ENH taps up Vitol expertise for trading venture
Vitol and Mozambique’s state-owned Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) have set out plans for a trading-focused joint venture.
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BW Energy plans Gabon growth
BW Energy is planning to reach a final investment decision (FID) on its Ruche development, in Gabon’s Dussafu licence, in the last quarter of the year. Further growth is expected to come from August’s Hibiscus discovery. The company continues to hold the Kudu gas project, in Namibia, but like many others before it, progress appears slow.
Partners sought to saddle up on Equus
Australia’s Western Gas is seeking partners to bring its Equus LNG project into production by 2024. The company has a plan for gas from the offshore Equus fields to be transported, via a 160 km pipeline, to a floating LNG (FLNG) facility near the shore.
Total ‘the company to watch’ in 2019, says Westwood
Total will lead the way with exploration drilling this year, according to analysis from Westwood Global.
Shell hints at another project sanction on the way
Energy giant Shell has hinted at another North Sea project being sanctioned in the coming weeks.
Shell takes investment decision on North Sea Penguins area
Shell revealed today that it had taken a final investment decision (FID) on the redevelopment of the Penguins area in the UK North Sea.
Increase in delayed projects sanctioned – but overall delayed list continues to grow
Research firm Rystad Energy has found that more delayed projects have been sanctioned so far in 2017 than during the entirety of 2016 – but the overall list has continued to grow.
BP approves final invest decision on Indonesia project, creates up to 10,000 jobs
BP said final approval has been given for the development of the Tangguh Expansion Project in Indonesia creating up to 10,000 new jobs.