📯🇦🇪UAE's Mubadala Energy has announced the discovery of a large gas reserve in the🇮🇩Indonesia South Andaman field.
International companies are pivotal to boost domestic production and exports, even to🇪🇺EU countries.
Gas is also key for🇮🇩Indonesia energy transition.
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The one in the South Andaman field represents the world's second-largest deep water discovery this year. The field could contain close to 90 bcm of gas and it represents the first deep water operation for Mubadala, which is exploring 4 large areas in🇮🇩Indonesia since 2004
According to Mubadala's chief executive Mansoor Mohamed Al Hamed "This is not only a significant development for Mubadala Energy but a huge milestone for Indonesia’s and Southeast Asia’s energy security."
The discovery cements the company's global operations away from the Gulf
in Southeast Asia, where Mubadala has exploration fields in
🇹🇭Thailand
🇲🇾Malaysia
🇻🇳Vietnam
🇮🇩Indonesia
but also in
🇪🇬Egypt - Zohr gas field
🇷🇺Russia - Western Siberia oil fields in a JV with Gazpromneft-Vostok
Mubadala Energy is a state-owned enterprise fully controlled by a sole shareholder, the government of Abu Dhabi.
The company has not signed the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter at the recent COP28 in🇦🇪Dubai, with 50 companies pledging to slash methane emissions by 2030
In October🇮🇹Italy's Eni announced the discovery of a large ultra-deep gas reserve in the Kutei Basin, among the largest for🇮🇩Indonesia in the past two decades, second only to Japan Inpex's Abadi field which will feed the 9.5 mtpa Abadi LNG terminal.
A project which FID has been
delayed several times.
In an effort to reduce imports and meet the country’s increasing energy demand, 🇮🇩Indonesia aims to boost its oil and gas production to respectively 1 million barrels of oil per day and 12 billion standard cubic feet per day by 2030.
Moreover,🇮🇩Indonesia plans to use gas as a transitional fuel to support the national energy system pivot away from coal. Jakarta is a major coal consumer and has a large fleet of coal power plants. Gas, together with a massive ramp-up of renewables, should washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
ensure energy security to a country willing to play a stronger role in the global gas market.
Within this frame🇮🇩Indonesia has strengthen relations with🇯🇵Japan and🇰🇷South Korea, but has also looked to the🇪🇺EU.
As an example, in late October🇮🇹Eni signed a 0.8 bcm LNG sales and purchase agreement with Merakes LNG Sellers, starting from January 2024 and lasting for 3 years.
In this regard, the escalation of the🇮🇱Israel-Hamas war and the stop of transit through the Red Sea does not help.
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🚨🇮🇱Israel-Hamas war is officially a regional conflict.
🇺🇸US and allies have organised a naval task force to deal with the threat of🇾🇪Yemen's Houthi attacks to tankers passing through the Red Sea.
This has consequences for🇶🇦🇸🇦🇪🇬🇴🇲Middle East energy exporters and🇪🇺EU consumers
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Yesterday, both🇬🇧BP &🇳🇴Equinor have announced the rerouting of vessels away from the Red Sea.
BP stated that "In light of the deteriorating security situation for shipping" it has "decided to temporarily pause all transits through the Red Sea,”
The company has been first O&G major to announce the shifting of the commercial strategy following the military escalation in the area.
After dozens of missiles and drone attacks have occurred to oil and oil-refined tankers operated by various companies, some of which damaging
📯🇮🇱Israel has agreed to increase gas exports towards🇪🇬Egypt.
A showdown of🇮🇱confidence in its military capabilities and energy diplomacy amid the security concerns for offshore fields and infrastructures near to #Gaza and regional escalation of the war vs Hamas in the #RedSea
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The Energy ministry confirmed🇮🇱Israel will deliver in the future additional gas to🇪🇬Egypt from the Tamar field, operated by🇺🇸US Chevron.
Last August,🇮🇱Israel agreed to additional 3.5 bcm/y to🇪🇬Egypt through an expansion of Tamar field production by close to 40% in 2025 and by
adding a third pipeline from the field to the Tamar platform, located very close to the Gaza Strip.
The same platform was forced to close at the beginning of the🇮🇱Israel War against Hamas because in range of ballistic missiles from the Gaza Strip.
🇮🇱Israel prioritised
🚨🚀The military escalation in the Red Sea keeps worsening.
Just in the last week🇾🇪Yemen's Houthi rebels have attacked a dozen container ships and energy tankers transiting the regional chokepoints.
If raids do not stop quickly, Western navies will be forced to intervene
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The most recent news is of a🇪🇸Spanish military vessel belonging to the🇪🇺EUNAVFOR Operation, the🇪🇺EU🇸🇴Somali counter piracy force, heading full speed towards a🇲🇹Maltese-flagged vessel managed by🇧🇬Bulgaria's Navigation Maritime Bulgare reuters.com/world/spanish-…
🚨🇱🇾Libya's gas exports to🇮🇹Italy, its largest customer in the🇪🇺EU, have stopped due to an unplanned maintenance on the🇱🇾side of the Greenstream pipeline, connecting the two countries.
No explanations have been given on why the flows stopped, not an encouraging signal.
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An unplanned event at the Mellitah gas complex in🇱🇾Libya has forced the complete stop of gas flows from to🇮🇹Italy on December 13.
The key facility was supposed to undergo planned maintenance in six month and then, together with maintenance at the close🇩🇿🇮🇹Algeria-Italy Transmed,
sensibly reduce gas exports to🇮🇹Sicily.
In december, the African country was exporting around a seventh of the Greenstream capacity, signalling the struggle for both🇱🇾state-owned NOC and🇮🇹Eni to keep the pace of the growing Libyan domestic consumption and the requests
📯🇳🇴Norway's investments in Oil & Gas will reach a new high in 2024 to almost $22 billion.
A nearly 5% increase compared to 2023.
🇳🇴expects to find more resources in its offshore, including in the Arctic Barents Sea, while it seeks more coordination with🇪🇺EU on gas exports
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According to Offshore Norway, investments in the🇳🇴Norwegian offshore will be up nearly 5% compared to 2023 & almost 20% higher than previous estimates.
This is due to new upstream developments and the expansion of operating fields, other than a weak currency and high inflation
In the aftermath of the🇷🇺Russian invasion of🇺🇦Ukraine and the crumbling of the bilateral gas interdependence,🇳🇴Norway has become the largest exporter of gas to the🇪🇺EU and a key actor in stabilising the🇪🇺EU energy markets.
🇳🇴Oslo has promised to the🇪🇺EU to keep exports
📯🛢️🇳🇪Niger will soon become an oil exporter after the commissioning of the longest oil pipeline in the whole Africa, reaching 🇧🇯Benin's Port of Seme.
The project has been realised with the support of🇨🇳China amid international sanctions vs🇳🇪in the aftermath of the recent coup
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The new🇳🇪🇧🇯oil pipeline will connect the Agadem Rift Basin oil field with Port of Some on the Gulf of Guinea, stretching for 2,000 km and with a 90,000 barrels per day of capacity.
This will transform Niger into a significant regional oil producer and exporter.
The pipeline plan
has been approved in 2019 and aims to exploit the 1 billion barrel of oil reserves, as stated by the African Petroleum Producers' Organization.
According to🇳🇪authorities, reserves could be double this amount, leaving decades ahead to exploit oil production and exports in one of