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Occidental delivers carbon-neutral oil cargo to India

Occidental Petroleum announced this week that its Oxy Low Carbon Ventures division had delivered a cargo of carbon-neutral crude oil to Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) in India.

BP sells stake in Oman gas project in major divestment move

NRG AsianOil: KNOC seeks to sell North Sea fields

State-owned Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) is reportedly seeking to sell a number of its upstream assets in the North Sea as it strives to reduce its debt load.

Baker Hughes predicts 3-4 LNG FIDs in 2021

Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes anticipates that 3-4 LNG export projects will be sanctioned this year as the industry recovers from the pandemic-related downturn.

India forges closer ties with IEA

India’s concerns over energy security amid international oil price volatility have prompted the country to forge closer ties with the Paris-headquartered International Energy Agency (IEA).

OIL launches seismic campaign in north-east India

State-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) has begun acquiring 2D and 3D seismic data at an onshore block in the north-eastern state of Tripura.

Strike spuds second West Erregulla appraisal well

Australian junior Strike Energy has spudded its second appraisal well in the onshore West Erregulla natural gas field in Western Australia.

Indonesian regulator confirms NuEnergy’s CBM discovery

Indonesian upstream regulator SKK Migas has confirmed Australian-listed NuEnergy’s discovery of gas at one of the company’s coal-bed methane (CBM) projects in South Sumatra.

ExxonMobil to bring West Barracouta on stream this year

US super-major ExxonMobil has said it is nearing completion of its West Barracouta project offshore Australia’s southern state of Victoria and aims to deliver first gas to the local market this year.

PTT reviews COVID-19’s impact on Thai LNG demand

State-owned Thai major PTT has said it is monitoring how the country’s latest outbreak of COVID-19 infections will affect domestic demand for liquified natural gas (LNG).