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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

Halliburton lands key drilling contract in Namibia

Published  24 April 2024 14:51 GMT
Field Development

Egypt duo set to invest $1.3 billion to tap gas offshore Mauritania

Published  24 April 2024 12:09 GMT
Production

TotalEnergies and Chevron strike deals with ambitious company over Congolese assets

Published  24 April 2024 7:20 GMT
Finance

Eni will merge UK E&P assets with Ithaca Energy to create $2.4 billion company

Published  23 April 2024 18:01 GMT
Exploration

South African player fixes rig to go wildcatting in Namibia's sizzling Orange basin

Published  23 April 2024 9:57 GMT
Field Development

Replacement rig lined up for West Africa drilling campaign

Published  23 April 2024 8:43 GMT
Exploration

10 billion barrels: Galp stock price hits all-time high as it confirms vast scale of Namibia discovery

Published  22 April 2024 10:48 GMT
Finance

SLB posts profit and revenue surge amid ’strong market fundamentals’

Published  19 April 2024 12:20 GMT
Exploration

Shell hits oil with latest probe in Namibia's prolific Orange basin

Published  19 April 2024 7:02 GMT
Exploration

Namibia explorer targets June to spud frontier probe

Published  18 April 2024 13:30 GMT
Exploration

South America-focused indie drills second gas discovery in a month

Published  18 April 2024 12:57 GMT
Politics

US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela - Maduro responds

Published  18 April 2024 12:24 GMT
Field Development

Petrofac lands $350 million contract in West Africa

Published  18 April 2024 9:46 GMT
Energy Transition

Shell steels itself for latest climate resolution at AGM

Published  18 April 2024 7:09 GMT
Finance

McDermott was ‘on verge of collapse,’ says judge sitting on UK court case

Published  18 April 2024 0:04 GMT
Carbon Capture

Denmark awards funds for three carbon capture and storage projects

Published  17 April 2024 12:34 GMT
People

Ambitious UK decarbonisation player picks new chief executive

Published  17 April 2024 11:42 GMT
Field Development

US players must find extra $6.9 billion for offshore decommissioning liabilities

Published  16 April 2024 12:53 GMT
Politics

Proposed oil deal in war-torn Sudan falls through

Published  16 April 2024 12:03 GMT
Finance

TotalEnergies expects stable oil and gas output in first quarter despite oil sands exit

Published  16 April 2024 9:12 GMT
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