Africa

BP plc and its partners in the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) natural gas field are evaluating a second phase expansion for the floating LNG production project offshore West Africa as first phase construction progresses. BP, Kosmos Energy Ltd., Senegal’s Petrosen and Mauritania’s Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures have agreed to evaluate a 2.5-3 million metric ton/year…

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) has agreed to sell its stake in Golar LNG Ltd.’s floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) production platform in Cameroon as it focuses on increasing utilization of its fleet and strengthening returns to investors. New York-based NFE will sell its stake in the 2.4 million metric ton/year platform Hilli Episeyo for…

Eni SpA is moving forward with plans to increase natural gas exports from the Republic of Congo with a second floating LNG (FLNG) terminal provided by Wison Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. The Italian supermajor disclosed a contract Thursday with the unit of Shanghai-based Wison to construct and install a 2.4 million metric tons/year (mmty) capacity…

Italy’s Eni SpA saw its natural gas sales drop by almost a quarter in the third quarter of 2022 compared to year-prior levels, but soaring commodity prices led it to another high profit period as it progresses efforts to replace Russian imports and optimize its LNG business. The firm’s natural gas sales plummeted during the…

Italy’s Eni SpA expects to beat previous guidance on new exploration volumes and continue its pace of securing new natural gas sources for European markets as it seeks to reverse the hit its LNG and European gas marketing businesses took in the second quarter. The Rome-based supermajor, majority-owned by the Italian government, has been focusing…

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is looking to boost its natural gas exports over the next eight years, a supply source that could help supplant the loss of Russia’s imports to Europe. The SSA could expand liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to 60 million metric tons/year (mmty) by 2025 and to another 74 mmty by 2030, according…

Equinor ASA said Friday it would make a $982 million writedown of its Tanzania liquefied natural gas (TLNG) export project proposed for east Africa, saying it does not currently compete with other projects in the company’s portfolio. “While progress has been made in recent years on the commercial framework for TLNG, overall project economics have…

Climate change is driving debate in developed countries over the role of natural gas and other fossil fuels in the future energy mix, but in the context of global energy access, a strictly anti-hydrocarbon policy might be not only impractical but unethical.

BP plc and its partners on Friday said they have sanctioned the initial phase of an innovative cross-border natural gas export project, which would produce from a deepwater development offshore West Africa beginning as soon as 2022.