‘Transition, not extinction’ – Kwarteng says UK can’t turn its back on 250,000 oil and gas jobs
The UK’s business and energy secretary has defended the role of the oil and gas industry in the transition to net zero.
The UK’s business and energy secretary has defended the role of the oil and gas industry in the transition to net zero.
Mozambique’s sixth bid round is under way and potential bidders have until the end of February to pre-qualify.
Four of South Africa’s five major banks have said they will not support the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), in Uganda and Tanzania.
When Crown Estate Scotland announced the outcome of its application process for ScotWind Leasing in January, it marked the first Scottish offshore wind leasing round in over a decade. It also demonstrated one of many ways our industry is actively focused on reducing its carbon footprint.
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“More energy and less emissions” is how TotalEnergies’ North Sea boss summarises the company’s strategy for the coming years. And that, broadly speaking, is reflected across the plans of others too.
Shell and Namcor have announced a light oil discovery at the Graff-1, offshore Namibia.
Australia’s Woodside (ASX:WPL) is making a complete exit from Myanmar due to the deteriorating human rights situation in the Southeast Asian nation. The decision follows TotalEnergies (LSE:TTE) and Chevron’s (NYSE:CVX) recent announcement that they will both exit Myanmar.
TotalEnergies and CNOOC Ltd have taken the final investment decision (FID) on Uganda’s Lake Albert development, finally triggering the start of work on the 240,000 barrel per day project.
Maersk Drilling has landed $32 million worth of contract extensions off Malaysia.
TotalEnergies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Rwanda ahead of a final investment decision (FID) in Uganda tomorrow.
TotalEnergies has agreed to sell a 20% stake in a package of West of Shetland assets to Kistos Energy in a deal worth more than $165 million (£123 million).
Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) is dropping “oil and gas” from its name in a rebrand which will see its focus and remit broaden to new energy sources.
Aberdeen-based subsea technology firm EC-OG has rebranded as Verlume, joining the throng of companies removing any reference to oil and gas in their names.
Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) (BKK:PTTEP) looks set to takeover operatorship at the Yadana gas project offshore Myanmar after TotalEnergies announced its decision to withdraw from the troubled country last week.
A group of six operators have signed a “word-first” decommissioning deal with Oceaneering to shut down dozens of North Sea wells as part of a campaign.
TotalEnergies (LSE: TTE) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) said today that they will exit Myanmar due to the worsening situation in the Southeast Asian country, particularly concerning human rights abuses by the junta, since the military-led coup on 1 February 2021.
Nicola Sturgeon accused opponents of “girning” about major offshore wind investment in a row over human rights, profits and selling off access “on the cheap”.
BP and Rosneft were the only companies to deliver more than a billion net barrels of oil equivalent through exploration last year, according to new research.
Oil and gas giant BP (LSE: BP) has handed out a contract for work on a key North Sea carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
Masdar has struck international deals on two of its domestic green hydrogen projects, on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).
The biggest North Sea majors are set to invest more in the region’s wind power in the coming years than in its oil and gas.
TotalEnergies (LSE: TTE) has picked Danish firm Maersk Drilling to carry out well intervention services in the North Sea.
Norway has dished out 53 licences in its latest round of awards for oil and gas exploration.
ScotWind will unlock a raft of “fantastic opportunities” for the north-east of Scotland the head of a local energy transition organisation has predicted.