Libya’s NOC says output of crude and condensate averaged 1.374mn b/d for 2025, celebrating a rebound after a turbulent decade and a half for the country’s lifeline oil and gas sector (MEES, 20 December 2024). While M...

Despite discovering gas fourteen years ago Cyprus has yet to produce a single molecule, and plans to gasify the island through the import of LNG could yet be binned. New Energy Minister Michael Damianos finds an in-tray ...

Egypt plans to drill 101 exploration wells this year though, as is usually the case with Cairo’s grandiose announcements, details and context are thin. This is broadly in line with 2025, when around 100 wells were dril...

Dana Gas, the Middle East’s largest private sector natural gas company, has received a $50 million payment from the Egyptian government, reducing overdue receivables, according to a press release issued by the company ...

Opec+ is entering 2026 with the ‘Group of Eight’ holding production quotas steady for Q1. A decision on output policy for April is likely to be made in March. The parallels with the two previous years are clear, with...

The Houthis’ campaign against maritime traffic in the southern Red Sea shone a spotlight on an often overlooked but critical region. But while the wholesale diversion of global shipping from the Red Sea since early 202...

The Trump administration plans to meet later this week with US oil company executives to discuss boosting natural gas and oil production in Venezuela following the removal of President Nicolas Maduro, a source familiar w...