Jan 2019

There is strong interest across the industry in making LNG-to-power work in sub-Saharan Africa, but nobody has yet cracked a structure that works

With the government steering an overhaul of its oil and gas sector, the west African country is looking to remain competitive despite declining oil production levels

Potential two-year gridlock in Congress following the mid-term elections may be a good thing for the domestic oil and gas industry

A sign of changing times

A resurgent energy sector and likely better relations with Baghdad make for a brighter KRI future

Surging fuel production will leave refiners well placed in 2019 to meet both domestic and external demand

Decarbonisation policies are gaining serious traction in the kingdom, as the pressing need to reduce CO2 emissions forces a rethink of the oil giant's priorities

Is the fragile market cracking under pressure? Despite some ambitious growth-oriented investments, some of the continent's traditional big guns will be facing challenges in 2019

Arctic-class carriers have opened a new route for Yamal's LNG

Supply and demand scenarios underpin recommendations on the fate of as-yet-undiscovered gasfields

The rise of plastics recycling plants may stunt demand for oil

Soaring natural gas production and a tourism revival paint a positive economic picture for Egypt

The Asian giant is to follow the rest of the world in maritime emissions regulations

The oil recovery will continue, if the civil war and political spats allow it

The region is playing a more prominent role in global petrochemical capital investments

The region is making headway despite some output disruptions

Ophir Energy’s long-running efforts to fund the Equatorial Guinea project fail, as the company engages in takeover talks

Petroleum Economist’s 5th GCC Energy Strategy Forum in Kuwait City on 5 February will showcase the country’s strategy and that of other Gulf states in the face of a changing global energy environment

Tokyo renews efforts to push reform in long-term contracts

The majors' plans for 2019 look remarkably similar on the surface, but there are key differences

Italian grid operator diversifies to head off challenge of sagging domestic gas demand

The East Mediterranean producer goes for a novel and nimble concept at Karish

An uptick in west African activity holds promise for hard-pressed drillers

A record number of licenses were awarded, in keeping with a rise in exploration activity across the North Sea, though firm work commitments fell

The new entrant wants to find new resources in mature areas

Eni leads a return to oil exploration in Libya for the first time since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution

The prospect could have recoverable reserves of up to 50mn barrels

The name Blue Water Energy (BWE) may be new, but the faces are familiar

Canada’s plans for raising carbon tax face mounting political and popular opposition

The North Sea new entrant is relying on its assets base

Cuadrilla’s UK fracking resumption has been a stop-start affair

Six Eastern Mediterranean states will be drilling for hydrocarbons in 2019, but, as always, the politics is complicated

Projects jockey to sail Germany into the LNG importers’ club

Big international energy firms’ interest in Ghanaian upstream acreage bolsters hopes for the future

The country faces tough times ahead, but remains confident of weathering the economic storm

Opportunities for resolving some conflicts in 2019 look more positive than before, but the region's fundamental crises remain entrenched

Liquefaction ramp-ups and a slowing rate of Chinese demand growth finally deliver the oft-anticipated supply glut

In Nigeria’s oil sector, debts are being settled—albeit gradually—and financial backing for new projects is being put in place, but investors remain cautious.

Gazprom's market share ambitions and the price at which power plant demand soaks up supply are 2019's key questions

The fourth quarter's dramatic price rise and fall is not expected to be repeated

Grevling farm-in makes Chrysaor the second private equity-backed North Sea producer to straddle UK and Norwegian waters

A new federal government has a powerful engine in terms of rising crude output and export capacity, but also faces huge domestic difficulties

Intra-GCC tensions will continue under the cloud of Saudi-Iran hostility

Possible major new discoveries, along with rising production and simmering regional geopolitics, make 2019 a year of reckoning