QatarEnergy acquires interests in 3 blocks offshore Uruguay from BG

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.May.2026, Words: 172) — QatarEnergy acquired participating interests in 3 exploration blocks offshore Uruguay from BG International Limited, a subsidiary of Shell.  This marks QatarEnergy’s first entry into Uruguay’s upstream sector while further expanding its footprint in South America, according to His […]

QatarEnergy confirms missile attacks on its LNG facilities

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Mar.2026, Words: 112) — QatarEnergy confirms in the early hours of 19 Mar. 2026, several of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities were the subject of missile attacks, causing sizeable fires and extensive further damage. Emergency response teams were deployed immediately to […]

PRESS DIGEST 4 MAR. 2026: Trion field kickoff, QatarEnergy force majeure, Machado’s CCS return

MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Mar.2026, Words: 400) — The following briefs are the top stories from the top media outlets on 4 Mar. 2026 across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond, as compiled by editors from Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). EAI has not verified […]

EAI brief: QatarEnergy halts LNG production

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Mar.2026, Words: 61) — Due to military attacks on QatarEnergy‘s operating facilities in as Laffan Industrial City and Mesaieed Industrial City in the state of Qatar, the company has ceased production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and associated products. ____________________

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%), has been awarded the Nzombo exploration permit in the Republic of the Congo. The 1,000 km2 Nzombo permit is located 100km off the coast of Pointe-Noire, close to […]

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 Round 2024.” This marks the company’s foray into Algeria’s upstream sector. Located in eastern Algeria at the intersection of the prolific Berkine and Illizi Basins, […]

Brava Energia Reports on Dec. 2024 Production

(Brava Energia, 10.Jan.2025) — Brava Energia released preliminary and unaudited production data for the month of Dec. 2024. Brava is the operator of the Potiguar Complex, the RecĂŽncavo Complex, PeroĂĄ, Papa-Terra and Atlanta, and holds a non-operated stake of 35% in the Pescada Cluster, 45% in the Manati Field, both […]

Exxon Eyes First Golden Pass LNG Cargo in Late-2025, Woods Says

(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Nov.2024) — ExxonMobil Corporation, which is partnered with QatarEnergy in the three-train 18 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) Golden Pass LNG project, eyes the ship off of the initial LNG cargo from the project in late 2025, Darren Woods, the chairman and CEO of the Texas-based company […]

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 part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP) in Iraq. Per the agreement, which is subject to regulatory approvals, QatarEnergy will buy a 50% interest […]

KMI Signs Golden Pass to New Texas Pipeline

(East Daley Analytics, 25.Oct.2024) — Kinder Morgan (KMI) has launched a binding open season for Trident Intrastate Pipeline, a new project designed to deliver up to 2.8 Bcf/d of gas from the Katy hub to the Port Arthur area near the Texas-Louisiana border. With Golden Pass LNG on board as […]

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 Pipelines and Cables Project. This new contract is in addition to the awards received by McDermott earlier for the NFS Pipelines FEED, the NFS Jackets […]

Petrobras Reports on South African Operations

(Petrobras, 1.Oct.2024) — Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors has approved the company’s operations in South Africa, enabling the acquisition of a stake in the Deep Western Orange Basin (DWOB) block, through a competitive process conducted by TotalEnergies. The DWOB block is located in deep waters in the Orange […]

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 number of LNG vessels on order under its fleet expansion program to 128, including 24 QC-Max mega vessels. The QC-Max vessels, which will be built […]

Eco Atlantic Completes Farm Down in Block 3B/4B Orange Basin South Africa

(Eco Atlantic, 30.Aug.2024) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. announced completion of a farm down of a 13.75% Participating Interest in Block 3B/4B offshore the Republic of South Africa (“the Block”) and Transfer of Operatorship of the Block after receipt of the requisite regulatory approvals (Section 11) from the government of South Africa (“Completion”). […]

QatarEnergy Boosts Participation Offshore Suriname

(QataEnergy, 18.Jul.2024) — QatarEnergy signed an agreement with Chevron to acquire a 20% working interest in a production sharing contract for block 5 offshore Suriname. Pursuant to the signed agreement, Chevron (the operator) will retain a 40% interest, while Paradise Oil Company, an affiliate of Suriname’s national oil company “Staatsolie”, will […]

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 CCS(Note 1) project intended for a project to construct blue ammonia(Note 2) manufacturing plant (common name: Ammonia 7) that QatarEnergy (Head Office: State of Qatar), an Energy […]

Zachry Initiates Voluntary Court-supervised Chapter 11 

(Zachary, 21.May.2024) — Zachry Holdings, Inc. (ZHI) announced that ZHI and certain of its subsidiaries have initiated a voluntary court-supervised Chapter 11 process that provides them with time and flexibility to resolve issues related to the Golden Pass LNG (GPX) export terminal project in Sabine Pass, TX. This action is […]

TotalEnergies Named Most-admired Explorer in WoodMac Survey

(WoodMac, 27.Jun.2023) — French major TotalEnergies has been named the upstream industry’s most-admired explorer and received the Discovery of the Year award in Wood Mackenzie’s industry-leading annual Exploration Survey. Dr. Andrew Latham, Senior Vice President, Energy Research, at Wood Mackenzie, said “For the third time in our industry-leading survey, TotalEnergies […]

TotalEnergies Named Most-admired Explorer by WoodMac

(WoodMac, 27.Jun.2023) — French major TotalEnergies has been named the upstream industry’s most-admired explorer and received the Discovery of the Year award in Wood Mackenzie’s industry-leading annual Exploration Survey. Dr. Andrew Latham, Senior Vice President, Energy Research, at Wood Mackenzie, said “For the third time in our industry-leading survey, TotalEnergies has received […]

ïżŒQatarEnergy 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 East LNG expansion project (NFE). The two parties signed an LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the delivery of 4 million tons of LNG […]

QatarEnergy on First Korean LNG Vessel for Fleet Expansion

(QatarEnergy, 3.Jun.2023) — QatarEnergy celebrated the steel cutting of the first of its new generation of chartered liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels to be constructed in a Korean shipyard. Building upon an already successful global maritime initiative, QatarEnergy joined Samsung Heavy Industries, and JP Morgan Asset Management in a special ceremony […]

QatarEnergy Inks PSC for Agua-Marinha Block

(QatarEnergy, 3.Jun.2023) — QatarEnergy, and its joint-venture partners TotalEnergies, Petrobras, and PETRONAS PetrĂłleo Brasil Ltda. (PPBL) signed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Agua-Marinha block which was awarded to the consortium on 19 December 2022 in the 1st Cycle Permanent Offer round, by Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, […]

QatarEnergy Awards EPC Contract for North Field South Project

(QatarEnergy, 16.May.2023) — QatarEnergy announces the award of the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the North Field South (NFS) project, which comprises two LNG mega trains with a combined capacity of 16 million tons per annum (MTPA). NFS, together with the North Field East (NFE) project, will increase […]

Technip Energies Awarded LNG Deal for the North Field South Project

(Technip Energies, 16.May.2023) — Technip Energies (Paris:TE) (ISIN:NL0014559478) announced that a joint venture (T.ENCCC JV), led by Technip Energies (T.EN) in partnership with Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), has won a major (1) Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract by QatarEnergy for the onshore facilities of the North Field South Project (NFS). This award will cover the […]

Agreement Between Iraq and TotalEnergies

(Total, 5.Apr.2023) — While confirming all the terms of the Development & Production Contract signed in 2021, TotalEnergies and the Iraqi government have, through exchanges in the past months, including in 4 occasions between Prime Minister Al-Sudani and Chairman & CEO Patrick PouyannĂ©, jointly defined the necessary conditions and mutual […]

QatarEnergy Assumes Activities Managed by Qatargas

(QatarEnergy, 20.Feb.2023) — QatarEnergy will be taking over all the marketing and related activities currently managed by Qatargas Operating Company Limited. The integration of such activities into QatarEnergy is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. The strengthened alignment of LNG marketing activities within QatarEnergy will leverage a […]

QatarEnergy Buys 30% Interest in Two Offshore Blocks in Lebanon

(QatarEnergy, 29.Jan.2023) — QatarEnergy entered into agreements with the Government of Lebanon, TotalEnergies and Eni to become a partner in two exploration blocks offshore the Republic of Lebanon. Pursuant to the terms of the agreements signed in Beirut today, QatarEnergy will hold a 30% working interest in the Exploration and […]