Total Hands Security Contract for $20bn Mozambique Gas Project to Rwandan State-Linked Business
July 20th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Total’s decision to hand the security contract for its $20bn Mozambique gas project to a Rwandan state-linked business: A security company backed by Rwanda’s ruling party has been hired to guard TotalEnergie’s giant gas project in Mozambique as Kigali continues its commercial expansion in the country three years […]
Read more »TotalEnergies Lifts Namibian Stakes in Boost for Oil Development
January 14th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on TotalEnergies decision to increase its Namibian development program: CEO says deal is ‘key step’ toward developing Venus discovery Shell and TotalEnergies have made large oil finds off Namibia TotalEnergies SE said lifting its stake in two Namibian oil blocks is a “key step” toward developing the Venus field off the coast […]
Read more »TotalEnergies Expands Its Suriname Presence
December 16th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, a report on TotalEnergies growing activity in Suriname as it takes a new offshore exploration license: TotalEnergies’ presence in Suriname. Credit: TotalEnergies TotalEnergies and its partners QatarEnergy and Petronas have signed a production sharing contract for Block 64 with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie), the State-owned oil company of Suriname. Block 64 was awarded […]
Read more »TotalEnergies Plots Drilling Giant Prospect Off Papua New Guinea Coast
July 27th, 2023
Via Upstream Online, a report on TotalEnergies’ plans to explore a potentially giant prospect offshore Papua New Guinea: French supermajor TotalEnergies is planning in 2024 to eventually drill a high-impact potentially giant prospect offshore Papua New Guinea, the spudding of which has already been derailed for some four years — not least because of the […]
Read more »In Iraq and Algeria, TotalEnergies Signs Major Deals
July 10th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, an article on new deals between Iraq and TotalEnergies that aim to help Iraq fix its longstanding power issues: French energy giant TotalEnergies has signed major deals with Algeria and Iraq in the past two days. Iraq’s Ministry of Oil and TotalEnergies signed a long-delayed $27 billion deal aimed at developing Iraq’s energy sector. […]
Read more »Namibia Becomes Oil Drilling Hot-Spot With 13% of Africa’s Rigs
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at Namibia’s growing petroleum sector: Namibia’s status as an oil exploration hot-spot was bolstered by the arrival of a third rig, following discoveries last year by TotalEnergies SE and Shell Plc. The Deepsea Mira entered Namibian waters and is preparing to start work for TotalEnergies, according to ship-tracking data compiled […]
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