Angola ejects WM-DC from Cabinda North
Angola has ejected WM-DC Resources from the Cabinda North block, for alleged failure to comply with its contractual obligations.
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Total seeks to join exodus of oil majors from onshore Nigeria
TotalEnergies will put up for sale its minority stake in a Nigerian oil joint venture, joining the exodus of supermajors from onshore fields in Africa’s largest crude producer.
Eni prepares to open ruble accounts for gas as EU warns firms
Italian energy giant Eni is preparing to open ruble accounts at Gazprombank JSC, allowing it to potentially comply with Russian demands that gas must be paid for in local currency, according to people familiar with the matter.
Eni told to improve after 200 safety deferrals uncovered on UK field at centre of oil spill
Italian oil giant Eni is in hot water after it was found to have delayed dozens of maintenance jobs on an offshore complex near to a recent oil spill.
East Timor’s upstream licensing round disappoints
Only five blocks out of 18 blocks offered in East Timor’s second licensing round have been awarded. East Timor’s National Petroleum and Minerals Authority (ANPM) said that it has awarded three onshore blocks and two offshore blocks.
Updated: Italy ties up gas plans with Angola, Congo Brazzaville
Italy has secured a deal to increase gas supplies from Angola, following high level talks between Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi di Maio and Angolan President João Lourenço.
Shearwater scoping out UK North Sea carbon storage for Eni
Shearwater Geoservices has won work for multiple 3D seismic surveys to scope out carbon storage potential for Eni in the UK.
Eni brings on more at Meleiha
Eni has announced a trio of discoveries in Egypt’s Western Desert, shortly after agreeing to expand gas supplies to Europe from the North African state.
Saipem wins $150mn Coral Sul maintenance contract
Eni has awarded a maintenance contract on its Coral Sul floating LNG (FLNG) facility off Mozambique to Saipem.
Africa Energies Summit sets out line up for May show
The Africa Energies Summit will be held in London from May 17 to 19, with the show expanding beyond oil and gas and into power.
Mozambique pre-qualifies 12 companies for 6th bid round
Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP) has approved 12 of the 13 companies for pre-qualification in its sixth licence round.
Eni, Equinor and TotalEnergies play it safe in Angola bids
Eni, Equinor and TotalEnergies have submitted bids for two blocks in the Lower Congo Basin, ignoring more frontier areas in the Kwanza Basin.
Descalzi moves on to Algeria in gas hunt
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi has continued his progression around North Africa, holding talks with top Algerian officials on April 3.
Eni boss talks gas with Egyptian president
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi has held talks today with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi around gas and exports.
Mozambique names sixth bid round competitors
Mozambique has closed the pre-qualification section of its sixth bidding round with 13 companies submitting documents.
Eni scales up Ndungu find to billion barrels
Eni believes its Ndungu field could hold 800 million to 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent in place.
Driving energy transformation with digital solutions
The 6th edition of Go Digital Energy, a business conference focused on sharing the best digitalisation practices to achieve efficient and sustainable operation will take place on the 7th and 8th of June in Amsterdam and online.
Sonatrach, Eni make significant Berkine find
Eni and Sonatrach have made a “significant” oil and gas discovery in Algeria’s Berkine North Basin.
Eni flags Africa and gas growth to tackle demand crunch
Africa will play a critical role in providing more supply for Eni’s portfolio, CEO Claudio Descalzi set out during the company’s capital markets day.
Shell, Eni declare force majeure on two large Nigerian oil flows
Shell and Eni both declared force majeure on key oil flows from Nigeria, threatening to disrupt supplies in a market that’s already fretting about the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Italy minister visits Angola, Congo in LNG security hunt
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi di Maio has visited Angola and Congo Kinshasa in order to secure new sources of gas.
BP, Eni to combine Angolan assets in new joint venture
BP and Eni have reached an agreement to combine their Angolan businesses in a 50:50 joint venture.
HyNet, East Coast forge forwards in race to capture carbon
Industrial clusters are critical to shifting to low carbon energy to continue operating in the UK.
El Molla touts Egyptian energy potential in US talks
Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El Molla has held high-level talks with Chevron, and various other US luminaries, at CERAWeek.
Santos enters FEED for world’s largest CCS project at Bayu Undan offshore East Timor
Australia’s Santos has started front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for its proposed giant carbon capture and storage (CCS) project offshore East Timor at the Bayu Undan field. Significantly, Santos aims to take a final investment decision (FID) in 2023 on the CCS project, which it claims has the potential to be the largest in the world.