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REM: More than GBP60mn boost for UK offshore floating wind
Eleven floating wind projects off the UK have been selected for a government investment of GBP31.6mn. More than GBP30mn in cash will also come from private industry
ENERGO: Czech coal company Sokolovska Uhelna to make its largest investment to reduce NOx emissions
AfrElec: Kenya Power officials charged over nationwide power outage
Kenya’s court has dropped charges against six employees of the electricity distribution utility due to a lack of evidence linking them to the recent countrywide power outage.
Buhari administration seeking to postpone Petroleum Industry Act implementation, minister says
The administration of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari intends to propose an 18-month extension of the term for implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) adopted last August.
DMEA: Fuel and pipes for Kuwait, Kenya
MEOG: Faihaa expansion begins
LatAmOil: Nahle offers reassurances on Dos Bocas refinery
Mexican Energy Minister Rocio Nahle has denied reports that the national oil company (NOC) Pemex is running over budget and behind schedule on the construction of the Dos Bocas refinery in Tabasco state.
AfrOil: Dangote refinery eyes start-up in H2-2022
The exact starting date of the new Dangote oil refinery will be dependent on the outcome of a testing programme that is due to wrap up late in the third quarter of 2022, a plant official has said.
Turkmenistan: A strong and stably economy
As the president readies the public for yet another year of shortages, he has taken money from an economic stabilisation fund to breed more horses. This and more in our weekly briefing.
NorthAmOil: Chesapeake confirms Chief acquisition, announces PRB sale
Chesapeake Energy confirmed this week that it was buying privately owned Chief E&D holdings for about $2.5bn in cash and stock, and also said it was selling its assets in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin to Continental Resources for around $450mn.
AsianOil: TotalEnergies, Chevron announce Myanmar withdrawal
France’s TotalEnergies and US-based Chevron are withdrawing from Myanmar, citing the worsening situation in the country following last year’s coup.
GLNG: Sempra downsizes Cameron LNG expansion plan
US-based Sempra Energy has downsized its plans for the expansion of its Cameron LNG export terminal in Louisiana.
EurOil: UK businesses urge action on high energy bills
FSUOGM: Chinese investor signs up for Far East LNG project
Westinghouse corrals Polish companies to work on nuclear power plant
Westinghouse is one of three companies looking to build four to six reactors by the mid-2040s in order to reduce the carbon intensity of electricity generation.
Turkey exempts pharma, meat and milk industries from gas cuts but country's energy crisis snowballing
Rolling power restrictions applied to factories. Situation worse than what was seen during Turkish balance of payments crisis at end of 1970s.
All eyes fall on Nazarbayev clan’s extraordinary wealth as Kazakhstan’s Tokayev asserts authority by targeting super rich
Across three decades fabulous riches were secured at home and offshore in oil, gas, metals, banking and luxury property.
Major Croatian energy companies turn to renewables
Oil and gas group INA and state oil pipeline operator Janaf have announced new commitments to renewable energy generation as the green transition gets underway in the country.
Georgia’s mountainous cryptocurrency problem
The legendary mountain region of Svaneti has turned into a cryptocurrency mint, resulting in chronic electricity shortages.
AsiaElec: Trungnam Group opens 100-MW Dong Hai 1 wind farm in Vietnam
Vietnamese renewable developer Trungnam Group has opened its pioneering 100-MW Dong Hai 1 intertidal wind farm in the country’s Tra Vinh province.
Gazprom threatens to cut off gas supplies to Moldova on January 21
With one day left to pay $63mn gas bill, Moldovan Deputy PM Spinu claims 'change of attitude' by Russian gas giant since pro-EU government came to power in Chisinau.
Nigeria’s bumpy road to PIA implementation in 2022
Africa’s biggest oil producer Nigeria is heading for a political battle over gasoline price subsidies.
REM: America’s second large offshore wind farm to start construction this month
South Fork Wind, the second most advanced offshore wind farm in the US, has received approval of the project’s Construction and Operations Plan (COP) from the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
GLNG: Work begins on Hai Lang LNG-to-power project in Vietnam
Construction has begun on the first phase of the Hai Lang LNG-to-power project in Vietnam, according to a January 15 government announcement.
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