(Oil Price)– China has formalized a barter-style framework with Iran in which crude oil is exchanged for infrastructure projects (from rail lines and ports to industrial works) rather than cash. The volumes involved are substantial: Beijing already imports an estimated 1.4 to 1.6 million barrels per day of Iranian crude, much of it under disguised labels. The new structure secures
(Oil Price) – Eni has completed the sale of 30% in the giant operational Baleine oil and gas project offshore Cote d’Ivoire to the world’s biggest independent oil trader, Vitol, the Italian energy major said on Thursday. The Baleine project is Cote d’Ivoire’s main offshore development and after the transaction is now owned by Eni with a 47.25% stake, Vitol with 30%, and
(Oil Price) – U.S. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), which is developing fusion energy, has signed a more than $1-billion power purchase agreement with Italy’s energy major Eni as the two companies continue to partner to bring fusion power to commercial use. Nuclear fusion has long been considered the answer to zero-emission by-product-free energy generation. However, no one has cracked the nuclear fusion code
(World Oil) – Eni has reached financial close with the UK Government’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for the Liverpool Bay CCS project, where Eni is the operator of the CO2 transport and storage system (T&S) of the HyNet industrial Cluster. The financial close allows the Liverpool Bay CCS project to move into the construction phase, unlocking
(World Oil) – Eni is launching three exploration plays, TotalEnergies is expecting promising results from its recent onshore exploration project, and other developments were shared during an upstream IOC-led panel at the Libya Energy & Economic Summit. Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) and international energy companies TotalEnergies, Eni, OMV, Repsol and Nabors outlined key exploration milestones and strategies to advance
(Oil Price) – Italian energy major Eni has started production from the second phase of its oil and gas development Baleine offshore Cote d’Ivoire, boosting output from the field in West Africa. This weekend, Eni announced the successful start-up of Phase 2 at the Baleine field, which will raise production to 60,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 70 million cubic feet
(World Oil) – Nigerian regulators approved the sales of units of Eni SpA and Equinor ASA after months of delay as oil majors continue exiting operations in the West African nation. The acquisitions of Eni’s Nigerian Agip Oil Company Ltd. by Oando and those of Equinor by Project Odinmim Investments Ltd. were announced at an industry event Wednesday in Abuja.
(World Oil) – Eni and KKR have signed an agreement under which KKR will take a 25% stake in Enilive’s share capital, for a total agreed consideration of €2.938 billion. The transaction will be funded through: 1) the subscription of a capital increase in Enilive reserved to KKR amounting to €500 million; 2) the purchase of Enilive’s shares from Eni
(Oil Price) – Brent Crude prices are set to recover to $80 per barrel in the fourth quarter, Claudio Descalzi, chief executive at Italian energy major Eni, said on Wednesday. “Oil (is seen) at around $80 per barrel, while for natural gas in Italy we can (expect a price of) 30 euros per megawatt hour,” Descalzi said on the sidelines of the
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World Oil (WO) – Eni has made a new discovery on the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well in Block 9, approximately 63 km off the coast in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste basin offshore Mexico. The preliminary estimates indicate a discovered potential of around 300-400 MMboe of oil and associated gas in place. The well has
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Italian energy group Eni SpA is looking to raise more than €4 billion ($4.3 billion) from disposals in its global upstream business, people familiar with the matter said. The sales would be part of a broader strategy of disposing of €8 billion in assets over the next three years. Units that could be candidates for the
