3% in Both 2025 and 2026 [PDF Download]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Jan.2025) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects global growth at 3.3% both in 2025 and 2026, below the historical (2000–2019) average of […]
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EAI’s 4Q:24 NRG Prospector condensed version [emagazine download]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jan.2025) — Download the 4Q:24 NRG Prospector eMagazine with updates, analysis, features, briefs and “heard on the street” from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, […]
Shell Takes FID at Bonga North Offshore Nigeria
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Dec.2024) — Shell plc subsidiary Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) announced a final investment decision (FID) on Bonga North, a deep-water project off the […]
Equinor Pockets $2bn in Azerbaijan and Nigeria Business Exits
(Equinor, 9.Dec.2024) — Equinor has closed transactions exiting the upstream businesses in Azerbaijan and Nigeria, with a total estimated consideration of up to $2bn. After more than 30 years as […]
EAI’s ‘Africa NRG Insights’ investor report (FREE PDF download-prologue)
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jun.2024, Words: 136) — Energy Analytics Institute‘s recently released ‘Africa NRG Insights’: Africa’s ‘Just’ Energy Transition: An Investor’s Perspective on Opportunities and Challenges, explores the […]
bp, Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies to Boost Access to Energy (PDF Download)
(Equinor, 15.Nov.2024) — bp, Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies announce a commitment to invest in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (UN SDG7), which aims to ensure access to […]
‘Micro-Documentaries’ Sound the Climate Alarm for Global South at COP29
(Rockefeller Foundation, 11.Nov.2024) — As part of Human Development, Children and Youth, Health, and Education Day at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29), a new series […]
Scientists: Epoch Marked by human impact — the Anthropocene — Began in 1950s
(AP, 11.Jul.2024) — From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th […]
TotalEnergies Launches Ubeta Gas Development to Supply Nigeria LNG Liquefaction Plant
(TotalEnergies, 20.Jun.2024) — TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE), operator of OML 58 onshore license in Nigeria with a 40% interest, together with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NNPCL, 60%), have taken […]
CERAWeek 2024 Boasts Delegate Attendance of 8,100+
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Mar.2024) — The CERAWeek by S&P Global, held 18-22 Mar. 2024 in Houston, Texas, boasted in attendance 8,100+ delegates (9,400+ when counting staff, vendors etc), a record […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs for Feb. 2024: Guyana, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Feb.2024, Words: 3,790) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during Feb. 2024 including Exxon Mobil and […]
TotalEnergies Starts Production in Nigeria at Akpo West Field
(TotalEnergies, 7.Feb.2024) — TotalEnergies and its partners announce the start of production from the Akpo West field on the PML2 license in Nigeria. Located 135 kilometers off the coast, Akpo […]
Strohm Completes First TCP Jumper in West Africa
(Strohm, 16.Jan.2024) — Strohm, the world’s first and leading TCP technology company, has supplied TotalEnergies with a thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) Jumper, which has been commissioned in deep water (1600 […]
S&P Global Releases its 2024 Energy Outlook
(S&P Global, 14.Dec.2023) — Analysts at S&P Global Commodity Insights, an independent provider of information, data, analysis, benchmark prices and workflow solutions for the commodities, energy and energy transition markets, […]
Norway’s Equinor Divests Nigeria Business
(Welligence Energy Analytics, 29.Nov.2023) — Equinor has announced the sale of its Nigeria business to Chappal Energies for an undisclosed consideration. What were the key drivers for buyer and seller, […]
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Chevron Reveals 3Q:23 Results, Comments on Hess Deal [PDF Downloads]
(Chevron, 27.Oct.2023) — Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) reported earnings of $6.5bn ($3.48 per share – diluted) for third quarter 2023, compared with $11.2bn ($5.78 per share – diluted) in third […]
Africa Oil Announces Strategic Hires
(Africa Oil Corp., 4.Oct.2023) — Africa Oil Corp. announced the strategic recruitment of two highly-experienced energy executives to strengthen its leadership team. Dr Oliver Quinn has been appointed Senior Vice President of […]
Eni Tops TotalEnergies as Africa’s Top Producer
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Sep.2023) — Eni actually takes the top spot as Africa’s top producer, not TotalEnergies, according to Welligence Energy Analytics. Producing around 900,000 boe/d, 40% of Eni’s output […]
African School of Regulation Launches during African Climate Summit
(The Rockefeller Foundation, 5.Sep.2023) — The African School of Regulation (ASR) officially launched today during the Africa Climate Summit 2023, which is co-hosted by the Republic of Kenya and the African Union. […]
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An African Gas Renaissance En Route to a ‘Just Energy Transition’ [PDF Download]
(The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 5.Sep.2023) — The impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the natural gas trade, inter alia, continues to be felt well beyond Europe’s borders. As […]
TotalEnergies Nigerian Find Largest in a Decade
(WoodMac, 16.Jun.2023) — Addressing TotalEnergies discovery at Ntokon in the shallow water Niger Delta, Gail Anderson, director of upstream research at Wood Mackenzie, said “Ntokon is likely to be Nigeria’s biggest shallow […]
TotalEnergies Reveals Discovery Offshore Nigeria
(TotalEnergies, 13.Jun.2023) — TotalEnergies announces the Ntokon oil and gas discovery on OML102 offshore Nigeria. Located in shallow waters, 60 km off the southeast coast of Nigeria, the Ntokon-1AX discovery well encountered […]
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Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report [PDF Download]
(The World Bank, 31.Mar.2023) — After a decade of little progress, global gas flaring volumes fell by around 3% in 2022. However, despite this welcome reduction, greater and sustained efforts […]
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OPEC Cuts Oil Demand Forecast to Below the 100 MMb/d Mark [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Oct.2022) — The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) now forecasts oil demand to dip below 100 million barrels per day (MMb/d) in 2022 owing a lower […]
Nigeria’s NNPC Renews Oil Contracts to Produce 10 Billion Barrels
(Reuters, 12.Aug.2022) — Nigeria’s state-owned oil firm NNPC Ltd on Friday renewed oil production sharing agreements with international majors and local firms for five deepwater blocks that officials said could […]
Production Starts at Ikike Field Offshore Nigeria
(TotalEnergies, 25.Jul.2022) — TotalEnergies, OML99 operator (40%) in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC, 60%), announces the start of production from the Ikike field, in Nigeria. Located 20 […]
Heritage Oil Limited Gets New Chief Executive Officer
(Heritage Oil Limited, 20.Jul.2022) — Heritage Oil Limited has appointed Adogbeji (Ado) Oseragbaje as its new Chief Executive Office with effect from 14 July 2022. Ado will also lead HOL’s […]
Nigeria’s State-owned Energy Firm Begins Commercial Operations
(Bloomberg, 19.Jul.2022) — Nigeria’s state-owned energy firm will now operate as a commercial entity without relying on government funding and direct controls, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. The launch […]
Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo: An OPEC Icon, A Dear Friend to Many
(OPEC, 6.Jul.2022) — It is with immense sorrow and sadness that the OPEC Secretariat learnt of the passing of the OPEC Secretary General, His Excellency, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, in his […]
Keynote Address by OPEC Secretary General Barkindo
(OPEC, 5.Jul.2022) — Delivered by HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, at the opening ceremony of the 21st edition of Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference and Exhibition, 5 […]
Adewole Adebayo, Candidate for President of Nigeria, visits Washington, DC
(Adewole Adebayo, 28.Jun.2022) — Prince Adebayo, who recently won the Social Democratic Party (SDP)‘s nomination for president, is visiting the US by invitation to attend a stakeholder meeting with the […]
222 Million Crisis-Impacted Children in Urgent Need of Educational Support
(Education Cannot Wait, 21.Jun.2022) — The United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), released a shocking new report today that indicates the number of […]
All On and Solstroem Ink Deal to Finance Technology Platform for Carbon Credits
(All On, 16.May.2022) — All On, a shell-funded impact investment company focusing on strengthening the off-grid energy markets in Nigeria, is pleased to announce an investment in the Danish technology […]