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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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Field Development

‘Slave to returns’: BP chief executive Bernard Looney sets out what it will take to secure Bay du Nord project sign-off

Published  2 August 2023 9:03 GMT
Field Development

Saudi Aramco set to cancel multiple contracts awarded to McDermott

Published  2 August 2023 3:00 GMT
People

Namibia explorer appoints ex-Mobil man as chief executive

Published  1 August 2023 14:25 GMT
Finance

Ambitious Canada player snaps up rival to create US$8.7 billion oil and gas company

Published  1 August 2023 12:40 GMT
LNG

BP chief Bernard Looney confirms delay to critical African LNG project

Published  1 August 2023 11:16 GMT
Exploration

‘Large and high quality’: Galp chief whets appetite ahead of Namibian drilling effort

Published  1 August 2023 4:00 GMT
Rigs and Vessels

Valaris to revive drillship for ‘attractive’ $360 million Africa contract as rig boom continues

Published  31 July 2023 13:26 GMT
Energy Transition

Adnoc accelerates net-zero plans by five years as COP28 looms

Published  31 July 2023 13:07 GMT
Field Development

Key gas asset production on track to double under $30 billion investment drive at PTTEP

Published  31 July 2023 12:01 GMT
Field Development

Chevron targets new East Med gas project after successful well

Published  31 July 2023 8:52 GMT
Field Development

TotalEnergies upbeat on challenging Suriname oil and gas project, eyes 2024 final investment decision

Published  28 July 2023 12:05 GMT
Exploration

‘Oil column is very big’: Is TotalEnergies blockbuster find in Namibia even larger than hoped?

Published  28 July 2023 10:04 GMT
LNG

TotalEnergies locked in talks with Saipem over revised cost of giant Mozambique LNG project

Published  27 July 2023 15:34 GMT
Field Development

TotalEnergies begins mega-drilling campaign in East Africa

Published  27 July 2023 11:54 GMT
Exploration

Shell chief Wael Sawan shares his latest thoughts on exploration hot-spot Namibia

Published  27 July 2023 9:57 GMT
Rigs and Vessels

Shell hits market with multi-year West Africa rig inquiry

Published  27 July 2023 4:01 GMT
Field Development

Chevron awards critical contract for deep-water gas project

Published  26 July 2023 13:14 GMT
Finance

Pipeline player in $3.9 billion deal to sell key stake in North America gas networks

Published  25 July 2023 23:29 GMT
Environment

Critical $115 million oil transfer operation begins on decrepit Yemen storage tanker

Published  25 July 2023 16:07 GMT
Environment

Conflict brews in Canada as fishermen threaten ‘at-sea protest’ over ExxonMobil well

Published  25 July 2023 14:26 GMT
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