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Central Asian rain may be caused by Indian, Chinese pollution

New research suggests that pollution thousands of miles away may be responsible for unusually strong summer downpours in Central Asia.

bneGREEN: Japarov wants Kyrgyzstan’s $4.2bn external debt ploughed into building green economy

President says countries and financial institutions from which Bishkek borrowed could participate in construction of hydropower plants in his country.

The looming fight over nuclear power in Kyrgyzstan

Can safety protocols be maintained in a poor country like Kyrgyzstan, where corruption is rampant?

LatAmOil: Chevron prepares to resume Venezuelan oil exports

The US oil company Chevron is reportedly preparing to resume shipments of Venezuelan crude oil after a hiatus of nearly four years.

DMEA: Largest CDU in Middle East launched at Abadan refinery

The Middle East’s largest crude distillation unit (CDU) has gone online at Iran’s Abadan oil refinery with a capacity of 210,000 barrels per day.

AfrOil: Eni plans second FLNG unit for Marine XII

Italy’s Eni has arranged to deploy and install a second floating LNG (FLNG) unit at the Marine XII block located offshore Republic of Congo.

Warm weather allows Germany to refill gas tanks in the middle of winter

Record-high December and January temperatures have allowed Germany to inject more gas into its gas tanks to hit 90% full as of January 6, from 87% a few weeks ago, in an unprecedented result.

GUSTAFSON: Russian nuclear power – unsanctioned – is prospering worldwide

As the Western nuclear industry flounders, Russia’s Rosatom is building nuclear power plants on time and under budget around the world, while selling uranium to the United States.

MEOG: Zenith to acquire OMV’s Yemeni assets

AsianOil: China, Philippines strike deal on South China Sea

FSUOGM: Kazakhstan seeks to supply Germany with oil via Druzhba

EurOil: Germany, Norway team up on renewables, other low-carbon tech

AsiaElec: India aims to be global green hydrogen giant

Emerging Europe backs nuclear power to solve energy needs

Hungary, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia and Romania all plan new reactors and many countries are also looking at small modular reactors for the future.

AfrElec: FEDA to acquire minority stake in Nigeria’s Geregu Power

January temperature records broken across Europe

Eight countries in Europe recorded all-time high temperature records for January on New Year’s Day this year. The following data draws from the visualization of meteorologist Scott Duncan and reports by the BBC, Statista reports.

NorthAmOil: Marathon closes purchase of Ensign’s Eagle Ford assets for $3bn

GLNG: Germany receives its first shipment of US LNG at newly opened terminal

Lukoil in talks to sell Romanian and Moldovan assets, Shell among prospective buyers

ENERGO: Romanian project company hires US NuScale for engineering and design of first SMR nuclear plant

REM: Massachusetts approves power contracts for offshore wind farms despite developers’ objections

FSUOGM: Kremlin lets gas buyers pay in euros as energy crisis shows signs of easing

AsianOil: Tokyo asks insurers to continue marine war cover for LNG carriers in Russian waters

LatAmOil: Guyana begins accepting bids in deepwater licensing round

AfrOil: Afentra sees acquisition of Angolan assets delayed until early 2023

AIM-listed Afentra said in a statement on December 14 that it did not expect to achieve its goal of finalising the acquisition of minority stakes in two blocks offshore Angola before the end of 2022.