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Novatek says Arctic LNG-2 remains on track for 2023 launch

13 December 2022

The first train at Novatek’s 20mn tpy Arctic LNG-2 project is still on track to start up in December next year, while the second and third trains should come online in 2024 and 2026 as initially planned, according to a project director.

Iran, China at odds in disputed islands row following Xi visit to Saudi Arabia

12 December 2022

Anger in Tehran palpable, but Iranians tread carefully by stopping short of stating that Chinese ambassador was “summoned”.

Gas crunch emerging in East as Kazakhstan fails to meet China’s import requests

10 December 2022

Try as it might, Beijing is unable to lock in Kazakh gas flows. Russian shipments via Uzbekistan might eventually be the answer.

CENUSA: Moldova chooses lesser evil and restores energy dependence on Russia-controlled Transnistria

9 December 2022

The current energy crisis has been the biggest challenge for Moldova since the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. It has had to swallow bitter medicine and make itself once more dependent on Russian power shared with Transnistria.

Uzbekistan rejects Putin’s proposed ‘gas union’

9 December 2022

Tashkent’s coolness towards scheme that would also involve Kazakhstan will be seen as another sign of growing fissure between Russia and Central Asia. Kremlin claims pact would have no political strings.

NorthAmOil: Los Angeles bans new oil wells, to close existing wells

8 December 2022

Los Angeles city councillors have voted unanimously to ban existing oil wells within city boundaries immediately, and to phase out existing ones within 20 years.

China has won water dispute with Kazakhstan

8 December 2022

Astana accepts that it cannot force China to use less water upstream. But the BRI may help it reduce its own water waste, a new paper argues.

Russian coal exports hit fresh highs after EU shipping sanctions were softened

8 December 2022

Russian exports of coal have soared to fresh highs after the EU softened sanctions on European shipping companies, allowing them to carry goods worldwide shortly after a ban was imposed in August as part of the fifth package of sanctions.

bneGREEN: Vertical farms to feed the cities of the future

7 December 2022

Indoor vertical farms in Emerging European cities are replacing costly and polluting air imports to supply leafy vegetables for the region’s urban populations.

PM’s attempt to quell Mongolia’s ‘coal mafia’ protests drowned out by livid crowds

7 December 2022

Amid the demonstrations on Ulaanbaatar’s streets, Mongolians young and old tell bne IntelliNews of their disillusionment and economic hardship.

Italian PM Meloni outlines new ambitious plan for Africa

7 December 2022

The Italian PM Giorgia Meloni revealed her government’s new policy towards Africa, speaking at a conference in Rome. The plan will be named after and inspired by historical oil entrepreneur Enrico Mattei, who promoted fair policies for Africa.

The world's biggest oil producers

7 December 2022

The United States is by far the world’s biggest producer of oil, having produced around 16.6mn barrels of oil on average per day in 2021, Statista reports.

Turkmenistan: A shining city in a book of records

7 December 2022

Russia is proposing a major reconfiguration of the Central Asian gas market. Eurasianet’s weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Hungary scraps fuel price cap after panic buying leaves pumps dry

7 December 2022

The chaos and the hike in prices are a huge embarrassment to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who introduced the cap in November last year to ease rising inflation before the election.

LatAmOil: BP affiliate to market Guyanese oil in 2023

7 December 2022

Guyana’s government has granted a subsidiary of BP (UK) the right to market its share of crude oil extracted from the Liza-1 and Liza-2 oilfields at the offshore Stabroek block in 2023.