The first Russian built ice-class LNG carrier, Alexey Kisygin has entered sea trials, aimed to increase the country's share of the global LNG market, despite facing US sanctions.
Eni has kicked off the Baleine Phase 2 project offshore the Côte d'Ivoire with the goal of achieving a production capacity of 60,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) of oil and 70 million cubic feet of associated gas (equivalent to 2 million cubic meters).
Indian state refiners are considering tapping into the Middle East crude market as spot supply from their top supplier, Russia, have fallen, according to Reuters. The three major state refiners, Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp, and Hindustan Petroleum, are facing a shortfall of 8-10 million barrels of Russian oil for January loading,
Petrobras has commenced the operation of the SNOX unit at the Abreu e Lima refinery (RNEST) in Ipojuca, Brazil, marking the first emissions reduction unit of its kind in both Brazil and the Americas.
UK-based oil and gas explorer, Pharos Energy has received approval from the government to extend the license of TGT and CNV fields by five years in Vietnam, allowing operations to continue into the early 2030s.
Chevron has made a swap deal with Woodside in oil and gas operations in Western Australia. As per the deal, Chevron would sell its interest in North West Shelf venture and take over all of Woodside's interest in the $34 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and an affiliate gas project.
TotalEnergies has announced the sale of 50% of its shares in West Burton Energy to EPUKI, the UK subsidiary of EPH. West Burton Energy, which TotalEnergies fully acquired in June 2024, includes a 1.3 GW gas-fired power plant and a 49 MW battery storage system.
ADNOC has signed a sales and purchase agreement to supply Germany’s EnBW with 0.6 million tons per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas over the period of 15 years which will be primarily sourced from the lower-carbon Ruwais LNG project, currently under development in Al Ruwais Industrial City in Abu Dhabi.
Chevron Australia has signed a long-term gas supply agreement with aluminum producer Alcoa. Under the terms of the deal, Chevron's Australian unit will deliver a total of 130 petajoules of gas to Alcoa over a 10-year period, commencing in 2028.
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), has reached a final investment decision (FID) on the Bonga North deep-water project, located in OML 118 offshore Nigeria. The project, which will help maintain oil and gas production at Bonga facility, will be tied back to Shell's Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility, where Shell holds a 55% stake.
