Australia passed a law to cap domestic prices of natural gas to limit the impact of soaring global costs on local power bills, ignoring protests from the nation’s powerful energy exporters.
BP ventures has made a A$20 million (US$13.6 million) investment in 5B Holdings, an Australia-based renewable energy company, which BP said has technology to enable the rapid deployment of solar power at scale.
UK-based Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) and UAE-based Mubadala Energy are both planning separate exciting deepwater drilling campaigns in frontier waters offshore Indonesia’s Aceh province next year.
Repsol’s (BME:REP) much-anticipated Rencong-1X wildcat exploration well in the frontier deep-waters of Indonesia’s North Sumatra basin has failed to find commercial oil and gas reserves.
TotalEnergies (LON:TTE), operator of the Papua LNG project, plans to use electric liquefaction trains at its proposed LNG export development in Papua New Guinea (PNG), as part of an effort to slash emissions, which also includes CCS.
Japan has urged Australia to consider its trading partners after gas producers warned they would halt investment if long-term price caps proposed by the government were introduced.
Indonesia’s state-backed energy company Pertamina aims to work with Japan’s Mitsui to undertake a joint study for carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology at the firm’s upstream assets in central Sumatra.
Shell (LON:SHEL) said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its stake in two offshore production sharing contracts (PSCs) in Malaysia’s Baram Delta to Petroleum Sarawak Exploration & Production (PSEP).
Australia’s Labor government is planning to seize control of domestic gas prices when it introduces extraordinary new legislation to parliament on Thursday in what has been likened to a near nationalisation of gas markets.
A nuclear power plant on the Philippines’ western coast has sat idle for nearly four decades, costing billions of dollars and never producing a watt of electricity. Now, it’s at the center of a debate over whether the nation should finally adopt atomic energy.
Petronas Carigali has entered into a heads of agreement with JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX Nippon) to collaborate in developing a joint proposal to monetise the gas potential within the Bujang, Inas, Guling, Sepat and Tujoh (BIGST) fields, located offshore Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia.
TotalEnergies (LON:TTE) plans to add a carbon capture and storage (CCS) dimension to its proposed 5.4 million tonnes per year (t/y) Papua LNG project in the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Eni (MIL:ENI) has denied reports in Indonesia last week, citing a senior government official, suggesting that the Italian company had become the new operator of the Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) project, replacing Chevron.
Thailand’s state-backed upstream company PTT Exploration Production (PTTEP) announced it will spend $29 billion between 2023 and 2027 as it aims to boost oil and gas production, as well as diversify into new businesses to cut emissions.
East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta said that Australia has shown no signs moving forward with a long-stalled gas pipeline project that runs through the Southeast Asian country, leaving around $100 billion in potential revenue untapped.
Australia will impose a cap on domestic energy prices and provide as much as A$1.5 billion ($1 billion) in energy bill relief to ease cost of living pressures caused by soaring global commodity prices.
Indonesia, home to the world’s largest geothermal energy potential, is opening tenders seeking investors to develop this giant resource, as it aims to expand the use of renewable energy to meet its net zero goals.
China and Saudi Arabia signed a number of agreements, including on energy and investments, after their leaders met in Riyadh on Thursday at a summit that showcased deep and growing ties beyond oil.
The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), a leading Riyadh-based advisory think tank, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Economics & Technology Research Institute (ETRI), a research institute affiliated with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), to foster cross-regional cooperation in energy research.
Indonesia’s state-backed energy company Pertamina has started official negotiations with Shell (LON:SHEL) to acquire the Anglo-Dutch supermajor’s 35% share of the undeveloped Abadi LNG project in the Masela Block offshore Indonesia.
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) has recently issued a pre-qualification tender announcement for the provision of conceptual and pre-FEED engineering studies for the development of its Anambas offshore block in Indonesia.
Indonesia plans to launch initial public offerings (IPOs) for the upstream and geothermal units of state-backed energy company Pertamina next year to fund expansion, a senior government official told parliament on Wednesday.
Malaysia’s Petronas Carigali has discovered oil and gas at the Nahara-1 well in Block SK306, located in the shallow waters of Balingian Province about 150 kilometres from Bintulu, off the coast of Sarawak, offshore Malaysia.
Billionaire Andrew Forrest agreed to acquire Partners Group Holding AG-backed CWP Renewables Pty for about a A$4 billion ($2.7 billion) valuation, extending a rush of deal-making focused on Australia’s accelerating shift to cleaner energy.
Oil fell for a fourth day as warnings from major US banks of a tough outlook for 2023 stoked concern over demand prospects and dented appetite for risk assets including commodities.
