Upstream M&A in Southeast Asia: will the oil and gas majors divest in 2023?
Will 2023 see the majors, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, TotalEnergies, and Eni, divest upstream oil and gas assets in Southeast Asia?
Will 2023 see the majors, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, TotalEnergies, and Eni, divest upstream oil and gas assets in Southeast Asia?
Chinaโs Coast Guard maintained near-daily patrols at key features across the disputed South China Sea last year, ramping up its presence as tensions over the waterway with Southeast Asian neighbours remain high, new tracking data shows.
The Indonesian government has approved a plan of development for Harbour Energyโs (LON:HBR) Tuna oil and gas project that includes $3.315 billion worth of cost recovery. Significantly, Indonesia sees the development as a way to assert its sovereign rights in a maritime area also claimed by China.
Multi-billion-dollar oil and gas projects remain delayed in Vietnam and undermine the Southeast Asian nationโs ambitions to expand its gas production capabilities as it seeks to move away from coal-fired power.
Vietnam has landed a $15.5 billion partnership with funders led by the European Union and the UK to help finance its transition away from coal.
Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) is seeking a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for its Tuna oil and gas development offshore Indonesia in the Natuna Sea.
Vietnam is set to follow Indonesia and South Africa with a climate financing package of at least $11 billion to shift its economy away from coal and boost the rollout of renewable energy sources.
The G7 and its partners have made multi-billion dollar offers to wean Vietnam, Indonesia and India away from coal โ but it has yet to convince these emerging economies to quit the dirtiest fossil fuel, reported POLTICO.
Russiaโs Novatek is considering exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Vietnam for existing and future power plants, said the Russian gas company's CEO, Leonid Mikhelson.
UK-based Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) is close to finalising a supply deal with Vietnam for natural gas from its proposed Tuna gas development in the Natuna Sea offshore Indonesia.
Sustained high prices may accelerate downward pressures on Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand, clouding long-term industry outlooks.
Japan's biggest power generator JERA said on Tuesday it will spend about 15 billion yen ($112 million) to buy a 35.1% share in Vietnamese renewable energy company Gia Lai Electricity JSC (GEC) to expand its overseas business.
AG&P aims to commission the Philippines' first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal this December as part of the companyโs strategy to operate five LNG regasification facilities across Asia by 2025.
Russian nuclear giant Rosatom's wind power arm NovaWind has signed a deal for a 128MW wind power project in Vietnam. NovaWind and Vietnamese partner An Xuan Energy said a cooperation agreement might see the pair build a wind farm in the northwestern Son La province.
The coal plus renewables energy transition led by Asia Pacificโs largest growth markets โ China and India โ is gathering speed. Significantly, it is a lot cheaper than the natural gas plus renewables path followed by the EU and US to lower emissions.
Corio Generation has signed a joint development agreement with FECON, a leading Vietnamese construction and infrastructure group, for a proposed 500 MW offshore windfarm in Ba Ria, Vung Tau province, Vietnam.
For price-sensitive liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyers in Asia, now is not the time to build new LNG import terminals, according to the latest study from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Samsung C&T will partner with Vietnamese construction company Lilama to build what could be Vietnam's first gas-fired power facilities to be fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the country works to transition away from coal.
Japanโs JERA, a 50-50 joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company and Chubu Electric Power, is partnering with ExxonMobil for a large LNG-to-power project in Vietnam.
Hibiscus Petroleum (KLSE: HIBISCS) has completed its acquisition of Repsolโs upstream assets in Malaysia and Vietnam that will increase the Malaysian-listed companyโs oil and gas production almost threefold.
Malaysiaโs Hibiscus Petroleum has received the joint approval from Petronas and PetroVietnam to take control of Repsolโs interests in the Block PM3 CAA production sharing contract (PSC) and unitisation agreement of the East Bunga Kekwa โ Cai Nuoc field under Block 46 PSC.
Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) has signed on to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the north of Vietnam.
Southeast Asia will lead other regions in having the largest share of new deepwater gas and condensate developments taking a final investment decision (FID) between 2022 and 2025, research from Rystad Energy shows. Significantly, around $25 billion is expected to be spent on greenfield deepwater developments in the region from 2021-2025, up from $2 billion over the prior five-year term.
Offshore wind developer Enterprize Energy and the Vietnamese Institute of Energy have teamed for a study assessing โgreen hydrogenโs potential to supercharge Vietnamโs energy capabilities.โ
Thailandโs B.Grimm Power and Siemens Energy have joined the Energy Capital Vietnam (ECV)-led consortium to develop an LNG-to-power project in Southern Vietnam.