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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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Opinion

Could BRICS membership trigger fresh upstream investments for Egypt?

Published  31 August 2023 12:22 GMT
Exploration

Upbeat drilling news out of Africa ahead of key onshore exploration probe

Published  31 August 2023 11:25 GMT
Rigs and Vessels

Hydrocarbon hotspot Namibia targets major port investments to support oil and gas boom

Published  31 August 2023 10:48 GMT
Exclusive

Shell spuds critical Orange basin appraisal well on 2.5 billion barrel oil find

Published  31 August 2023 4:00 GMT
Politics

Gabon coup — oil capital on alert as gunfire greets 'end' of Bongo regime

Published  30 August 2023 10:50 GMT
Exclusive

Shell completes latest probe in exploration hotspot Namibia – success or failure?

Published  30 August 2023 4:01 GMT
Field Development

Chevron to meet Cyprus officials early next month to resolve Aphrodite impasse

Published  29 August 2023 10:43 GMT
Politics

Killed in action: Mozambique unveils death of 'brains' behind Islamist insurgency

Published  25 August 2023 15:48 GMT
Exploration

Turkey gambles on high risk wildcat in virgin ultra-deepwater play

Published  25 August 2023 10:49 GMT
Exclusive

Upcoming Shell exploration probe will test margin of prolific East Med gas basin

Published  25 August 2023 6:01 GMT
Opinion

Namibia’s frontier Orange basin just keeps on giving

Published  24 August 2023 10:07 GMT
Field Development

Giant new gas project in East Med on the move after key subsea contract award

Published  24 August 2023 9:36 GMT
Production

Africa’s upstream powerhouse predicted to fall short of production target

Published  24 August 2023 6:34 GMT
People

Cash, Cartier and Louis Vuitton: Former Nigeria petroleum minister charged with bribery in UK

Published  23 August 2023 10:33 GMT
Exclusive

Critical contractor could quit BP’s troubled LNG project amid payment dispute

Published  23 August 2023 9:58 GMT
Field Development

Troubled Canada FPSO arrives back at location — four years after leaving

Published  22 August 2023 12:37 GMT
Exploration

Oil discovery offshore Egypt revives fortunes in mature play

Published  22 August 2023 9:03 GMT
Finance

'No showstoppers': Positive signs on $2 billion BP-Adnoc offer to buy half Israeli company

Published  22 August 2023 4:55 GMT
Exploration

New southern Africa play may hold 12 trillion cubic feet of conventional gas resource

Published  22 August 2023 0:50 GMT
Exploration

11 billion barrels of oil: Staggering figures show scale of hydrocarbons found by supermajors in Namibia’s red-hot Orange basin

Published  21 August 2023 10:13 GMT
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