TotalEnergies Sells Its Stake in Nigeria’s Bonga Field Development Project to Shell
TotalEnergies EP Nigeria (TEPNG), a subsidiary of France’s TotalEnergies, has signed an agreement with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo), a subsidiary of Shell, to sell its 12.5% stake in the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for OML 118. This information comes from a joint statement by the companies. …
ADNOC Drilling Acquires 70% of SLB’s Drilling Business in Oman and Kuwait
ADNOC Drilling is acquiring a 70% stake in the drilling business of oilfield services company SLB (formerly Schlumberger) in Oman and Kuwait for approximately $112 million. A joint venture will be established based on these assets. The deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, will give ADNOC …
Gazprom Subsidiary Consolidates Assets in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) Oil Company from the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, has begun a reorganization process. It will merge with the firm Salym-2 from Khanty-Mansiysk. “The company notifies about the reorganization in the form of a merger with Salym-2 LLC. Creditors’ claims may be submitted …
Record $26.62 Billion Investment Planned for Norway’s Oil and Gas Industry
The volume of capital investment in Norway’s oil and gas sector could reach a historic high this year, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Norwegian Statistics Agency, as reported by Reuters. The country’s key economic sector is expected to invest 269.1 billion Norwegian kroner ($26.62 billion) in …
Rosneft Implements New Technology to Optimize Well Construction
Specialists from Orenburgneft have implemented a domestically developed innovation that allows for a reduction in the length of expensive casing strings by using a large-diameter cemented liner hanger. The actual economic effect of this innovation amounts to over 3.5 million rubles per well. The reduction in the metal intensity of …
Novatek May Tap Additional Gas Volumes from Deep Horizons of Nadym-Pur-Taz Region Within 3–5 Years if Tax Burden Is Reduced
Novatek could begin developing additional reserves from deep horizons of the Nadym-Pur-Taz region (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) within three to five years. This was stated by Ekaterina Galyan, Director of the Subsoil Use and Resource Base Management Department at the company, during the “Hard-to-Recover Reserves – Present and Future” conference. At …
Rosstat Reports 2.4% Increase in Gas Production in Russia in April
Natural gas production in Russia in April reached 55.9 billion cubic meters, which is 2.4% higher than in April 2024 (54.6 billion cubic meters), according to Rosstat. The demand for gas was supported by low hydroelectric power generation (down 15% compared to the previous year) and cold weather. The figure, …
Rosneft’s Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye Field Reaches 20 Million Tonnes of Oil Production
The East Siberian Oil and Gas Company (VSNK), a subsidiary of Rosneft, has reached record figures in the development of the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye field, located in the Evenki District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Since the start of commercial operation, 20 million tonnes of crude oil have been extracted. These high results were …
Arbitration Between ExxonMobil and Chevron Over Hess Merger to Begin on Monday
Two major American oil companies, ExxonMobil and Hess, will meet in court on Monday to determine whether Chevron’s planned $53 billion acquisition of Hess will go forward. The key issue at the heart of the dispute is rights to oil fields in Guyana, considered among the richest in the world, …
Canadian Oil Producers Also Affected by Decline in Oil Prices
The drilling rights sales boom in the oil-producing region of Alberta in western Canada is slowing down as commodity prices decline. According to provincial data, the average lease price for oil sands land has fallen to 771 Canadian dollars per hectare this year. That is eighteen percent lower than last …