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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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Ex-boss of South Africa upstream regulator to drive stalled gas project

Published  29 April 2025 10:04 GMT
Exploration

Galp reignites talks with potential Namibia partners on huge Mopane discovery

Published  29 April 2025 5:11 GMT
Exploration

TotalEnergies latest Namibia exploration well is 'dry'

Published  28 April 2025 9:26 GMT
Politics

Pouyanne meets Namibia's new president in Windhoek to discuss Venus project

Published  26 April 2025 6:25 GMT
Exploration

Rhino's Namibia discovery flows 11,000 barrels per day of light oil

Published  24 April 2025 12:44 GMT
Exploration

Namibia's top oil and gas official ‘very very encouraged’ by latest Orange basin discovery

Published  24 April 2025 11:17 GMT
Politics

Namibia president wants oil produced ‘without much delay’ while stressing importance of local content

Published  24 April 2025 9:11 GMT
Field Development

Namibia's top official ‘confident’ Venus project will be sanctioned in 2026

Published  23 April 2025 13:01 GMT
Exploration

ExxonMobil hunts ‘sweet spot’ of Namibia frontier basin

Published  23 April 2025 12:18 GMT
Exclusive

Eni hits market with inquiry for critical Mozambique FLNG contracts

Published  23 April 2025 9:14 GMT
Finance

New NNPC boss aim to attract $60 billion to Nigeria oil and gas sector

Published  22 April 2025 13:53 GMT
LNG

Will long-proposed Morocco LNG terminal finally get off the ground?

Published  22 April 2025 10:54 GMT
Carbon Capture

Geochemistry the 'ultimate insurance' against CO2 storage leaks

Published  18 April 2025 7:01 GMT
Carbon Capture

Keeping it all in: cracking the carbon dioxide tracking challenge

Published  17 April 2025 18:31 GMT
Exploration

Canadian junior set to head into Angolan frontier basin

Published  17 April 2025 14:53 GMT
Politics

Namibia E&P players await clarity after president takes direct control of oil and gas

Published  17 April 2025 11:18 GMT
Exclusive

Latest Namibia exploration well hits hydrocarbons

Published  16 April 2025 11:52 GMT
Finance

Tullow offloads Kenya oil assets for $120 million, but could yet return

Published  15 April 2025 11:03 GMT
Exploration

Namibia deal triggers 100% spike in junior player's stock price

Published  14 April 2025 12:55 GMT
Politics

Libya set for 10 billion barrel licence round roadshow in Istanbul

Published  14 April 2025 9:55 GMT
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