South Africa’s Adroit Technologies and Nigeria-based Aril Technologies are strengthening operational safety, efficiency and regulatory compliance in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector through the deployment of advanced supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology.
The European Union (EU) has moved to end all imports of Russian natural gas by the end of 2027, following a majority vote by member states during a meeting of European energy ministers in Luxembourg.
US natural gas pipeline exports to Mexico averaged 7.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in May 2025, the most of any month on record as Mexico’s demand for natural gas, particularly in the electric power sector, increases, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) .
Suriname is becoming a significant player in global energy, with major offshore oil discoveries and recoverable resources of 2.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent and 12.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Rapid exploration is expected, with production anticipated between 2025 and 2027.
The future of the oil and gas industry was on display at The Oil and Gas Automation and Digitalisation Congress (AUTOMA) 2025, held on October 13-14 in Amsterdam. Experts from O&G companies, EPCs, pipeline operators, refineries, service providers and technology developers explored technologies driving AI-powered transformation, smart infrastructure, digital decarbonisation and autonomous operations.
Global energy demand is set to jump 20% by 2055 driven by economic and population growth, said an industry expert, adding renewable energy and natural gas will likely account for much of the growth, creating big opportunities for investment in new gas projects and supporting infrastructure.
Senegal is offering 104 oil and gas blocks to investors as it seeks new upstream contracts to accelerate exploration and production, Energy and Petroleum Minister El Hadji Abdourahmane Diouf said at African Energy Week 2026 in Cape Town.
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and Sunlink Energies have finalised investment in the HI gas project offshore Nigeria. The project will supply 350 million standard cubic feet of gas daily at peak production to Nigeria LNG, enhancing global liquefied natural gas exports.
bp has started up its sixth major upstream oil and gas project of 2025 with production from the Murlach field in the UK North Sea. The six projects add around 150,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) combined peak net production, contributing to bp’s target to deliver an additional 250,000 boed combined peak net production by the end of 2027.
Saudi Arabia has signed three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt to strengthen regional cooperation across electricity, renewable energy, oil, gas and petrochemicals.
