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ADB mulls end to upstream funding
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced plans to phase out funding for upstream projects while also introducing conditions on fossil fuel investments in general.
Colonial Pipeline hack sounds alarm for greater OT security
Companies active in the oil and gas industry – and in all other sectors of critical infrastructure – should start thinking now about how to guard against the next cyberattack.
GLNG: Sempra likely to push Port Arthur LNG FID back to 2022
Sempra Energy said last week that it would likely delay the final investment decision (FID) on its proposed Port Arthur LNG export terminal in Texas to 2022.
NorthAmOil: Cyberattack knocks out Colonial Pipeline
A ransomware cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline has been described as one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes ever reported.
FSUOGM: Rosneft’s $240mn licence purchase
EurOil: Poland prepares to lay Baltic Pipe
MEOG: Basra buying and Burgan on fire
DMEA: Angolan outlet and Syrian blaze
AsianOil: Comet wins CBM block in Queensland
Australian independent Comet Ridge has been awarded a new coal-bed methane (CBM) exploration block by the Queensland State government.
LatAmOil: API blasts AMLO for favouring Pemex
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has come under fire from the API for his efforts to ensure that state-owned companies continue to dominate the domestic energy sector.
AfrOil: Total launches Zinia Phase 2 project
France’s Total has launched the second stage of development work at Zinia, a section of Block 17 offshore Angola.
Total launches Zinia Phase 2 project at Block 17 offshore Angola
France’s Total has launched the second stage of development work at Zinia, a section of Block 17 offshore Angola.
API blasts AMLO for amending oil and power laws
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has come under fire from the API for his efforts to ensure that state-owned companies continue to dominate the domestic energy sector.
EBRD, EIB and PROPARCO provide €87.4mn for construction of Total Eren’s solar power plant in Uzbekistan
Central Europe joins the EV revolution
Could electric cars and batteries generate the new high-tech sector the region so badly needs?
Turkey's "crazy" canal would impact Eurasian trade, geopolitics
The project threatens the delicate regional military balance.
Guyana to adopt new model for awarding oil contracts
Irfaan Ali, the president of Guyana, has announced plans to introduce a new model for assigning oil blocks to investors.
Uganda to tender oilfield service contracts in December
Ugandan authorities are gearing up to seek contractors for infrastructure projects that will support the country’s nascent oil industry later this year.
Total eyes stake in LNG transshipment complexes
Novatek, Russia’s largest privately owned producer of natural gas, is looking to sell a minority stake in its LNG transshipment unit to France’s Total.
GLNG: AGL formally scraps Crib Point LNG import project
Australia’s AGL Energy said this week that it was stopping development of its proposed Crib Point LNG import project, arounnd a month after the State of Victoria rejected the plan on concerns over its environmental impact.
LatAmOil: Guyana to adopt new model for awarding oil contracts
Guyana is moving away from direct negotiations with international oil companies (IOCs) and will instead conduct licensing rounds.
AfrOil: Uganda to tender oilfield service contracts in December
Ugandan authorities are gearing up to seek contractors for infrastructure projects that will support the country’s nascent oil industry in December.
FSU OGM: Total eyes stake in LNG transshipment complexes
Novatek, Russia’s largest privately owned producer of natural gas, is looking to sell a minority stake in its LNG transshipment unit to France’s Total.
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