Chord to sell non-operated Marcellus assets to POSCO for $550mn

NorthAmOil - North America Oil & Gas
By Newsbase analysts 17 September 2026
US shale player Chord Energy has agreed to sell its entire non-operated position in the Marcellus shale play to POSCO International for $550mn.

Caturus unveils expansion plans for Commonwealth LNG

GLNG - Global LNG
NorthAmOil - North America Oil & Gas
By Newsbase analysts 17 September 2026
Privately held Caturus, which is backed by Kimmeridge, unveiled a proposal this week for an expansion of its Commonwealth LNG project on the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

Skiff chases tanker 75 nautical miles east of Yemen's Aden

MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By bnm Gulf bureau 17 September 2026
A skiff chased and tried to intercept a westbound tanker 75 nautical miles east of Aden on September 17, adding to a Gulf of Aden piracy surge that has produced at least 15 attacks this year and left four tankers in pirate hands.
A windswept prefecture of 1.5mn people on the Mongolian plateau already uses nearly 1% of China's electricity as the country's tech giants pile in with data centres.

China's Ulanqab plans 5mn server racks in AI compute race with US

AsiaElec - Asia Power
By Ben Aris in Berlin 17 September 2026
A remote prefecture in China's Inner Mongolia is becoming a global centre of AI computing power, commentator Arnaud Bertrand wrote on X on September 14.
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