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Croatia, Italy and Slovenia to create cross-border hydrogen valley
Three countries to promote the development of hydrogen technologies as they aim to reach climate neutrality by 2050.
bnePodcast: Energy shock – in the economic war Fortress Russia has no ammunition
In the long term Russia will be reduced to a raw material exporter that has to export regardless of price because they need the cash, argues Christof Rühl.
COMMENT: Nuclear deal cliffhanger
Might Iran sideline Russia to secure an agreement that would put it right back on the world oil and gas markets?
Eni, BP finalise deal to form independent joint venture Azule Energy, combining all their Angola businesses
Eni and BP have finalised an agreement first announced in May 2021 to form an independent joint venture in Angola that will combine all of the Italian and British energy majors’ businesses in the African country.
Guyana’s attorney general defends government’s support for oil development
Guyanese Attorney General Anil Nandall has spoken in favour of the government’s economic agenda in response to criticism from several NGOs that have raised objections to Georgetown’s promotion of upstream oil development.
Minister: Jamaica has enough oil and fuel in storage to weather high prices
Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Energy, and Technology Daryl Vaz sought last week to provide assurances that the country has sufficient fuel reserves as oil prices rise following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
INTERVIEW: Implications of war in Ukraine for Africa
Experts from Rystad Energy and Welligence Energy Analytics speak to NewsBase about what the Russia-Ukraine conflict might mean for oil and gas producers in sub-Saharan Africa.
REM: Europe proposes to ramp up renewables and slash Russian gas imports by 66%
Europe is planning to slash consumption of Russian natural gas by almost two thirds by the end of this year as it ramps up renewable energy to bolster a move towards energy independence.
Iran, US can do nuclear deal without Moscow says Crisis Group director
Western powers concerned Russia holding JCPOA talks to ransom in effort to curb some effects of Ukraine invasion sanctions.
MOSCOW BLOG: Recalibrating for the economic war with Russia
OK people. It’s time to recalibrate. The war between Moscow and Kyiv in Ukraine just went global. It’s now a full blown economic war between East and West.
US bans imports of Russian oil and gas
US President Joe Biden announced on March 8 that his country was banning imports of Russian oil and gas, as well as coal.
EU vows to cut Russian gas supply by two thirds within a year
The European Commission has unveiled plans to cut EU gas imports from Russia by 100bn cubic metres within one year. Russia is the bloc's single largest supplier of the fuel, meeting around 40% of its demand.
Russia strikes back with counter sanctions in an escalating economic war, banning commodity exports for the rest of 2022
Only hours after the US announced a ban on oil imports from Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin struck back with counter-sanctions that will ban the export of Russian commodities until the end of 2022 on March 8.
AsianOil: Outage reported at Malaysia LNG Satu
An unplanned outage was reported at the Malaysia LNG (MLNG) Satu – part of the country’s nine-train Bintulu LNG complex – last week.
DMEA: Different approaches to refining
NorthAmOil: US bans imports of Russian oil and gas
US President Joe Biden announced on March 8 that his country was banning imports of Russian oil and gas, as well as coal.
Ukraine’s gas pipelines and storage tanks are safe for now, but not for long
The price of gas on the Dutch TTH spot market soared to a new all-time high of over $3,000 per thousand cubic metres on March 7 as energy traders fear Ukraine's gas pipelines and storage tanks are in danger from the war.
GLNG: Venture Global expands supply partnership with Shell
Venture Global LNG announced on March 7 that it had struck a new long-term sales and purchase agreement with Shell for offtake from its proposed Plaquemines liquefaction terminal on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.
MEOG: Iran talks up oil investment
LatAmOil: Tradener makes Brazil’s first private deal for Bolivian gas
Tradener has become the first privately owned Brazilian firm to buy natural gas directly from Bolivia, without the national oil company Petrobras acting as an intermediary.
AfrOil: Libyan oil production sinks by 330,000 bpd
Libya’s oil production has reportedly sunk by about 330,000 barrels per day following the shutdown of two major sites: Sharara, the country’s biggest oilfield, and El Feel.
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