Japan’s Nippon Steel is considering capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its Japanese steel mills for underground storage at facilities linked to ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) in countries including Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, reported Nikkei Asia.
Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS) produced record volumes of oil and gas in 2022, the Australian LNG exporter announced today as it released its fourth quarter financials. Woodside is also getting ready for numerous final investment decisions (FIDs) on various projects in 2023.
The US said it will increase pressure on China to stop buying Iranian oil, as the White House seeks to enforce sanctions aimed at curbing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities.
The price cap on Russian crude oil exports is starving President Vladimir Putin’s budget of income, though it likely won’t force him to ratchet down spending for years thanks to a $45 billion buffer of yuan reserves.
The development of the Santos-operated Barossa offshore gas development that will backfill the Darwin LNG export plant in Australia looks set to be further delayed after the offshore regulator suspended planned construction of an offshore pipeline due to indigenous heritage concerns.
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), operator of the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, has hired the Helix Q7000 semisubmersible vessel to support decommissioning activities in the Gippsland basin offshore Australia, as ExxonMobil ramps up decommissioning work.
Honeywell has been selected as the carbon capture technology provider for PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) at the Arthit carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for the Arthit gas field in the Gulf of Thailand.
Southeast Asia-focused Jadestone Energy has signed a deal with Indonesia’s Medco Energi Internasional to acquire stakes in the Sinphuhorm gas field and Dong Mun gas discovery onshore Thailand for $32.5 million.
One worker was killed in a work-related accident at the Rokan Block in Indonesia, operated by national oil company Pertamina. A subsidiary of the NOC, Pertamina Hulu Rokan (PHR), is aggressively trying to boost output at Indonesia’s second-largest oil producing block after taking over from previous operator Chevron in August 2021.
South Korea will boost nuclear power generation and downgrade its plans for renewable energy as the nation overhauls its electricity mix to meet emissions reduction targets.
Indonesia has approved a revised plan of development for Eni’s (MIL:ENI) Merakes and Merakes East gas fields with a total investment of $3.35 billion.
Dutch company Fugro said Wednesday it had received a "sizeable" contract from Malaysia’s Petronas Carigali, for the Kelidang Cluster gas field development project offshore Brunei.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will form a key plank in INPEX’s (TYO:1605) efforts to progressively decarbonise its Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations in Australia’s Northern Territory. It will also help Japan’s biggest energy company establish the foundations for the next generation of clean fuels.
Shell (LON:SHEL) has signed a Joint Study Agreement with CNOOC, Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission, and ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) for the Daya Bay carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub project in China.
Petronas has awarded Ping Petroleum two production sharing contracts (PSCs) for discovered oil and gas resources in Malaysia marking the company’s debut in its home country.
The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker to berth at Shell's (LON:SHEL) Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) project off Western Australia since it was shut down after a fire has started loading, Refinitiv data shows.
Sri Lanka is preparing to issue two-year oil and gas exploration licenses for as many as 900 offshore blocks for foreign companies to explore for energy resources and bring vital investments to the crisis-hit country, a top official told Reuters.
Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in the gas-rich maritime area, the country’s naval chief said on Saturday of an area that both countries claim as their own.
Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has issued stern warnings to six ex-senior management staff of Keppel Offshore & Marine for their alleged bribery involving contracts with Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras.
Harbour Energy plans to start more frontier oil and gas exploration drilling offshore Indonesia’s Aceh province in September of this year, according to local reports.
Inpex, Japan's biggest oil and natural gas explorer, plans to accelerate its expansion of production and sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it expects the LNG market will remain tight in the mid-term.
Spending on low-carbon projects will increase by $60 billion this year, 10% higher than 2022, led by wind developments, but helped by a significant rise in funding for hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) infrastructure, Rystad Energy research shows.
Tesla is close to a preliminary deal to set up a factory in Indonesia, according to people familiar with the matter, as Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker looks to capitalize on the Southeast Asian nation’s reserves of key battery metals.
There's a $16bn project pipeline predicted for 2023 in Asia-Pac, but nearly a third are at high-risk of delay.
ExxonMobil will sell its controlling stake in Esso (Thailand) Pcl, which runs a local refinery and retailing business, to rival Bangchak Corp. as the largest US oil company focuses on its home market and the production of lower-emission fuels.
