Business/economics
In lifting force majeure, TotalEnergies says it will restart construction on its Mozambique LNG project as soon as the government agrees to a revised budget and schedule which targets shipping first product in 2029.
A new Eni/Petronas venture is targeting 500,000 BOE/D in output from combined upstream portfolios across Malaysia and Indonesia.
The merger creates one of the largest oil-focused independents in the US with output of 526,000 BOE/D.
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Egypt’s newest round of drilling agreements advances its quest to boost investment in mature fields to stop the freefall in gas production.
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The oilfield service company will supply power plants capable of electrifying 180,000 US homes with geothermal energy.
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The SPE Management Technical Section has been officially renamed the Asset Management Technical Section. The new name better reflects the section’s focus on asset management as a core discipline in the upstream oil and gas industry.
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The Human Resource Development Corporation and Society of Petroleum Engineers Asia Pacific signed a memorandum of understanding to support the development of a future-ready energy workforce and strengthen Malaysia’s position as a regional hub for technical expertise and innovation.
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Jennifer Miskimins will take office as 2026 SPE President during the 2025 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in October. She shares her views of the challenges facing our industry and SPE members, her outlook for our industry, and what her goals will be during her presidency.
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The transaction adds 267,000 net acres and nearly 140,000 BOE/D from Vital Energy, lifting Crescent into the top 10 largest US independents.
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The latest acquisition strengthens Cenovus Energy’s position as Canada’s largest SAGD producer.
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Contractor realizes big gains on divestment of business unit owned less than a year.
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NewMed has targeted the fourth quarter of 2025 to declare a final investment decision (FID) on Phase 1B of the Chevron-operated Leviathan gas project expansion after striking Israel’s largest ever gas export deal.
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TotalEnergies, Global Infrastructure Partners, and NextDecade divvy up Train 4 stakes ahead of an expected FID in September.