Turkmenistan and China have begun expanding the giant Galkynysh gas field. The country, with vast reserves, exports most gas to China. Located in the Karakum desert, Galkynysh is the world’s second-largest field, with work led by CNPC
The US has authorised operations involving the sale, delivery, or offloading of crude oil and petroleum products of Russian origin loaded onto tankers, according to a general license published on the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department.
Abu Dhabi-based Global South Utilities (GSU) has achieved several major milestones in 2025, including the expansion of its renewable energy portfolio across Africa, thus contributing to powering more than 500,000 homes. In Egypt, it was part of an international consortium to develop a $220m solar plant facility.
Energy output lost in the Middle East from the ongoing conflict in the region will take about two years to recover, Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency, was quoted as saying in an interview with the Neue Zuercher Zeitung newspaper.
Maun, Botswana hosted the groundbreaking of a 500 MW solar power plant with battery storage of equal capacity, launched under an investment cooperation framework between Oman and Botswana to strengthen energy partnership and sustainability.
Saipem secured two offshore EPCI contracts from Aramco in Saudi Arabia for Safaniya field water injection platforms, wellheads, pipelines, and cables, using regional vessels and local fabrication at its Saudi yard to support industrial development.
UK valve specialist BEL Valves has secured its first CCUS contract, a multi-million-pound deal to supply equipment for Indonesia’s first Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage project.
The UAE has presented its Tenth National Report at the Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS), held at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The UAE Ministry of Investment signed an MoU with Jereh Group to develop a energy industrial platform, strengthening UAE-China ties and positioning UAE as a hub for energy technologies including SMRs, anode production, battery recycling.
Qatar may extend force majeure on gas supplies beyond mid-June, Italian importer Edison said, after cancellations linked to the Middle East war, with Edison replacing lost LNG cargoes by increasing purchases from the US.
