Nov 2018

After a protracted process, new licenses have been signed, while onshore LNG projects are edging closer to realisation

The country faces key downstream and infrastructure challenges

After a protracted process, new licenses have been signed, while onshore LNG projects are edging closer to realisation

Adoption of green energy will only grow, as technology makes renewables increasingly cost competitive

The adoption of wind and solar is growing rapidly. But can the technology overcome its current limitations?

Two big hydrocarbons projects are heading for FID with Woodside stepping up to take operatorship of the SNE development

With oil exports in freefall, the country is hoping that a new EU-backed plan to help companies continue trading will work. But optimism is low

ExxonMobil isn’t alone among majors in turning its gaze from the US Gulf of Mexico to significant deep-water and onshore shale opportunities elsewhere

Transborders Energy is pioneering small-scale LNG development for markets looking to buy modest volumes

Nigeria’s most economically successful state wants to go it alone, improving gas feedstock supply in a bid to woo private power project investors

A landmark energy report warns that Australia must go back to drilling

North Sea activity is unlikely to halt when the UK leaves the EU, but the uncertainty isn’t helping the planning process

Is Malaysia’s repudiation of China’s “unequal treaties” a sign of things to come?

Despite ambitious transport fuel targets and strong growth in biofuel demand, bioenergy has failed to get the publicity it warrants

Despite the deal's benefits, the US veto raises increased uncertainties over trade and investment

The November 2018 issue of Petroleum Economist is out now!

After years of missteps and doubt, Shell is finally to move ahead with the Kitimat LNG project

Nearly a decade into its hydrocarbons boom, North Dakota, the US’ second-largest oil producing state, still struggles to limit natural gas flaring

Iraq’s goal of increasing southern crude oil output could be stymied by a shortage of water—a critical issue for the country as a whole

With the economy already wobbling, further curtailment of investment in energy and other sectors would spell trouble

The UAE’s energy plans are well-braced to help sustain investor confidence in the face of political and economic winds

India is taking two steps forward, one back in its quest for energy independence

IOCs are pushing ahead with plans for output expansion—and the phasing out of flaring—despite Basra violence this summer

Uncertainty over oil prices is creating problems for GCC states as they prepare budgets for the year ahead

The Middle East is yet to fully plan for its decommissioning future

A landmark deal marks the start of an exciting new era for US offshore wind, which looks to build on Europe’s successes

Drilling success remains elusive, but Namibia’s offshore is on the map once more for explorers

The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference will offer attendees unique insight into the region's energy evolution

The west African Opec member has moved fast to revise offshore licencing terms as it makes more blocks available

The recent summer protests in Basra were more intense than in the past and are a wake-up call for the Baghdad authorities

The Wintershall and DEA merger, the largest upstream deal in Europe for over a decade, will be heavily weighted to gas, putting it at the centre of a heated gas debate in Germany

The Wintershall-DEA deal brings together businesses that in 2017 had combined sales of €4.7bn

Traditional auto manufacturers and middle distillate refiners should be wary that a niche technology could be about to snowball into full-scale disruption

A yawning investment gap in clean energy means it is still just a marginal part of many portfolios

Russia's remote eastern fields are ramping up as production shackles come off, but also to drive the growth that mature provinces can’t

Petronas Floating Liquefied Natural Gas 1 (PFLNG 1), Petronas

Mohammad Ghazi Al-Mutairi, Kuwait National Petroleum Company

Aron Deen, Ulterra Drilling Technologies LP

Peter Ratatics, MOL Group

Wellington Moreira Franco

Sheila Hollis, Duane Morris LLP

Tesla Gigafactory, Tesla, Inc

Crab Hatchery Learning Centre Project, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company

Electric charging vehicles, Distribuidora Uruguaya de Combustibles SA

Macquarie Group

Mercatus Energy Advisors

Citi

ABB

ABB

Total

Bracewell (UK) LLP

Instinctif Partners

MOL Group

Energean

Eni

Energy Web Atlas names Harry Brookby as Vice President of Data Sales

Sadara Chemical Company

EQUATE

Deloitte Consulting LLP

Saudi Arabia needs to restore its image and keeping its economic reforms on track

Canada’s commercial and economic ties with China are becoming a victim of Trump’s trade wars

Israel has set targets for greater use of gas in power generation and transport over the coming decade

Rony Halman, chairman of Israel Opportunity Energy Resources, explains why the region could be on the verge of something big—but some points of contention remain