ENI has declared force majeure on loadings from Nigeria's LNG export plant due to sabotage on the Ogoda-Brass transport line, planning to reschedule some shipments.
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has reduced gas imports to around 700mcf/d from 1bf/d in November over declining domestic consumption, allowing the company to fully supply gas to high-consuming factor ...
The UAE's Mubadala Petroleum and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have signed an oil and gas exploration and production co-operation agreement.
Australia's Woodside Petroleum has withdrawn its $8.5b (A$11.6b) all-share offer for Papua New Guinea-based Oil Search Ltd's stake in the PNG's government's LNG project, as Oil Search rejected the bid.
East Africa's demand for oil, gas, and petrol is expected to increase by 8%, while liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) reaches double digits growth, amid regional attempts to expand home-based energy production.
Jordan's National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) expects to import 20 % of its gas needs from the spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) market in 2016 and 2017.
Kuwait's liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports is expected to rise by 17 % to 3m tonnes in 2015, up from 2.5m in 2014, boosted by the fuel's growing competitiveness with gas oil.
The Central Bank of Egypt is unable to provide the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation with its monthly requirement of $700m for the import of petroleum and gas materials and the payment of loans from foreign banks.
Shell's gigantic takeover of BG worth $83b (£55b), planned before the end 2015, is likely to secure clearances from the remaining Chinese and Australian regulators.