(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Nov.2024) — MDU Resources Group, Inc. successfully completed the spinoff of its construction services subsidiary, Everus Construction Group. As a result of [more…]
Category: Middle East
CNOOC Africa Inks EDPC with Midland Oil Company in Iraq
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Oct.2024) — CNOOC Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, CNOOC Africa Holding Ltd., entered into an Exploration, Development & Production Contract (EDPC) with Midland [more…]
QatarEnergy and TotalEnergies to Partner in Solar Project in Iraq
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Oct.2024) — QatarEnergy inked a partnership agreement with the French oil giant TotalEnergies to enter into a solar power project that is [more…]
Nabors Reports 3Q:24 Results, Updates on Saudi Arabia (PDF Downloads)
(Nabors, 22.Oct.2024) — Nabors Industries Ltd. reported third quarter 2024 operating revenues of $732mn, compared to operating revenues of $735mn in the second quarter. The [more…]
IEA: Shipping Route Interruptions in 3Q:24
(International Energy Agency, 18.Oct.2024) — The strong momentum behind LNG project development continued in 2024 even with no US projects reaching final investment decision Since [more…]
Israel Conflict Gains Grip as Output: Rystad Says
(Rystad, 17.Oct.2024) — Here is Rystad Energy’s market update from Middle East Research Director, Aditya Saraswat. “Tensions are persisting in the Middle East and the [more…]
Saudi Arabia Eyes Boosting Production by 1 MMb/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Oct.2024) — Saudi Arabia looks to add around 1 MMb/d of production over the next 12-15 months to reach close to 10 MMb/d [more…]
LatAm NRG Matters: Highlights, Heard
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Oct.2024) — LatAm NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week ended 4 Oct. 2024. LATIN AMERICA —Argentina: Malaysian [more…]
QatarEnergy LNG Awards McDermott EPCI Contract for the NFS
(McDermott, 3.Oct.2024) — McDermott has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by QatarEnergy LNG for the North Field South (NFS) Offshore [more…]
SLB and ADNOC Drilling Partner for Unconventional Development
(SLB, 30.Sep.2024) — SLB announced an agreement to create Turnwell Industries LLC OPC, a joint venture (JV) with ADNOC Drilling Company, SLB and Patterson-UTI. The [more…]
Saudi Arabia Signals Oil Policy Shift
(The Washington Institute, 27.Sep.2024) — The kingdom anticipates and accepts lower oil prices, according to a news report, but the impact on other producers could [more…]
Masdar to Buy Saeta from Brookfield for $1.4bn
(Masdar, 24.Sep.2024) — Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar), the UAE’s clean energy powerhouse, announced the proposed acquisition of Saeta Yield from Brookfield Renewable, [more…]
TotalEnergies to Supply 1.1 mtpa to BOTAŞ for 10 Years
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Sep.2024) — In line with its strategy to grow its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales, TotalEnergies signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) [more…]
Saipem Awarded Offshore Contract in Saudi Arabia Worth$2bn
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Sep.2024) — Saipem has been awarded a new offshore contract worth $2bn, under the existing Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with Saudi Aramco, for [more…]
QatarEnergy Inaugurates the “Rex Tillerson”
(QatarEnergy, 10.Sep.2024) — QatarEnergy inaugurated the first conventional-size LNG vessel under its historic shipbuilding program. The “Rex Tillerson” was named after the former Chairman and CEO [more…]
QatarEnergy to Build 6 New QC-MAX LNG Vessels in China
(QatarEnergy, 9.Sep.2024) — QatarEnergy signed an agreement with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for the construction of 6 additional state-of-the-art QC-Max vessels, bringing the total [more…]
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman Extend Cuts
(Opec, 5.Sep.2024) — The OPEC+ countries, which previously announced additional voluntary cuts in Apr. and Nov. 2023, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab [more…]
Amigo LNG Inks LNG Supply Deal with OQ Trading, Oman
(LNG Alliance Pte Ltd, 30.Aug.2024) — AMIGO LNG SA de CV of Mexico, a subsidiary of LNG Alliance Pte Ltd, Singapore, entered into a binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) [more…]
Tethys Oil’s Production Update — July 2024
(Tethys, 20.Aug.2024) — Tethys Oil’s share of the production, before government take, from Blocks 3&4 onshore the Sultanate of Oman, in July 2024 amounted to [more…]
US LNG Industry Under Pressure as Challenges and Uncertainty Mount
(FT.com, 17.Aug.2024) — The US liquefied natural gas industry faces mounting challenges as legal clashes with activists and contractors combine with a federal permitting freeze [more…]
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 [more…]
Nippon Steel on Construction Project for Blue Ammonia Plant in Qatar
(Nippon Steel, 14.Jun.2024) — Nippon Steel Corporation, in a joint endeavor with Sumitomo Corporation, has received orders for high-alloy seamless OCTG that it manufactures for a [more…]
Qatar Shipyard Receives Remove Survey Approval
(ABS, 10.Jun.2024) — As part of a pioneering joint development project (JDP), ABS approved a range of ship repair and retrofit work processes for remote survey [more…]
Colombia Will Suspend Coal Exports to Israel over War in Gaza
(AP, 8.Jun.2024)) — President Gustavo Petro announced on Saturday that his country will suspend coal exports to Israel over the war in Gaza, as relations sour between [more…]
Israel Risks Losing Colombian Coal Supplies over Gaza War
(Bloomberg, 6.Jun.2024) — Colombia’s trade ministry is calling for a restriction on coal sales to Israel in the latest bid to isolate the Jewish state [more…]
Field Development Plan for Block 56 Submitted to MEM
(Tethys Oil, 4.Jun.2024) — Tethys Oil has, through its wholly owned subsidiary, achieved a significant milestone in its exploration and appraisal activities by submitting its [more…]
Saudi Arabia Sets up New Aramco Share Sale
(Reuters, 30.May.2024) — Saudi Arabia’s government on Thursday filed papers to sell a new stake in state oil giant Aramco that could raise as much as $13.1 [more…]
Petrobras Ranking by Poder 360
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.May.2024) — In 2023, Petrobras was the 4th most profitable oil company. Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Aramco remains the leader, on its own, [more…]
ADNOC Delivers Bulk Shipment of CCS-Enabled Certified Low-Carbon Ammonia to Japan
(ADNOC, 14.May.2024) — ADNOC delivered the world’s first certified bulk commercial shipment of low-carbon ammonia enabled by carbon capture and storage (CCS) to Mitsui & [more…]
Subsea Integration Alliance Awarded Contract Offshore Türkiye
(Subsea7, 10.May.2024) — Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a large1 contract by Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center AS (TP-OTC) relating to the Sakarya field development in [more…]
Karpowership and Petrobras to Enhance Integrated Gas Projects in the Americas
(Karpowership, 7.May.2024) — Karpowership and Petrobras signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to combine their respective expertise in the natural gas and power sectors. This includes [more…]
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 [more…]
Aramco Reports 2023 Net Income of $121.3bn
(Aramco, 10.Mar.2024) — The Saudi Arabian Oil Company announced its full-year 2023 financial results, reporting a net income of $121.3bn, its second-highest ever net income. [more…]
Concacaf and Aramco Ink Multi-year Partnership
(Aramco, 23.Feb.2024) — Concacaf has agreed to a multi-year Confederation-wide partnership with Aramco, a global integrated energy and chemicals company. Aramco will become the “Official [more…]
SSR Mining Updates on Rescue Efforts at Çöpler Mine
(SSR Mining, 18.Feb.2024) — SSR Mining Inc. (Nasdaq/TSX: SSRM; ASX: SSR), in regards to ongoing rescue efforts at the Çöpler mine in Türkiye, said search [more…]
TotalEnergies Reveals Positive Appraisal of Cronos Gas Find in Cyprus
(TotalEnergies, 15.Feb.2024) — TotalEnergies announces the successful completion of the drilling and production test of the Cronos-2 appraisal well, in Block 6, offshore Cyprus. TotalEnergies [more…]
Aramco’s Shift to Abandon 13 MMb/d Capacity Target
(WoodMac, 1.Feb.2024) — Addressing the Saudi Ministry of Energy’s instructions to Saudi Aramco to abandon its 13 million barrels per day (b/d) target and maintain [more…]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: January 2024
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Jan.2024) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during Jan. 2024 including Washington reviewing its sanctions policy [more…]
QatarEnergy, Excelerate Energy Ink 15-Year Supply Deal for Bangladesh
(QatarEnergy, 29.Jan.2024) — QatarEnergy and Excelerate Energy signed a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement (SPA) for the supply of LNG from Qatar to Bangladesh. [more…]
Exergy Supports Decarbonization in Turkey
(Exergy International, 16.Jan.2024) — Exergy International, a global provider of clean energy technology, leader in new generation geothermal ORC power plants, yesterday signed a contract [more…]
Ministerial Roundtable Sets Stage for Future Minerals Forum 2024
(Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 8.Jan.2024) — The Ministerial Roundtable, a pivotal precursor to the third edition of the [more…]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Dec. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Dec.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during Dec. 2023 including why Venezuela wants to annex [more…]
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, [more…]
Sungrow Spearheads Iraq’s Renewable Energy Revolution
(Sungrow, 11.Dec.2023) — In a strategic move toward harnessing the untapped potential of Iraq’s solar landscape, Sungrow is taking the lead in shaping the nation’s green energy [more…]
Ellomay Capital on Results of 2023 AGM
(Ellomay, 11.Dec.2023) — Ellomay Capital Ltd. (NYSE American: ELLO) (TASE: ELLO), a renewable energy and power generator and developer of renewable energy and power projects in Europe, USA and Israel, [more…]
TotalEnergies and Masdar Demonstrate Methanol-to-SAF Pathway
(TotalEnergies, 6.Dec.2023) — The first test flight to demonstrate the potential for converting Methanol to SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) has taken place in Dubai on [more…]
IDB Invest and IFC Launch Amazon Finance Network
(IDB Invest, 5.Dec.2023) — During COP28, IDB Invest and IFC announced the launch of the Amazon Finance Network, bringing together financial institutions to increase investment flows, [more…]
Global Centre Launched to Accelerate Climate Finance
(GCFC, 4.Dec.2023) — Abu Dhabi will host a pioneering Global Climate Finance Centre (GCFC), that will accelerate the development of climate finance frameworks and skills, and champion [more…]
Rainforest Nations Back Projects Funded Through Carbon Market
(Equitable Earth, 3.Dec.2023) — Today at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), Ministers and Indigenous leaders from the most important tropical forests in the world spoke [more…]
Countries, Companies Support Energy Transition Accelerator
(The Rockfeller Foundation, 3.Dec.2023) — Today at COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the U.S. Department of State, the Bezos Earth Fund, and The Rockefeller [more…]
CGG Sells its Stake in ARGAS to TAQA
(CGG, 21.Nov.2023) — CGG has entered into a definitive agreement with Industrialization and Energy Services Company (TAQA) to sell its entire 49% stake in Arabian [more…]
Sungrow Announces Renewable Energy Solutions to Support Saudi’s Vision 2030
(Sungrow, 1.Nov.2023) — Sungrow, the global inverter and energy storage system supplier, introduced its state-of-the-art solar-plus-storage energy solutions covering utility-scale, C&I and residential scenarios during [more…]
Eni Inks LNG Deal Related to Qatar’s North Field East Expansion Project
(Eni, 23.Oct.2023) — Eni signed a long-term contract with QatarEnergy LNG NFE (5), the JV between Eni and QatarEnergy for the development of the North [more…]
GITEX Impact Raises the Bar for Climate Tech and Sustainability Leadership
(GITEX, 18.Oct.2023) — Building on the momentum of COP28, GITEX GLOBAL debuted GITEX Impact, the region’s largest climate tech catalyst for sourcing clean energy solutions towards tackling [more…]
Venezuela, Opposition Will Restart Talks, US Could Ease Sanctions
(Reuters, 16.Oct.2023) — Venezuela’s government and the country’s opposition will return to political negotiations, the two sides said on Monday, while sources said the United [more…]
Expo City Dubai is the Venue for COP28
(UAE Embassy in the US, 12.Oct.2023) — The UAE will host the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) from [more…]
OPPO’s Commitment to Sustainability: Enhancing Product Durability and ESG Contribution
(OPPO, 6.Oct.2023) — In an era where environmental consciousness is paramount, consumers are increasingly valuing the longevity and eco-friendliness of their tech products. OPPO, the global [more…]
Energy Industry Demonstrates Commitment to Decarbonising at ADIPEC 2023
(ADIPEC, 6.Oct.2023) — ADIPEC 2023 closed today, with the global energy industry delivering a clear message that it is united in its commitment to decarbonise [more…]
ADNOC Inks Deals with 30 Companies for Local Manufacturing Opportunities
(ADNOC, 5.Oct.2023) — ADNOC announced new agreements with 30 companies for local manufacturing of critical non-oil products in its supply chain as it accelerates the [more…]
ADNOC Partners with EDGE to Use UAE-made Drones to Minimize Emissions
(ADNOC, 5.Oct.2023) — ADNOC announced a partnership with EDGE Group PJSC, one of the world’s leading advanced technology groups headquartered in Abu Dhabi, to deploy [more…]
Saipem Awarded Contract by ADNOC Worth $4.1bn
(Saipem, 5.Oct.2023) — Saipem, in consortium with National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), signed a letter of award with ADNOC for a new contract related to [more…]
ADNOC and Occidental to Advance Direct Air Capture Project in the UAE
(ADNOC, 3.Oct.2023) — ADNOC and Occidental announced an agreement to undertake a joint preliminary engineering study for the construction of the first megaton-scale direct air [more…]
Oxy, ADNOC to Commence Study of a DAC Facility in the UAE
(Oxy, 3.Oct.2023) — Occidental (NYSE: OXY) announced that its subsidiary 1PointFive and ADNOC signed an agreement to commence a jointly funded preliminary engineering study for a [more…]
Aramco Enters LNG Business by Buying Interest in MidOcean Energy
(Aramco, 28.Sep.2023) — Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has signed definitive agreements to acquire a strategic minority stake in [more…]
Aramco Enters Global LNG Business with $500mn Stake in MidOcean Energy
(Aramco, 28.Sep.2023) — Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has signed definitive agreements to acquire a strategic minority stake in [more…]
Over 40 Ministers and 120 CEOs to Address Energy Transition at ADIPEC 2023
(ADIPEC, 26.Sep.2023) — More than 40 ministers and 120 leading energy industry executives from across the world, will come together in Abu Dhabi for ADIPEC 2023, where [more…]
Petrobras Inks Biofuels Agreement
(Petrobras, 4.Sep.2023) — Petrobras has signed a memorandum of understanding with MIC Capital Partners (Brazil Strategic Opportunities), a multi-strategy equity investment fund of the Mubadala [more…]
IGU 2023 World LNG Report [PDF Download]
(IGU, 20.Jul.2023) — The International Gas Union (IGU) presented its 14th annual edition of the IGU World LNG report. ____________________
TotalEnergies, Aramco Complete Processing of oil from Plastic Waste
(TotalEnergies, 17.Jul.2023) — TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC have for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa successfully converted oil derived from plastic [more…]
TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC Process Oil from Plastic Waste
(TotalEnergies, 17.Jul.2023) — TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC have for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa successfully converted oil derived from plastic waste [more…]
Tethys Provides Oman Production Update June 2023
(Tethys Oil, 17.Jul.2023) — Tethys Oil’s share of the production, before government take, from Blocks 3&4 onshore the Sultanate of Oman, in June 2023 amounted to [more…]
Aramco and TotalEnergies Award $11bn Deals for Amiral
(TotalEnergies, 24.Jun.2023) — Aramco and TotalEnergies awarded Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts for the $11bn “Amiral” complex, a future world scale petrochemicals facility expansion at [more…]
TGT Redefines Acoustics for Well Flow Diagnostics
(TGT, 21.Jun.2023) — TGT Diagnostics announced the launch of its latest acoustic platform, ChorusX, a new diagnostic resource specifically designed to locate and characterise flow in [more…]
Kapsarc Joins Efforts to Boost Global Dialogue
(KAPSARC, 21.Jun.2023) — The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) announces its recent accreditation of observer status by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), [more…]
QatarEnergy Selects CNPC as NFE Partner
(QatarEnergy, 20.Jun.2023) — QatarEnergy signed definitive agreements with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), covering the long-term supply of LNG to China and partnership in the North Field [more…]
Air Products’ Equipment Selected for North Field South Project
(Air Products, 12.Jun.2023) — Air Products (NYSE: APD), the world’s leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, has been selected to provide its proprietary AP-X® LNG [more…]