As the world strives to wean itself off fossil fuels, oil companies have been turning to plastic as the key to their future. Now even that’s looking overly optimistic. The global crackdown on... 

Oil and gas major Santos on Thursday announced that the Dorado-2 appraisal well had confirmed a “major” oil and gas resource in the Bedout basin, offshore Western Australia. The well was drilled... 

Project delivery company Worley is leading the way in mining technology in southern Africa with swift technological advancements that match the requirements of a new digital age. The global... 

Mining major BHP on Wednesday laid out its near-term plans for investors, saying that the company would look to add “options” in copper, nickel sulphides and oil. Speaking to investors, CFO Peter... 

Launched in 2013, the WorleyParsons Enterprise Supplier Development (now Worley Enterprise Supplier Development) initiative supports meaningful transformation of the southern Africa economy by... 

Following the announcement in October 2018 of WorleyParsons' binding offer for Jacobs' Energy, Chemicals and Resources, the combined new entity has come together under a new brand – Worley –... 

South Sudan and South Africa will sign a production sharing agreement for an untapped exploration block in the East African country, whose production has been hampered by civil war, South Sudan's... 

US oil giant ExxonMobil will increase its exploration acreage in Namibia by about 28 000 km2 following the signing of an agreement with the Namibian government and State-owned National Petroleum... 

Since its official independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan has ripened the environment for investment in the country, which was apparent when the country’s Ministers on Wednesday met with... 

India’s reformed oil and gas exploration policy will come into force when the next round of bidding for blocks kicks off in June/July, the sector regulator has announced. “Parameters of the new... 

Energy veterans Stephen Clark and Wikus van Niekerk, with Jim Petrie and Dave Wright, have unpacked finer details of Total’s Brulpadda gasfield discovery, estimating its likely size, potential... 

Resource major Vedanta on Wednesday announced an oil discovery in its Krishna-Godavari block in the Bay of Bengal along the eastern Indian coastline. The company earlier established a discovery of... 

Sasol on Thrsday committed to donate $250 000, or about R3.56-million, for the relief and support of communities that have been severely affected by the tropical cyclone Idai in Beira and Dondo in... 

Level 2 broad-based black economic- empowerment company, Lubritech Manu-facturing specialises in hydrocarbon contamination solutions by managing and controlling contamination at the source. A rise... 

In yet another landmark reform for its hydrocarbons sector, Angola released in February 2019 a new Presidential Decree detailing the country’s oil licensing strategy for the next six years.... 

Natural Gas is increasingly becoming a favoured fuel alternative, it has been dubbed “the fuel of the future” by many. With the increasing pressure to lower carbon emissions, the use of coal-fired... 

n a bid to increase domestic output and fuel investments in the sector, the Indian government has approved offering marketing and pricing freedom to oil and natural gas exploration and production... 

Mining major BHP on Wednesday approved $696-million in funding to develop the Atlantis Phase 3 project, in the Gulf of Mexico, after project partner BP in January approved a $1.3-billion expansion... 

Seizing an opportunity offered by recently relaxed rules, State-run miner Coal India Limited (CIL) has lined up a corpus of around $422-million to kick-start its sputtering coalbed methane (CBM)... 

The second round of auction of 25 discovered small fields (DSF) in the Indian oil and natural gas sector has received 145 bids from 39 investors, including six foreign companies, the sector... 

WorleyParsons’ Enterprise Supplier Development (ESD) programme has achieved significant success within its first six years of operation, highlighting the benefits of sustainable and collaborative... 

The year ahead will be key for the advancement of new exploration and production development projects from West to East Africa in the hydrocarbons market, entrenching the continent’s position as... 

The Angolan Government last week approved the new regulations concerning the commercialisation of diamonds, the Macauhub news agency has reported. The country’s Council of Ministers (Cabinet)... 

The Angolan Government last week approved the new regulations concerning the commercialisation of diamonds, the Macauhub news agency has reported. The country’s Council of Ministers (Cabinet)... 

Global energy company Total and the Mauritanian Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines have signed an agreement that awards Total two new exploration and production contracts for blocks C15 and... 

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) collected $1.21-billion in revenues from its mining sector over the first nine months of 2018, an increase of 147.4% over the same period last year, finance... 

A small army of workers from cities and villages across Bolivia boards the buses for the last leg of a commute that can last days. The meandering, bumpy dirt roads, the thin air at high altitude,... 

The big spotlight being shone on the ground under the city of Johannesburg will at last reveal the threat of instability on the Golden City. South Africa this week removed the obstacles in the way... 

Fluid maintenance is frequently neglected and the consequences of using contaminated fuel and lubricant oil are often underestimated, says technical solutions provider BMG fluid technology business... 

Saudi Arabia aims to raise the kingdom's mining revenues to $64-billion from $17-billion by 2030, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Monday. Mining vast untapped reserves of bauxite,... 

Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Thursday inaugurated the Waad Al-Shamaal mining project, which is expected to boost the kingdom's gross domestic product by 24-billion riyals and its non-oil GDP by... 

Saudi Arabia's King Salman will inaugurate on Thursday the Waad Al-Shamaal project, a 440 km2 city for mining industries in the country's northern region, Al Arabiya TV said, quoting Energy... 

India’s Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited (GEECL), an integrated producer of coalbed methane (CBM), will diversify its production of non-conventional hydrocarbons after establishing shale... 

Although natural gas is about 60% cleaner than coal in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, it currently contributes only 1.5% of the country’s total primary energy needs. Even through the National... 

ndications are emerging that the Indian government will take away oil and gas, small discovered fields (DSF) from ONGC and put them up for auction to private investors, overruling opposition from... 

Mauritanides, the largest and only biennial mining and energy conference and exhibition held in Mauritania since 2010, has posted a strong 30% increase in sponsors & exhibitors compared to the... 

ASX-listed Australian Bauxite on Tuesday reported that its subsidiary ALCORE has secured the minimum funding required to start Stage 1 of the ALCORE project. Site construction works started in... 

Morocco and Nigeria on Sunday signed a joint declaration in Rabat laying out the next steps for the completion of a gas pipeline deal that will be built onshore and offshore, Moroccan state news... 

Multotec hydrocyclones and spiral concentrators are being applied in Europe to address the growing demand for the rehabilitation of contaminated land. The application of the solution is via... 

State-owned PetroSA has signed an agreement with Russian geological exploration company Rosgeo that will result in the investment of about $400-million in oil and gas development off the coast of... 

The era of the monster frack has arrived in North America, and Chesapeake Energy Corp. is singing its praises. Chesapeake said Thursday at an analyst conference that it set a new record for... 

Vale Mozambique, the local subsidiary of major Brazilian mining group has given the assurance that the recent collapse of a coal stacker at the port of Nacala-à-Velha (Nacala) will not interfere...