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Kyrgyzstan: Officials brush aside uranium anxieties over Kyzyl-Ompol field

5 March 2024

Experts have voiced safety concerns over the field in the past, but such objections are now being silenced.

Parliamentary elections in Iran: lowest turnout since 1979 revolution

2 March 2024

Voter turnout in Iran’s parliamentary elections is reportedly at 40%, according to semi-official sources from Iran on March 2.

Shadowy Russia firm reportedly switches 60% stake in Uzbek gas storage facility to Hong Kong entity as Tashkent reacts to sanctions jitters

29 February 2024

A shadowy Russian company has transferred its controlling stake in Uzbekistan's largest underground gas storage facility to a Hong Kong-registered holding company

Perenco commences drilling at Hylia South West in Gabon

29 February 2024

Perenco Oil & Gas Gabon (POGG) has commenced drilling operations for an appraisal well near the Hylia South West discovery, situated offshore Gabon.

Climate alarm bells ringing loud as planet enters uncharted territory in 2024 – in charts & graphs

28 February 2024

“Life on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory. For several decades scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by extreme climatic conditions because of escalating global temperatures."

Antarctic ice melt barriers disappearing twice as fast

28 February 2024

Undersea anchors of ice that help prevent Antarctica’s land ice from slipping into the ocean are shrinking at more than twice the rate compared with 50 years ago, research shows.

Lack of shipping capacity thwarts Russian LNG ambitions

28 February 2024

Western sanctions are thwarting Russia’s planned expansion in the global LNG market.