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Iran oil output capacity tops 3.7mn bpd after 8.3% surge

Iran’s crude oil production capacity has soared to 3.715mn barrels per day, up 8.3% from 3.43mn bpd.

Tanzania announces first gas discovery in over a decade at Mnazi Bay

Tanzania has discovered an estimated 223bn cubic feet of natural gas at the Kasa-1X ST2 well in the southern Mnazi Bay area, marking the country’s first reported gas discovery in more than a decade, Energy Minister Juma Homera announced.

Mozambique reconfirms $2.25bn guarantee for TotalEnergies LNG as financing timetable shifts to 2029

Mozambique has reaffirmed an existing $2.25bn sovereign guarantee for creditors financing the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project.

Nigeria regulator outlines supply-gap test for future petrol imports as local refineries take 74% of September receipts

Nigeria’s downstream petroleum regulator said future petrol import licences would be issued to eligible operators under published merit-based criteria and after an auditable assessment of domestic supply shortfalls.

Nigeria revises gas pipeline access code as regulator flags $30bn-$50bn investment need

Nigeria’s NMDPRA launched Revision 2 of its gas network code as it sees a $30bn-$50bn investment need by 2030 and pipeline capacity rising to about 4.2 bcfd.

YPF, Vista and Tecpetrol drive Argentina corporate debt issuance to $2.72bn in September

Argentine oil companies YPF, Vista Energy and Tecpetrol raised a combined $2.05bn through international debt placements in September 2026, accounting for more than 75% of corporate bond issuance in Argentina.

Africa drives 96% of Eni’s net oil and gas production growth in Q3

Africa delivered 70,000 of Eni’s 73,000-boepd net output gain in Q3 2026, led by Côte d’Ivoire, Angola and Congo, as the Italian major sells mature assets.

QatarEnergy issues spot tender to sell 55,000 tonnes of naptha in November

QatarEnergy has issued an immediate spot tender to sell up to 55,000 tonnes of naphtha for early November loading from Ras Laffan.

Iran, Russia discuss gas transfer deal as pricing, payment terms remain unresolved

Iran’s acting Oil Minister Hamid Bovard met Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller in Moscow, where they continued talks on a planned gas supply deal.

Mozambique targets completion of 22 rural electrification projects by end-2027

FUNAE chairman Mety Gondola said the institution was prioritising the 10 projects already 60% to 70% complete as it seeks resources to finish delayed work.

Iran, Belarus ink energy deal with no projects or funding disclosed

Iran and Belarus have signed a memorandum to expand cooperation in renewable energy and power infrastructure, coveri renewable energy, the construction and management of power infrastructure, electricity transmission and distribution.

India's Marine Electricals wins power distribution orders

Indian electrical equipment maker Marine Electricals (India) Limited (NSE: MARINE) (BSE: 535119) has secured two orders worth about INR3.62bn ($38.03mn)

India's Waaree Renewable wins solar deal

Waaree Renewable Technologies (BSE: 534618) (NSE: WAAREERTL) has won a contract to build a 450 MWp solar power project for an unnamed domestic independent power producer

Slovakia is interested in buying Russian gas and nuclear fuel, state secretary Šimoňák says during Moscow talks

Putin can’t beat Ukraine so he starts another fight - with Japan

A Russia that devotes more than two-fifths of its budget to one war, sells gas to Beijing at a deep discount and treats its leading eastern customer as an enemy is not projecting strength from Etorofu. It is advertising how few friends it has left.

Slovak companies' energy bills remain above EU average

Polish energy giant Orlen to open office in Singapore, eyeing Asian LNG markets

Poland's largest energy group Orlen said it would open a new trading office in Singapore in Q1 2027 as part of London-based Orlen LNG Trading in order to streamline the management of the group's liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply portfolio.

Slovenia’s HESS plans battery storage expansion by 2030

Singapore raises solar power target to 4 GW by 2035

The higher target lands while the country is still short of its earlier milestone, with 2.3 GW installed as of October.

South Korea approves restart of ageing Kori 3, 4 reactors

South Korea's nuclear regulator has cleared units 3 and 4 at the Kori nuclear power plant to keep operating for about a decade beyond their original 40-year design lives.

Philippine energy regulator to deploy AI for outage monitoring

The Philippines' Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is developing artificial intelligence tools to monitor utility compliance, analyse power outages and answer public queries.

Indonesia's Abadi Masela LNG targets early 2027 FID

Inpex Masela Ltd has finished front-end engineering design (FEED) for Indonesia's Abadi Masela LNG project three months early, and the country's upstream regulator wants a final investment decision (FID).

HD Construction Equipment opens engine plant in South Korea

South Korea's HD Construction Equipment has started operations at a KRW116.8bn ($87.5mn) engine factory in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, to meet rising orders for large generator engines used at AI data centres.

Cuba’s coffee growers to pay for solar kits through harvest income

Cuba’s BioCubaCafé plans to distribute 2,000 small solar-power kits to coffee-growing families in the island’s east, with recipients covering half the stated cost through coffee-sale earnings

Vingroup unit seeks approval for Vietnam floating solar projects

Vietnamese media reported on October 27 that VinEnergo, which handles renewable energy for Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup (VIC), wants environmental clearance for a pair of floating solar plants in Lai Chau province,...