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AsiaElec: LG Energy Solution to lead $9bn investment in Indonesian EV battery production

21 April 2022

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution is to lead a consortium investing $9bn in the electric vehicle battery supply chain in Indonesia in a bid to secure stable supplies of locally mined nickel and to manage the production process more efficiently.

AfrElec: Angola aims for 70% renewables

21 April 2022

Angola wants renewable energy to account for 70% power mix by 2025 and is looking to attract foreign investment from EU and international financial institutions and private investors to fund the country’s energy transition.

NorthAmOil: Biden administration restarts onshore lease sales

20 April 2022

The administration of US President Joe Biden announced on April 15 that it was restarting oil and gas leasing on federal land.

LatAmOil: ANP notes strong interest in Brazil’s latest bidding round

20 April 2022

Brazil’s ANP reported last week that the most recent bidding round, the Third Cycle of the Open Acreage in the Concession Model, had attracted more attention than anticipated.

GLNG:Japanese government to support investment in new LNG import sources

20 April 2022

Japan aims to increase its LNG important capacity and investment by Japanese companies in upstream production projects worldwide.

AfrOil: NNPC sees AKK gas pipeline launched in Q1-2023

20 April 2022

Mele Kyari, the group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Co. Ltd (NNPC Ltd), expects the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) natural gas pipeline to begin operating in the first quarter of 2023.

AsianOil: Petronet may consider fourth LNG import terminal in India

20 April 2022

India’s Petronet LNG may consider building a fourth LNG import terminal in India in order to meet rising demand.

Share of gas in Moldova’s imports triples to 17.3% in January-February

18 April 2022

In absolute terms, the cost of gas imports more than quadrupled to $229mn.

The EU’s sixth package of sanctions will target Russian oil exports to Europe

17 April 2022

European officials are drafting plans for an embargo on Russian oil products, the most contested measure yet to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and a move long resisted because of its big costs for Germany.

Alagoas state administration hopes to attract industrial investors with cheap gas supplies

15 April 2022

The Brazilian state of Alagoas has been expanding its efforts to attract industrial investors seeking access to less expensive natural gas supplies, according to a report from Argus Media.

Fuel shortages on the rise in Cuba due to higher prices, reduced shipments from Venezuela

15 April 2022

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, petroleum product shipments to Cuba from Venezuela and other regular suppliers have plummeted far below their usual levels.

AfrElec: Russia says sanctions will not affect NPP construction in Egypt

15 April 2022

Western sanctions will not affect the construction of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt, Russian Ambassador to Egypt Georgy Borisenko said.

DATACRUNCH: Sanctions by the numbers – gas

14 April 2022

Voices are calling very loudly for the EU to shut off deliveries of Russian gas immediately. Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Germany has paid Russia some €9bn a week for gas imports that critics say is being used to fund the Putin war.

GLNG: ADNOC orders two LNG tankers from Shanghai yard

13 April 2022

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) has confirmed it is to order two 175,000 cubic metre LNG tankers from Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard as part of plans to expand its shipping fleet and raise LNG production.

NorthAmOil: Canada unveils details of carbon capture tax credit

13 April 2022

The Canadian government has unveiled details of its long-awaited tax incentives to help fund carbon capture projects in the country.

AsianOil: Shell resumes LNG shipments from Australia’s Prelude FLNG

13 April 2022

Shell said in a brief statement on April 11 that it had resumed shipping cargoes from its Prelude floating LNG facility offshore the north coast of Western Australia.

LatAmOil: Trinidad and Tobago to reduce fuel subsidies

13 April 2022

Colm Imbert, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, announced on April 8 that his government intended to reduce subsidies for petroleum product prices as of April 19.

AfrOil: Sonatrach agrees to supply Italy with additional gas

13 April 2022

Algeria’s national oil company Sonatrach has cut a deal with the Italian major Eni to deliver an additional 9bn cubic metres of natural gas in 2022-2023.