September 2025

Santos’ $16 billion takeover bid collapsed after the XRG consortium withdrew, citing regulatory hurdles and risk allocation disputes

Egypt’s oil and gas output is rebounding after four years of decline, easing import bills and drawing new foreign investment

Excerpt: Chevron and Israel expand the Leviathan gas project with a new pipeline to Egypt as demand rises and domestic output weakens

KEY POINTS Chevron Mediterranean Limited and Israel Natural Gas Lines have signed a major transportation agreement to build the Nitzana export route, a new natural gas pipeline designed to expand …

KEY POINTS TotalEnergies SE has signed four production sharing contracts with Liberia, marking a major step in the country’s efforts to revive offshore oil exploration and lure back big-ticket investment. …

KEY POINTS Nigeria has taken a historic step into the global energy market, with the Dangote Petroleum Refinery shipping petrol to the United States for the very first time.  The …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s National Energy Regulator, Nersa, is facing a storm of criticism after admitting to a R54 billion miscalculation in Eskom’s tariff settlement — an error that will …

KEY POINTS Dangote Industries Limited has pushed back against allegations by petroleum marketers that its refinery is giving preferential petrol prices to foreign traders, insisting that Nigeria remains the cheapest …

KEY POINTS Libya’s National Oil Corporation, NOC, is moving to deepen its collaboration with energy giant Schlumberger as the country looks to stabilize production and expand technical capacity after years …

KEY POINTS Residents of Cosmo City, northwest of Johannesburg, have endured more than six weeks without electricity after an Eskom transformer went up in flames.  The power utility has now …