- Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Energy majors TotalEnergies, Shell and BP will each take a 10 percent stake in a liquefied natural gas project in the United Arab Emirates, state energy giant ADNOC said Wednesday. Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. will also acquire 10 percent of the Ruwais LNG plant,...
EU moves to label nuclear, gas energy as ‘green’
The fact that the European Commission quietly distributed the text of this proposal to member states late on Friday, in the final hours of 2021 after the much-delayed document had been twice promised earlier in the year, highlighted the rocky road to draft it.Dana Gas receives $39 million payment from Egyptian government
Dana Gas has received a payment of $39 million (AED143 million) from the Egyptian Government in December, the company announced Wednesday. The payment reduced its receivables in Egypt to its lowest levels at below $30 million since commencing operations there in 2007, local media reports said. It complements a year...Qatar to spend $60 million to build gas line for Gaza power station
The MoU was signed with the Energy and Natural Resources Authority, affiliated with the Palestinian Authority and the Gaza Electricity Generation Company in the Gaza Strip.ADNOC announces big onshore oil and gas find in Abu Dhabi
ADNOC announced on Wednesday "significant conventional oil, condensate and gas discoveries" of up to 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) from an exploration well in Abu Dhabi’s Onshore Block 4 Concession, which is operated by Japan’s INPEX/JODCO. ADNOC announced the discovery on a Twitter post and said it comprises...Qatar and ExxonMobil sign Cyprus gas deal despite Turkey opposition
US giant ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy signed a contract Friday for oil and gas exploration and production-sharing off the divided island of Cyprus despite Turkey’s opposition to the deal. Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides, Varnavas Theodosiou, CEO of ExxonMobil Cyprus, and Ali al-Mana, director of Qatar Energy’s International Upstream and...Saudi Arabia eyes gas primacy with Al-Jafurah
The country is looking to move up a position and become the world’s second-largest gas producer with this field.Aramco lands $15.5bn Blackrock deal
The deal creates the Aramco Gas Pipelines Company.OPEC and allies may freeze oil output
The OPEC+ alliance led by Saudi Arabia and Russia has so far resisted US-led pressure to significantly boost output to rein in surging energy prices.ADNOC to invest $127bn in 2022-2026
The company announces a significant rise in oil and gas reserves.Help lower oil prices, IEA urges OPEC
The head of the IEA has called on OPEC and its allies to take measures to help bring oil prices down to ‘reasonable levels’.Egypt’s export of LNG touches 1m tons in Q3
Egypt has edged out its Arab neighbors in natural gas exports and exported one million tons of liquefied natural gas during the third quarter of 2021.Schneider Electric says electricity use in Iraq rising annually by 10 percent
Consumption of electrical energy is increasing by 10 percent annually in Iraq, which necessitates a robust distribution network, said the French company Schneider Electric. Schneider has signed an MoU with Iraq's Ministry of Electricity for the development of the electric power distribution network in the country, local media reports said....Energy prices may come down early next year
Consumption of natural gas rebounded fast — driven by industrial production — boosting demand at a time when supplies were relatively low. Energy supply, however, apparently reacted slowly to price signals due to factors like labor shortages, maintenance backlogs, longer lead times for new projects, and lackluster interest from investors...AIQ and Baker Hughes to develop solutions for oil industry
AIQ and Baker Hughes have entered into an agreement to develop advanced analytics solutions for the global oil and gas industry.UAE says COP26 a ‘success’ but world still needs to invest billions in oil, gas
The UAE, one of the world’s top crude exporters, said a recent UN climate summit in Glasgow was a “success” but that the world needs to keep investing billions in oil and gas. Nearly 200 countries at the COP26 summit pledged Saturday to speed up the fight against rising temperatures,...TAQA nine-month net income $1.17 bn
The total revenue is 11 percent higher than the same period last year.19 countries vow to end overseas fossil fuel finance
Major coal, oil and gas funders China, Japan and South Korea were absent from the pledge. The IEA says that to keep 1.5C in play there must be no new fossil fuel projects.Qatar plans to reduce 25% greenhouse emissions by 2030
The 25 percent reduction would equal to a dip of 37 Mat CO2 eq by 2030, according to national figures, and is expected to include various sectors such as oil and gas, power and water, transportation, and construction. This will reportedly be achieved by employing a variety of policies and...War-torn Libya welcomes first group of tourists in a decade
Libya had been mostly off-limits to tourists throughout the four-decade rule of Moamer KadhafiEni of Italy discovers three new oil and gas wells in Egypt
Eni of Italy has discovered three new oil and gas wells in Egypt, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum.ACWA Power plans to stop investing in non-renewable projects: CEO
ACWA Power has said it plans to end investment in non-renewable projects in its endeavor to reach net zero by 2050. Riyadh-based ACWA, the only listed company with big renewable energy and hydrogen projects in the pipeline, is 44 percent owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund PIF CEO of...Iran needs $22bn to maintain gas output
Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Oji has reportedly said the country requires at this investment to maintain the production level of the gas fields over the next six to eight years. Meanwhile, a project to study methods to increase the recovery factor gas fields will start by late March 2022.UAE to become major player in emerging blue hydrogen market: ADNOC CEO
The United Arab Emirates will become a major player in emerging blue hydrogen market, according to the CEO of the Emirates’ largest oil company.SNOC to meet Sharjah’s gas needs amid rising power demand
Gas will be sourced from SNOC's own resources and ADNOC imports.New Iraq project to reduce flaring at oilfields, consolidate gas production
The new project, signed in 2017 with oil services company Baker Hughes, will eventually allow 200 million cubic feet of gas a day that is usually torched on the Nasiriyah and Gharraf oilfields to be captured, according to a statement issued by the country's oil ministry.TotalEnergies inks $27bn deal to power Iraq
The French firm, formerly called Total, will now build four power projects in Iraq.Syria agrees to help Lebanon get gas, electricity
The country has said it is ‘ready’ to help Lebanon with ‘transit for Egyptian gas and Jordanian electricity via Syrian territory’.Mubadala buys gas field stake
It has spent $1.03 billion to buy a stake in the Tamar gas field.Iran cuts natural gas exports to Iraq as per a six-month agreement
The decision is said to be based on an agreement with Iraq, and apparently follows prior notification. Iran used to export about 40-45 million cubic meters of natural gas to Iraq on a daily basis, and its debts to Iran reduced natural gas exports to Iraq in December last year.Iran may see power-supply problems in winter
The Energy Ministry could face serious problems in meeting electricity demand in winter if power plants did not get fuelLeaded petrol runs out of gas, says UN
Nearly a century after doctors first issued warnings about the toxic effects of leaded petrol, Algeria -- the last country to use the fuel -- exhausted its supplies last monthLebanese delegation to seek help from Syria, Jordan, Egypt
The delegation will discuss the possibility of receiving electricity from Jordan and gas from Egypt through Syrian territories.Iran eyes Caspian Sea gas reserve for Europe supply
The exploration is being carried out by the Khazar Exploration and Production Company, or KEPCO.Aramco eyes $17bn from gas pipeline
This is on the lines of the $12.4bn it got from the oil pipeline deal.Dana Gas reports $139m net profit in H1
Dana Gas, the UAE-based energy producer, is out of woods with a big rise in its net profit to $139 million in the first half of this year.Lebanon fuel scarcity leads to brawls that kill three
The fatalities have taken place in two different incidents in the country where fuel is scarce due to an ongoing economic crisis. Lebanon is in the throes of an economic crisis that has led the country’s currency to be devalued by more than 90% since end-2019.Abu Dhabi Ports plans uninterrupted gas supply for customers
The system modernization will take place over the next several months as part of a continuous comprehensive zone development plan.US extends Iraq’s sanction waiver for four months
The extensions follow a visit to Washington by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi to meet US President Joe Biden.Saudi Arabia wants to pump ‘every last molecule’ of oil
Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman has said Saudi Arabia will pump out “every last molecule” of oil it hasIraq hopes to build 8 nuclear power reactors by 2030
The decision to go nuclear is geared to reduce the country’s external energy dependence Iraq currently uses electricity, gas imports from neighboring Iran to generate around a third of its electricity Iraq, which suffers chronic electricity shortages, wants to construct eight nuclear power reactors by 2030 in order...UK pipeline specialist Stats boosts Qatar operations
Stats started its operations in Qatar, which has the world's third largest gas reserves, in 2011Equinor partners with Algeria’s Sonatrach for oil, gas exploration
*MoU includes possible cooperation in greenhouse gas emissions, carbon management *Equinor involved in the development and production of two gas fields in Algeria Norwegian energy giant Equinor has partnered with Algeria’s state-owned oil company Sonatrach to examine cooperation in global oil and gas exploration and production. The memorandum of understanding...











































