Jul 2019

Efforts to attract investment to a 15-block offshore licensing round are gathering momentum

Mindful of the country's energy security, the government is looking towards its shale assets

Accepted wisdoms crumble due to energy independence, a capricious administration, Middle Eastern adventurism and the rise of China

The UAE's ambitious plans to sustain its petrodollars while evolving as a green pioneer will not come cheap. Is the capital available?

Low LNG prices and pressing environmental challenges are becoming key drivers for the gas-to-power sector. But widespread adoption faces political and technological hurdles

Oxford academic says current decarbonisation efforts are a failure and calls for a global price for carbon

The deal expands Energean’s footprint in the Mediterranean, giving it assets in gas-rich Egypt and Algeria for the first time

Overlapping claims of sovereignty in the waters off Cyprus—and conflicting premises and perceptions—add a note of uncertainty to the island’s gas development ambitions

Authorities reveal a second failed coup attempt, as President Maduro seeks to limit the influence of the opposition

The government has moved fast to investigate block sale

The FID timetable has slipped due to environmental and social impact consultation hold ups

Interest in the Faroese offshore may be buoyed by exploration success in adjacent West of Shetland waters

An executive order has reduced the constraints on Philippines’ state oil company working with third parties on oil and gas deals

Africa's biggest economy is set to expand gas exports but domestic distribution remains a trickier proposition

CEO Gil Holzman is confident of a major offshore discovery in Guyana following promising exploration findings

Private equity-backed North Sea producer cuts price and reduces share volumes as it makes Oslo Bors debut

Equatorial Guinea has secured fresh supply for its LNG plant, but can it build on that success?

Oil minister Kerenga Kua has pledged to re-examine controversial deal following the collapse of scandal-hit government

Oil and gas operators planning to prolong fields’ lifespan may find themselves increasingly in conflict with wind farm developers

A Rosneft-linked independent is developing one of Russia’s biggest ever discoveries

Russian-Kazakh waters in the Caspian Sea are central to the company’s plans

Global demand for coal to power continues to be king, but the upside may be limited

Recent falls in the price of coal were due to increasing supply rather than declining demand

Expectations of a post-Anadarko flurry of merger and acquisition activity in the prolific shale basin may be wide of the mark

The Caribbean nation hopes that attractive entry terms will spur exploration activity

Thai government looks to increase imports as gas reserves continue to slide

A UN-brokered deal to bolster the ceasefire around the port of Hodeida improves chances of ending the four-year-old conflict

Institutional investors are increasingly being required to factor climate change into their decision-making

PWC sees value for IOCs as the traditional utility model becomes less relevant

Aker Energy’s planned Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points development is benefitting from a regional initiative

Latin America's economically troubled oil giant faces the difficult task of significantly raising Asian crude grades

Minor incidents in and around the Gulf have failed to trigger a major conflict, but diplomats are struggling to ease tensions

A large wave of pit retirements may soon be followed by another

IOCs have reengaged in Rovuma Basin discussions—but the East African country will find it hard to get LNG back on track

More expensive feedstock threatens independent operators

European refiners anticipate increased margins and improved utilisation due to the IMO 2020 cap

Prices of bunker fuels and the spreads between them are expected to change rapidly over the next 12 months

The UK and Iran have shown that they do not want the seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker to be the trigger for an armed conflict

FID on Novatek’s second Arctic LNG production project, expected in Q3 2019, appears to be a formality

The future of one of Nigeria's flagship energy companies hangs in the balance

The fate of the Sharara field has become entwined with a campaign for better basic services for the inhabitants of southern Libya

The Africa-focused oil firm is struggling with technical problems and protracted negotiations with host governments

Moscow sets ambitious targets to capitalise on feedstock abundance

While international attention is focused on the Qatari state energy company’s flagship domestic LNG project, the firm is quickly building a worldwide portfolio

Europe’s largest coal consumer illustrates a pathway for the remaining hold-outs

The US Gulf of Mexico is experiencing an uptick in exploration, but the way companies operate in the region has changed due to the downturn in oil prices

Mainstream Renewable Power CEO Andy Kinsella says the declining cost of wind and solar power means the era of oil and gas is coming to an end

Russian supplies to Europe via Ukraine may be heading for an interruption next year

The UK utility is confident of interest in its stake in Spirit Energy E&P arm

KOC is poised to deliver on offshore and gas plans after delays stretching back more than a decade