Kuwait’s Upstream Foreign Investment Drive Begins

Kuwait is making headway in revamping its oil sector that has fallen behind its neighbors in recent years. Long-standing targets for 2020 were missed and crude oil production capacity declined between 2016 and 2021. Much...

Chevron Very Excited By East Med Potential

Chevron put its East Mediterranean ambitions front and center of its Q4 earnings call last week, with its leadership seeing a big year ahead for the region. “We continue to be very excited about the resource potential ...

Exxon Exits Egypt Block | MEES

US major ExxonMobil (60%, operator) and partner QatarEnergy (40%) have relinquished their North Marakia block in Egypt’s West Mediterranean offshore region, MEES learns. Despite making the Nefertari discovery in Januar...

bp Records Decline in RC Profits to $1.5 Bn in Q4 2025

The British energy company, bp, stated that its replacement cost (RC) profit dropped to $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2025, from $2.2 billion in the previous quarter. RC profit is a measure commonly used by oil...

Shell Plans To Double Egypt Output By 2030

UK major Shell has outlined plans to double its Egypt gas output by June 2030. West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) is currently the company’s only producing Egypt asset, where output is approximately 400mn cfd. The implied t...