Inpex, Japan’s largest exploration and production (E&P) company, has acquired 50% participating interests in the Agung I and Agung II exploration blocks offshore Eastern Java, Indonesia, from BP’s subsidiaries.The interests were acquired through wholly owned subsidiaries INPEX WEST AGUNG and INPEX EAST AGUNG from BP Agung I Limited and BP Agung II Limited, respectively.Following the transaction, Inpex and BP will each hold 50% of both blocks…
Solstad Maritime has been awarded contracts for two anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) for drilling support work in the Asia-Pacific region.The combined firm value estimated at the upper end of a $10 million and $30 million range, according to the Norwegian vessel owner…
China-based BOMESC Offshore Engineering's wholly owned subsidiary Tianjin BOMESC has signed a contract with SBM Offshore for the design, procurement and construction of topside modules for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) destined for South America…
Southeast Asia is developing more than 100 gigawatts of gas-fired power generating capacity and 70 million tons per annum of LNG import capacity, despite growing supply risks highlighted by the ongoing war in the Middle East, data from US think tank Global Energy Monitor showed on Thursday…
South Korea aims to reduce its reliance on crude oil from the Middle East to 50% by 2035, as Asia's fourth-biggest economy seeks to diversify energy supplies following the disruption caused by the Iran war, the Industry Ministry said on Wednesday…
Iran has restored about 50% of damaged production capacity at the South Pars gas field, Deputy Oil Minister Ahmad Zeraatkar was reported as saying on Wednesday by the semi-official Fars news agency, adding that all planned restoration work would be completed before winter…
Oil prices fell to a two-week low on Tuesday as prospects for Gulf supplies improved, with Iran signaling it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and Saudi Arabia set to resume exports from its Red Sea port of Yanbu.The Brent crude futures LCOc1 November contract was down $2…
QatarEnergy expects the first train of its North Field East (NFE) liquefied natural gas expansion project to start production in the first half of 2027, but additional trains will depend on the Strait of Hormuz crisis.Disruptions caused by the…
A total of 17 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend, down from 37 a week earlier, shipping data showed on Monday, as tension in the Gulf persisted with the US and Iran in stalemate.Visible traffic through the strait…
Oil prices fell 2% on Friday, extending losses for a third straight session as easing concerns over Saudi supply disruptions outweighed anxiety about a widening of conflict across the Middle East.Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell by $2.14, or 2%…
Indonesia has awarded six oil and gas working areas to companies including Eni and Sinopec and opened a second 2026 tender round covering eight more areas as it seeks to expand upstream exploration.Eni Indonesia Limited was selected for the Sapukala working area…
Santos has agreed key commercial terms for a 10-year LNG supply deal with POSCO Steel and separately signed a non-binding agreement to buy about 1 million tonnes per annum of LNG from Canada's proposed Ksi Lisims project for up to 20 years.Under the proposed POSCO agreement…
Petronas and PTTEP subsidiaries have received approvals from the governments of Malaysia and Thailand for a new 35-year production sharing contract covering Block A-18-01 in the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (MTJDA).PC JDA Limited…
Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher.The world’s largest crude oil exporter said it temporarily…
The Greater Sunrise natural gas project has pushed back its earliest possible production start by two years to 2034, East Timor's petroleum minister said, tightening a timeline already plagued by decades of delays.Production at the multi-billion dollar gas field…
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