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In honor of the late H.E. Muhammad Sansui Barkindo – oil industry veteran and former Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) – the African Energy Chamber renamed its African Energy Week Lifetime Achievement Award to the Mohammad S. Barkindo Lifetime Achievement Award. View the full article
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s probe into Iran’s past nuclear activities has taken center stage in talks to resuscitate the 2015 deal, where success could unleash a surge in Iranian oil exports. View the full article
Uganda said it expects all potential lenders for the country’s planned $4 billion crude export pipeline to make their commitments by the end of November, smoothing the way to a targeted production start-up in early 2025. View the full article
Chesapeake Energy Corp. said its assets in the Eagle Ford Shale have drawn a “tremendous amount of interest” as the U.S. company pursues a sale in order to become a pure-play natural gas producer. View the full article
EQT Corp., the largest U.S. natural gas producer, agreed to acquire a privately held competitor in a $5.2 billion deal to expand holdings in the prolific Marcellus shale. View the full article
Oil rebounded from an eight-month low as the market shrugged off a U.S. report showing swelling crude stockpiles and slumping demand. View the full article
INEOS is renewing its offer to the UK government and the new Prime Minister Liz Truss to drill a shale gas test well in the UK. View the full article
KBR is launching a study to develop a carbon-neutral, green ammonia-based system to power a semi-submersible drilling unit owned by Odfjell. View the full article
Nigeria lost its crown as Africa’s largest crude producer as Angola surpassed the country for the first time in more than five years. View the full article
OEUK today responded to Prime Minister Liz Truss’s statement and her announcement of new measures to shield consumers from the surge in energy prices following Russia’s actions in Ukraine and subsequent supply issues across Europe. View the full article
Repair work to a vital Nigerian oil terminal is expected to be completed in late September, meaning almost two months of halted flows. View the full article
When managing multi-billion dollar offshore explorations for oil and gas reserves, discovering efficiencies is paramount. The efficiencies you find in your process greatly reduce costs – even a few minutes of downtime can cost a drilling operator thousands of dollars in lost productivity. View the full article
Petrodec, a decommissioning services specialist, has commenced on the decommissioning of the Amethyst A2D platform in the Amethyst gas field in the UK Southern North Sea. View the full article
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss removed a ban on drilling for shale gas, an effort to boost domestic energy supply that will have to overcome the same obstacles that stymied the industry for the past decade. View the full article
The UK must launch a national effort to cut energy demand, promoting measures like home insulation, heat pumps and hydrogen, alongside maintaining its own oil and gas resources, Offshore Energies UK’s acting chief executive has said in a speech today. View the full article
Guyana has some of the world's biggest offshore discoveries made in years, with 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil and gas starting to come online since 2019. Sulzer has delivered 11 high pressure water injection pumps, and the latest order for five more HPcp pumps will support the largest FPSO in the Stabroek block. View the full article
Aggreko, a provider of mobile, modular power, temperature control and energy services, completed a 10MW flare gas to power project, the largest in Africa, to lower its total cost of energy and lessen emissions from the oil field. View the full article
The state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Company recently became NNPC Limited, a commercial venture. Rather than operating as a government entity, with all of the red tape and inefficiencies that went with it, the company’s focus has been shifted to productivity and earning profits. View the full article
From Saudi Arabia to West Texas, drillers are pumping more oil to cash in on a scorching price rally. But a region that’s home to a fifth of the world’s crude reserves is mostly missing out. View the full article
The award will increase Lower Zakum field’s gas production capacity from 430 million to 700 million standard cubic feet per day, supporting ADNOC’s plans to cater for increasing global energy demand. View the full article
Baker Hughes Company has announced it is restructuring and simplifying its organization and accelerating its strategic transformation. These changes will simplify operations, enhance profitability, and drive growth, meeting customer needs and producing solutions in the rapidly evolving energy and industrial markets. View the full article
EnergyFunders announced the opening of a new fund, Yield Fund II, available to accredited investors. The company is building upon the recent success of Yield Fund I - its largest fundraising effort to date. View the full article
The award will increase Lower Zakum field’s gas production capacity from 430 million to 700 million standard cubic feet per day, supporting ADNOC’s plans to cater for increasing global energy demand. View the full article
Sarawak Shell Berhad, together with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, has taken a final investment decision to develop the Rosmari-Marjoram gas project. Gas production is expected to start in 2026. View the full article
Hydrocarbons remain a necessary part of the global energy mix. Unlocking Uganda’s fossil-fuel resources will help meet its development needs – and even reduce emissions. View the full article
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I started this blog to express what I sense about the highs and lows of the oil realm, while cautiously analysing historical data, taking into account the geo-political development at the time of recording them.
I got into this field, having been a passive observer of fluctuations of crude oil prices and their global consequences for years.
Then, when on the day of Great Oil Crash in April, 2020, I made a decision to make my own blog, with the motto, ‘analysing data that really matters’.
Having come from an academic background in mathematics and physics, I analyse data using my own tools, created with JavaScript and Python, taking my decision on board while making decisions.
