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Montenegro cuts excise duties on petrol and diesel for one week

Senegal moves to establish nuclear programme bodies as first NPP plans advance

Senegal opened a five-day implementation workshop in Dakar on September 7 to establish a Strategic Committee and Nuclear Energy Programme Implementing Organisation (NEPIO), advancing the institutional groundwork for a potential first NPP.

Brazil eyes $4.4bn from 2027 pre-salt oil auction

Brazil’s government expects to raise BRL22.4bn ($4.4bn) from an extraordinary pre-salt oil auction in 2027, according to an annex to the federal budget proposal submitted to Congress.

Chinese energy giants deepen presence in Brazil’s oil sector

Chinese energy companies are expanding their presence in Brazil as they seek to secure crude supplies and gain greater access to the country’s prolific offshore oil resources.

SLB OneSubsea wins Angola contract to reroute output from four West Hub fields to Agogo FPSO

SLB OneSubsea, the subsea technology JV majority-owned by oilfield-services group SLB (NYSE: SLB), has won a contract from Azule Energy to supply additional control umbilicals for the West Hub Tails project in Angola’s offshore Block 15/06

Rubis Africa revenue jumps 39% as EBITDA rises 33%

Energy distributor Rubis (EPA: RUI) reported a 39% year-on-year rise in revenue from its African fuel, LPG and bitumen retail and marketing operations to €1.69bn in H1 2026, while regional EBITDA increased 33% to €122mn.

Yemen’s Houthis claim strikes on Aramco facilities in Saudi Arabia

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted Aramco facilities and a Saudi airbase with missiles and drones.

Kuwait's KPC seeks more tankers as shipping risks rise

Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) is looking to buy more tankers and is examining alternative supply routes and storage facilities as the US-Iran war disrupts regional energy flows.

Northern Iraq oil exports stand at 220,000 bpd

Crude oil exports from Iraq's northern Kirkuk fields and the Kurdistan Region remain at around 220,000 barrels per day (bpd).

Syria to raise Baniyas refinery capacity to 130,000 bpd after overhaul

Syria is carrying out a major overhaul and rehabilitation of the Baniyas refinery in Tartous province, targeting an increase in refining capacity from about 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 130,000 bpd.

WPC Energy, AEC call for stronger African voice in global energy debate

Africa should have a stronger role in international energy discussions as governments seek to balance energy security, economic growth and emissions cuts.

Nigeria refiners seek presidential roundtable on crude pricing, fuel imports

Nigeria's refinery owners' trade group has called for presidential-level talks on crude pricing, local-currency purchases, fuel imports, financing and infrastructure, arguing that commercial constraints continue to hinder domestic refining.

Mexico widens net on fuel theft with tax and financial intelligence push

Mexican authorities seized 37.1mn litres of illicit fuel and identified nearly 2,000 illegal pipeline taps between September 2025 and June this year, according to President Claudia Sheinbaum's second annual report to the nation.

Russia opens a new Arctic oil province as its polar sea route goes backwards

Rosneft shipped the first crude from its Vostok Oil project through the Arctic on September 5, opening an oil province the company says could eventually produce 100mn tonnes a year.

Diesel cracks hit a record as Russian and Saudi barrels vanish together

Diesel crack spreads hit record highs after global waterborne diesel exports fell to 175.7mn barrels in August, down 47mn on the year, on S&P Global data.

Finland’s MacGregor wins RoRo equipment order for TT-Line LNG ferries

Finland’s MacGregor has secured contracts from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard to supply RoRo equipment for two new battery-hybrid LNG ferries being built for Germany’s TT-Line.

Poland’s ORLEN, Port of Gdynia study LNG and bio-LNG bunkering

Poland’s ORLEN and the Port of Gdynia Authority have signed an agreement to assess the development of LNG and bio-LNG bunkering services at the Polish port.

Australia’s Santos raises Papua LNG stake as ExxonMobil takes operatorship

Australian oil major Santos has agreed to acquire an additional 3.3% interest in the Papua LNG project from TotalEnergies for around $189mn, while ExxonMobil is set to take over as project operator.

UK’s LR approves Huangpu Wenchong LNG bunker vessel design

London-based Lloyd’s Register has awarded approval in principle to CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding for a new 12,500-cubic-metre LNG bunkering vessel design.

Indonesia’s TEMAS launches LNG-powered Digul Mas on Indonesian route

Indonesia’s TEMAS Group has put the LNG-powered Digul Mas container ship into commercial service on the Surabaya-Kendari-Gorontalo route.

Shell fixes Q2 dividend at $2.2bn

Shell has set the sterling and euro equivalents for its second-quarter 2026 interim dividend of $0.3906 per ordinary share, or around $2.2bn in total.

Eni sees Venezuela expansion improving prospects for $2.3bn debt recovery

Italian energy major Eni's new agreement to operate Venezuela's giant Junin 5 heavy oilfield could improve its prospects of recovering $2.3bn in outstanding receivables from state-owned PDVSA.

UK nears approval of Jackdaw gas field

The UK government is expected to approve production from the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea on September 15, potentially allowing the long-delayed development to start supplying gas this winter.

Norway’s Shearwater wins North Sea OBN survey for electric ROV debut

Marine geoscience firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured a seven-week ocean bottom node survey in the North Sea, marking the first commercial deployment of its newly installed electric remotely operated vehicles.

Norwegian chemicals firm Yara launches Europe's biggest carbon capture project

Norwegian chemicals firm Yara International has inaugurated what it describes as Europe’s largest industrial carbon capture facility at its Sluiskil ammonia and fertiliser complex in the Netherlands.