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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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Finance

Suncor stumps up $4.5 billion for TotalEnergies’ oil sands assets

Published  27 April 2023 9:10 GMT
Finance

Cash piles, mega-profits and energy transition visions: What will supermajors serve up in first-quarter results season?

Published  26 April 2023 12:00 GMT
Exploration

ExxonMobil reignites West Africa exploration focus with Liberia return

Published  24 April 2023 10:12 GMT
Exploration

Woodside links up with Chevron in East Mediterranean

Published  21 April 2023 14:53 GMT
Field Development

Huge Turkish field starts up — embattled Erdogan offers free gas to households as election looms

Published  21 April 2023 11:10 GMT
Exploration

Moment of truth: BP to start critical drilling at multibillion-barrel prospect

Published  20 April 2023 12:53 GMT
Production

Cameroon increases stake in critical African oil pipeline

Published  20 April 2023 10:38 GMT
Exclusive

Eni wraps up North Africa wildcat — sources point to it being a disappointment

Published  20 April 2023 6:19 GMT
Exploration

Controversial South Africa seismic campaign to stir environmental opposition

Published  19 April 2023 10:09 GMT
Exploration

Seismic shoot underway at Africa’s top hydrocarbon exploration play

Published  19 April 2023 9:32 GMT
Exploration

Black economic empowerment vehicle seeks to join Orange basin oil exploration party

Published  19 April 2023 4:31 GMT
Field Development

Eni hits market with two bid processes for huge Libya offshore project

Published  18 April 2023 14:54 GMT
Exploration

Canada province launches two major offshore oil and gas licensing rounds

Published  18 April 2023 14:16 GMT
Field Development

New Libyan gas project forges ahead with tenders for Atshan facility and export pipeline

Published  18 April 2023 9:39 GMT
Field Development

Cyprus pipeline and LNG facility back on agenda after Israeli gas discoveries

Published  18 April 2023 3:05 GMT
Exploration

Eni targets holy grail for East African explorers as attention switches back towards oil

Published  17 April 2023 10:40 GMT
Focus

How to build a liquefied CO2 carrier: Norway’s Brevik takes on the challenge

Published  17 April 2023 7:39 GMT
Field Development

Ghana oil project on verge of revival after Aker Energy sells up

Published  14 April 2023 15:50 GMT
Exploration

Shell’s hydrocarbon hotspot: Supermajor seeks to drill 10 more wells in prolific Namibia

Published  14 April 2023 11:29 GMT
Finance

War of words: ExxonMobil deal at centre of heated international dispute

Published  14 April 2023 10:10 GMT
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