Industry carbon budget depleted by 2037, NOCs to use half: Study
A study by the World Benchmarking Alliance has ranked oil and gas companies by their climate efforts and warned of a depleting carbon budget.
The inevitable end of the big oil and gas dividend?
With large disruption on the horizon, will the largest oil and gas companies treat dividends...
63% of UK energy leaders concerned about major safety incidents
Dräger Marine and Offshore has issued a call for urgent action to be taken in the UK’s fast-growing renewable energy sectors to prevent major safety incidents.
“A new way of working”: inside Equinor and ABB’s unmanned oil and gas rig
We profile Equinor and ABB’s use of automation and data to deliver their proposed unmanned oil platform in the North Sea.
From Venezuela to Nigeria: mapping the resource curse
We look at some of the resource-rich countries that have fallen victim to “the paradox of plenty”.
Latest Deals
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Willmott DixonMergers & Acquisitions $271M
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SantosMergers & Acquisitions $6.5BN
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Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersMergers & Acquisitions $6.85BN
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PetrobrasMergers & Acquisitions $96.9M
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Willmott DixonMergers & Acquisitions $271M
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SantosMergers & Acquisitions $6.5BN
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Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersMergers & Acquisitions $6.85BN
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PetrobrasMergers & Acquisitions $96.9M
Oil and gas companies filing the most patents in Q1 2021 (source: GlobalData)
| Assignee | Filings |
|---|---|
| LG Chem Ltd | 2180 |
| SASAC | 1434 |
| Dow Inc | 633 |
| BASF SE | 610 |
| China National Petroleum Corp | 594 |
| Mitsubishi Group | 590 |
| Saudi Arabian Oil Co | 475 |
| Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd | 483 |
| Halliburton Co | 457 |
| Toray Industries Inc | 456 |
Latest News
Russia plans to start operations of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline soon
The pipeline will bring 55 billion cubic meters of gas annually from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea.
Iran commissions new oil terminal to bypass Hormuz Strait for exports
The terminal will receive up to one million bpd of light, heavy, and ultra-heavy crude oil from the Goureh-Jask pipeline.
Jefferson Energy secures terminal services contract from ExxonMobil in US
The company will build new storage capacity at the Jefferson Energy terminal, as well as five pipelines.
Shell delivers first gas from project offshore Trinidad and Tobago
Project Barracuda has near-term gas production capacity of approximately 25,000boe/d (220MMscf/d).
Latest Themes
Was Covid-19 the jab needed to make companies fight fake news?
F-Secure, Adobe and O'Reilly speak to Giacomo Lee on how fake news regulation will need more than AI and intelligence from social media heads.
Is oil and gas seeing the start of a robotics investment boom?
Robotics deals, jobs and patents have boomed in the last few years. But is the oil and gas sector keeping up?
On the grid: The one smart tech driving green city evolution
The world needs a green city revolution, and smart grids may be the catalyst as Giacomo Lee explores.
The Tokyo Olympics are a 5G tragedy
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021 undermined the 5G rollout not just for Japan, but the world as a whole, as Giacomo Lee writes.
Where are offshore oil and gas companies hiring their big data teams?
Companies are increasingly hiring for big data roles in the oil & gas sector, but some parts of the world prove more attractive than others.
Australian researchers use solar energy materials to detect air pollutants
Concept: Researchers from Australia’s ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science (ARC) have discovered a...
University of Delaware uses catalytic hydrocracking for hard-to-recycle plastics
Concept: The Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI) of the University of Delaware (UD) has formulated...
Bosch launches AI human skin temperature detection
Concept: Bosch has launched a human skin temperature detection solution, powered by artificial intelligence. The...
Expert Commentary & Analysis
View MoreAviation sector bets on SAF to reduce carbon emissions
SAF provides a sustainable solution for reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the aviation industry, with...
Morocco to start $850m ammonia plant works
Morocco is set to start a hydrogen and ammonia plant project in 2022 with a...
ESG is an opportunity for oil and gas companies
Oil and gas companies will need effective governance to steer themselves as conventional hydrocarbon activity...
Negotiations ongoing for Fujairah oil terminal project
Onshore Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc Onshore) is negotiating with contractors for the Fujairah...