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Iain Esau

Iain Esau has been reporting on Africa, Europe and Canada for Upstream since 2000, having started his oil and gas journalism career with Offshore Engineer in 1988 followed by a four-year stint at Lloyd’s List.

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Exploration

Vietnam player to explore Angola frontier basin

Published  21 March 2025 10:56 GMT
Finance

BP sells stake in key Europe gas pipeline for $1 billion

Published  21 March 2025 10:29 GMT
Finance

Energean's $945 million asset sales deal with Carlyle collapses

Published  21 March 2025 8:29 GMT
Politics

Canada oil and gas leaders call on politicians to fast-track energy projects

Published  20 March 2025 16:46 GMT
Finance

Africa Oil stock edges up after completing 'compelling' Nigeria deal

Published  20 March 2025 10:52 GMT
LNG

US Exim Bank confirms $4.7 billion loan to Mozambique LNG — 'biggest in its history'

Published  20 March 2025 8:31 GMT
Field Development

TotalEnergies reveals big scale of Venus project's subsea system

Published  19 March 2025 11:26 GMT
Field Development

Eni's Africa asset sales deal with Vitol could be worth up to $2.7 billion

Published  19 March 2025 7:41 GMT
Environment

Blast rocks Nigeria oil pipeline — operator focused on investigation

Published  18 March 2025 16:03 GMT
Exploration

Junior player's stock price crashes after Woodside snubs Namibia offer

Published  18 March 2025 11:56 GMT
Exploration

Second gas condensate hit at play-opening Pakistan discovery well

Published  18 March 2025 8:15 GMT
Exploration

Israel awards frontier licence amid plan to launch new offshore bid round

Published  17 March 2025 14:31 GMT
Exploration

Pakistan probe tests hydrocarbons after 10-month drilling operation

Published  17 March 2025 8:53 GMT
Exploration

Woodside turns down option to take stake in Namibia exploration play

Published  17 March 2025 7:57 GMT
LNG

Woodside wraps up debut LNG deal with Chinese customer

Published  17 March 2025 7:22 GMT
Finance

Shell wraps up $2.4 billion sale of Nigeria onshore business

Published  14 March 2025 13:27 GMT
LNG

US Exim Bank approves $4.7 billion loan for TotalEnergies' Mozambique LNG project - non-profits furious

Published  14 March 2025 10:51 GMT
Energy Security

Canada joins world's gas elite after massive Alberta resource boost

Published  13 March 2025 13:22 GMT
Finance

'Healthy and stable': Global upstream spend set to hit $386 billion in 2025

Published  13 March 2025 12:29 GMT
Exploration

Shell eyes green light for Orange basin exploration campaign

Published  12 March 2025 10:34 GMT
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