Newly appointed president of oil and gas at Schneider Electric, Astrid Poupart-Lafarge, chatted with Oil Review Middle East to explain how the company is supporting energy producers and consumers to reduce carbon emissions through digitisation and new technologies, and unveils her personal ambitions stepping into this new role

Total and Microsoft have agreed to collaborate as strategic partners to further digital transformation and support progress toward net-zero emissions

Cheiron Petroleum Corporation, Egypt’s one of the leading independent exploration and production company, has agreed to purchase 50% of Shell’s upstream oil and gas interests in the Western Desert

Led by Energean’s US$405mn acquisition of Energean Israel, Middle East and Africa’s oil and gas industry saw a rise of 6.45% in cross border deal activity during the Q4 2020, when compared to the last four-quarter average, according to GlobalData’s deals database

Tensions have flared in Yemen between the Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition