Kent wins hydrogen work at HyNet
Kent has won design work on a blue hydrogen project at HyNet. This is one of the two clusters picked by the UK government for the fast track.
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Exploration is back on the menu in Africa, with big finds and strong prices
Exploration is back, emissaries of some of the world’s top oil companies have said, with Africa in a strong position to meet new demand.
Eni sees African opportunities, including in its trees
Eni’s Scope 1 and 2 emissions increased in 2021, largely as a result of its African operations, but it offset this through the acquisition of 2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in forestry credits.
Shell’s Nigerian asset sale slated for flaring increase
Big companies have big plans to cut emissions and often find it easier to sell assets. Buyers may not be quite so concerned about tackling emissions, though, a report from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has found.
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.
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.