FROM THE OIL PATCH

Africa has emerged as the center of a global upstream acreage rush. That’s what Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR) said in a statement sent to Rigzone on Wednesday, which noted that the continent has captured nearly half of new upstream country entries globally “as operators broaden exploration portfolios”. EIR, which is

The Brent oil price rose above $100 per barrel for the first time since July on Wednesday. Brent hit $100.45 per barrel in early trading today after two straight days of gains, with the Brent price closing at $97.92 per barrel on Tuesday. The last time it closed at $100

In an oil market note sent to Rigzone by the HSBC team on Tuesday, analysts at the company, including HSBC Senior Global Oil and Gas Analyst Kim Fustier, revealed that they had raised their 2026 oil price forecast by $10 per barrel and their 2027 oil price forecast by $20

Sapphire Gas Solutions said Tuesday it had acquired a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility in Ehrenberg, Arizona, part of its efforts to establish a leading vertically integrated merchant LNG platform in the United States. Desert Gas LNG, bought from Spectrum LNG, produces up to about 76,000 gallons per