Arthur Eze’s oil company cites $45m investment in Senegal

#nigeria #nigerianoil #investment #energy #africa #senegal #oilexploration #billionaires
https://www.billionaires.africa/2026/01/24/arthur-ezes-atlas-oranto-cites-45-million-investment-before-senegal-license-loss/

Brazil Approves Oil Exploration in the Amazon Despite Environmental Concerns

Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, has been granted a licence to begin exploratory oil drilling off the coast of the Amazon rainforest. This approval will allow the company to drill in a block off the coast of Amapá, located 500 km from the mouth of the Amazon River, on the Brazilian Equat... [More info]

Intensified Legal, Political, and Grassroots Battles Over Amazon Oil | Inter Press Service…

A report has warned that Colombia’s push to expand oil and gas exploration in the #Amazon risks undermining environmental goals, Indigenous rights, and long-term economic stability, unless the government pivots toward sustainable development pathways... #columbia #oilexploration #economics #indigenousrights #politics #sustainabledevelopment #environment #climatechange…

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/intensified-legal-political-and-grassroots-battles-over-amazon-oil-inter-press-service/

Offshore-Energy.biz: Trinidadian field goes live as BP’s second ‘major’ gas project this year…

bpTT’s third subsea development, Cypre, came online on April 3, 2025, the UK major said in a statement. The project will comprise seven wells tied back into the existing Juniper platform... #BP #oilandgas #oilexploration #trinidadandtobago #bpTT

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/offshore-energy-biz-trinidadian-field-goes-live-as-bps-second-major-gas-project-this-year/

_The Evening Post_, 10 December 1924:
            TARANAKI OILFIELDS
      DRILLING TO COMMENCE
                 IMMEDIATELY
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
                    NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day.
  Dr. Clapp, consulting geologist to the #Taranaki Oilfields, Ltd., interviewed, stated that drilling will commence at #Tarata immediately, and preparations have been made to drill on the foreshore close to highwater mark at Moturoa within the shelter of the breakwater. Geologists will make an extensive survey preparatory to locating the site of the third bore. Mr. W. Osborne, geologist, of Sydney University, has joined the staff, and another is to be appointed. Two complete drilling plants are already on the ground.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241210.2.63

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #OilDrilling #OilExploration #NewZealand

Guyana banks on future as a ‘Latin Qatar’ in high-stakes gamble over oil production | Guyana | The Guardian…

With newfound oil wealth reshaping the economy, can the country balance growth with sustainable development?... #oil #guyana #development #caribbean #oilproduction #sustainabledevelopment #economy #fossilfuels #oilexploration #latinamerica

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/guyana-banks-on-future-as-a-latin-qatar-in-high-stakes-gamble-over-oil-production-guyana-the-guardian/

Kudos to the #Brentwood City Council for moving to ban oil and gas drilling!

Here's hoping the rest of Contra Costa County follows suit!
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/14/brentwood-moves-to-ban-any-future-drilling-or-production-of-oil-and-gas/

#fossilfuels #contracostacounty #oilexploration #oilandgas #climatechange #climatecrisis