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Hungary and Russia reach long-term gas supply agreement

31 August 2021

The agreement, to be signed at the end of September and coming into force from October 1, will be in force for 10+5 years.

REM: Germany’s RWE Group ramps up foothold in US renewables market

30 August 2021

Germany’s RWE Group ramps up foothold in US renewables market, completing a wind project in New York State and signing a power purchase agreement for a solar project in Texas.

AsianOil: Pertamina wins regulatory approval for Gajah Besar development

30 August 2021

Indonesia’s state-owned Pertamina has secured regulatory approval for its plan of development (PoD) for the Gajah Besar natural gas and condensate field onshore South Sumatra.

bneGREEN: Russia drafts hydrogen development plan

27 August 2021

Russia plans to emerge as an exporter of hydrogen within the space of a few years and supply as much as 12mn tonnes per year (tpy) of the fuel by 2035, under a draft development plan approved in August.

On Guyana’s future prospects

27 August 2021

IEEFA, a US-based non-profit, says the Stabroek contract may unfairly curb Guyana’s earnings from oil sales. Its arguments may have the effect of drying up funding for future investors seeking to follow ExxonMobil’s example.

Enagas, Acciona Energía, GNL Quintero team up for green hydrogen project

25 August 2021

Two Spanish companies are looking to build a green hydrogen production facility at Chile’s Quintero LNG import terminal.

Renergen signs LNG supply agreement with Consol Glass

25 August 2021

South Africa’s Renergen revealed last week that it had agreed to supply LNG to Consol Glass, a Johannesburg-based supplier of glass packaging materials.

AfrElec: Siemens seals 200-MW green hydrogen deal in Egypt

25 August 2021

Siemens and Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) are to develop a 200-MW pilot green hydrogen production as part of a long-term effort to tap Egypt’s large renewable power resources for hydrogen production and export.

Nord Stream 2 fails to get exemption from EU gas market rules

25 August 2021

A court in Germany has ruled that Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline should not be exempt from EU gas market rules, creating new headaches for the project’s state-owned operator Gazprom, which may be unable to use half the capacity.

Turkmenistan: Taliban of brothers

25 August 2021

Turkmenistan is embracing the Taliban takeover next door and refusing to get involved in humanitarian operations. This and more in Eurasianet’s weekly briefing.

AsiaElec: Kansai Electric brings in RWE to develop floating wind capacity in Japan

25 August 2021

Japan’s Kansai Electric Power and Germany’s RWE Renewables have announced plans to work to develop offshore wind capacity off the Japanese coast, building on their work together in the UK.

LatAmOil: Green hydrogen plans for Chilean LNG terminal

24 August 2021

Two Spanish companies are looking to build a green hydrogen production facility at Chile’s Quintero LNG import terminal.

AfrOil: Renergen’s first industrial customer

24 August 2021

South Africa’s Renergen revealed last week that it had agreed to supply LNG to Consol Glass, a Johannesburg-based supplier of glass packaging materials.

AsianOil: Sinopec completes Qingdao LNG terminal expansion

24 August 2021

China’s state-run Sinopec has finished the first stage of expansion work at its Qingdao LNG import facility in Shandong Province.

GLNG: ExxonMobil, PNG restart P’nyang talks

24 August 2021

ExxonMobil has restarted talks with the government of Papua New Guinea on the development of the P’nyang natural gas project.

NorthAmOil: Growth amid uncertainty for the oil sands

24 August 2021

Production in Alberta – home to the oil sands – reached an all-time record of 3.53mn barrels per day on average in the first half of 2021. This marked a 5.7% increase on the same period of 2020.

KYIV BLOG: Merkel trying to cut an almost impossible gas transit deal for Ukraine

24 August 2021

With only a month left in office German Chancellor Angela Merkel is trying to cut an energy deal that will allow Germany to receive gas from Russia’s new Nord Stream 2 but keep some gas flowing through Ukraine’s Druzhba gas pipelines.