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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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Safety

Chevron reports three fatalities after Angola fire

Published  28 May 2025 8:05 GMT
LNG

Golar may pull trigger on next FLNG vessel in 2025

Published  27 May 2025 12:51 GMT
Politics

South Africa launches new state oil company — with lessons from Petrobras

Published  27 May 2025 8:54 GMT
Finance

North Sea consolidator EnQuest in talks with 'multiple parties'

Published  27 May 2025 6:56 GMT
Politics

Namibia's president appoints two special upstream advisors

Published  23 May 2025 13:57 GMT
People

Wood chairman and three non-executives set to step down

Published  23 May 2025 11:49 GMT
Exclusive

'Frustrated' explorer cracks on with Zimbabwe E&P work while awaiting critical deal

Published  23 May 2025 10:48 GMT
Safety

Angola platform fire: Search continues for missing person

Published  23 May 2025 9:24 GMT
Field Development

Subsea7 lands 'sizeable' West Africa contract

Published  21 May 2025 9:55 GMT
Production

BW Offshore hands over West Africa FPSO operations to client

Published  20 May 2025 16:19 GMT
Safety

One missing after fire at Chevron platform offshore Angola

Published  20 May 2025 14:28 GMT
Politics

Court favours Equatorial Guinea in dispute with Gabon

Published  20 May 2025 12:12 GMT
Exploration

Namibia resource boost fails to win over investors

Published  20 May 2025 9:12 GMT
Exploration

Savannah eyes 150 Bcf exploration well in Nigeria

Published  19 May 2025 9:50 GMT
Exploration

Turkey makes 2.6 Tcf gas discovery in Black Sea

Published  19 May 2025 8:47 GMT
Exploration

Canadian junior makes multi-basin Namibian move

Published  16 May 2025 16:26 GMT
Exclusive

Meren Energy weighing up five producing assets for acquisition, says chief executive

Published  16 May 2025 13:14 GMT
Exploration

Halliburton claims Namibia first for Rhino exploration wells

Published  16 May 2025 9:03 GMT
Finance

SBM boosts quarterly revenues, but shy of market consensus

Published  15 May 2025 10:12 GMT
Finance

Goodbye Africa Oil. Hello Meren Energy

Published  15 May 2025 8:31 GMT
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