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GLNG: Cedar LNG awards FEED contract
GLNG: Cedar LNG awards FEED contract Canada’s Cedar LNG announced this week that it had awarded a front-end engineering and design contract to Black & Veatch and Samsung Heavy Industries for its proposed floating LNG project.
AsianOil: Shell outlines QGC drilling plans
Royal Dutch Shell has unveiled plans for the next phase of onshore gas development in Queensland, Australia, alongside its partners in the QGC joint venture.
Turkmenistan: Lifeline D
Bargaining with China, selling to Tajikistan and vodka inflation. This and more in Eurasianet’s weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
LatAmOil: Guyana exports first crude cargo to Brazil
Guyana has reportedly exported its first cargo of crude oil from the Liza-1 field to an independent refinery in neighbouring Brazil.
AfrOil: NAMCOR confirms oil find at Graff-1
Namibia’s national oil company has issued a statement confirming the discovery of light crude oil in Graff-1, an exploration well drilled at the deepwater PEL 39 block offshore Namibia.
Turkish store owners protest against hiked electricity prices by posting bills in windows
Discontent spreads as combination of Turkey’s soaring inflation, battered currency and record high world gas prices hits business and households hard.
FSUOGM: Russia expands China ties with new gas deal
EurOil: Shell profits soar on high oil, gas prices
AfrElec: Kenya, Ethiopia agree to discuss new power purchase deal
Kenya and Ethiopia have agreed to fast-track talks for a power purchase agreement (PPA) among others to facilitate electricity trade between the two neighbouring East African countries.
AsiaElec: 900-MW Norwegian solar project in India postponed
North Macedonia, Bosnia and Moldova most dependent on Russian gas
West Balkans would be hard hit if if Russia "turns off the tap" as a result of the standoff with Western powers over Ukraine.
Russia’s gas production in January at a five-year high
The output of Russian gas was at its highest level in the last five years, while oil production was at a four-year low, CDU TEK reported at the start of February.
Kazakhstan: After civil unrest, industrial unrest spikes
Workers across Kazakhstan are calling strikes, impatient for the better conditions the president promised after widespread unrest last month.
Expo 2020 Dubai pushes green innovation
Sustainability permeates the architecture and presentations of Expo 2020 Dubai. The challenge will be transferring this ambitious model for sustainable living from the pavilions into the real world.
EU courts Azerbaijan to raise gas exports
Commissioner Kadri Simson praises Azerbaijan as 'reliable partner' and says EU seeks to raise imports from 8 bcm to 10 bcm.
Russian ‘soft influence’ in Serbia fuels media war against Ukraine
Russian officials are adept at tapping into the Serbian psyche with appeals to patriotism, religion and the loss of Kosovo, resulting in sympathetic treatment in almost all Serbian media.
Russia expands China ties with new gas deal
Russia’s national gas company Gazprom announced on February 4 that it had agreed on the annual sale of 10 bcm per year of natural gas to China’s CNPC over a 30-year period.
Discovery at Kawa-1
CGX and Frontera have become the first companies to find hydrocarbons in commercial quantities outside the Stabroek block in Guyana’s offshore zone.
ExxonMobil Guyana says Liza Destiny’s flash gas compressor is being upgraded
ExxonMobil Guyana, an affiliate of the US super-major ExxonMobil, has announced that upgrades on a new flash gas compressor for the Liza Destiny FPSO installed offshore Guyana are underway.
Aldana wins election as head of Pemex union despite criticism
Ricardo Aldana has been elected as head of the union representing workers at Mexico’s national oil company Pemex.
AsiaElec:JERA to move into Japanese solar with 1-GW plan
Japan's biggest power generator JERA is to spend JPY160bn ($1.4bn) to develop 1 GW of solar capacity in Japan over the next five years by joining with local energy developer West Holdings Corp.
Poland and Czechia strike deal on compensation for Turow mine expansion
Poland agreed to pay Czechia a total of €45mn in compensation, build infrastructure to stop drainage of water as well as work towards reducing air pollution and noise.
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