International oilfield services company Expro has been honoured with an Order of Distinction after receiving its 17th consecutive Gold award in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Health and Safety Awards
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Qatar Petroleum signs deal with TotalEnergies for South Africa exploration blocks
Qatar Petroleum has entered into agreements with TotalEnergies to acquire working interests in three offshore exploration blocks in South Africa
AfCFTA to facilitate trade and accelerate energy transition in African countries
The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA), launched on 1 January, aims to faciliate trade and an easy flow of persons, labour and investment across African countries by reducing trade costs and eliminating 90% of tariffs
A crucial call to draw the price direction for coming months
As oil prices are edging slightly lower as the market waits for a decision by OPEC+ on production policy from August, a crucial call that will draw the price direction for coming months, Louise Dickson, Rystad Energy’s oil markets analyst, has analysed the scenario
Nigeria passes petroleum bill – but there is still work to do
As Nigerian lawmakers pass petroleum bill, Mansur Mohammed, from Wood Mackenzie’s sub-Saharan Africa upstream research team, stated there is still work to do