Oil and Gas companies Total and ExxonMobil have idled workers at the troubled Papua New Guinea LNG expansion project due to the COVID-19 pandemic, project partner Oil Search said in its earnings statement.

Sparrows Group has enhanced its position in the US industrial market after securing a key distributor agreement with SKF.

SKF is one of the world’s largest lubrication system, bearing and seal specialists.

As part of the agreement, Sparrows will supply and install lubrication systems as well as…

     Signs a Senior Loan of $400 million for the Project

The African Development Bank has concluded its plans to co-finance the construction of Mozambique's integrated Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant by signing a senior loan of $400 million for the transformational project.

The Mozambique LNG Area…

A lethal combination of disease, extreme climate events and economic crises is threatening the smallest and most vulnerable nations of the world. To tackle it, we must overhaul how we understand and address economic vulnerability.

The COVID-19 pandemic has already triggered a massive global recession. Meanwhile, a record number of super cyclones…

McDermott International Ltd. has been awarded an engineering and procurement contract from Azikel Petroleum Ltd. for the modular 12,000 barrels per day hydroskimming refinery located in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State in Nigeria.

The scope of the contract involves comprehensive engineering and design of the inside battery limits (ISBL), as well as…

Nigerian lawmakers have begun investigation into oil spills in the Niger Delta region and the subsequent clean-up projects embarked upon by the Federal Government in the last five years.

The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Oil Spill Clean-Ups in the Oil Producing States of Nigeria which began investigative hearing…

The progress of the 3,050 megawatts Mambilla Hydropower Plant has again been hampered by the issue of compensation payment by the Federal Government to land owners where the power plant is located.

Orient Energy Review gathered that while the Federal Government had made payments for survey works and sensitisation of…

Venezuela’s oil and gas sector was already caught in a vicious cycle well before the COVID-19 outbreak created a world economic crisis. Even though there are several international companies still remaining in the country, they are not investing in any relevant manner and have minimum personnel.

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...Says Committee will Push for a More Inclusive Energy Industry

The African Energy Chamber has appointed its highest-level advisory committee to serve on local content matters and support capacity building across the continent. Local Content Committee members are part of the Chamber’s Advisory Board and serve in their personal…

Nigeria has dispatched over 16 vessels carrying about 950,000 metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) valued at N354billion in the last few months to various destinations. The country is also the fourth largest producer of LNG in the world.

The gradual lifting of the lockdown measures by countries is…