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MEOG: ADNOC Drilling to list
DMEA: More Clean Fuels progress
LatAmOil: Chile moving ahead with green hydrogen project
The backers of a green hydrogen project in Chile are said to have already arranged to sell more than half of their initial production.
AfrOil: Another East African pipeline faces ESG challenges
Josphat Nanok, the governor of Kenya’s Turkana county, and James Lomenen Ekomwa, an MP representing Turkana South, have criticised the government’s approach to acquiring land for the Lokichar-Lamu Crude Oil Pipeline (LLCOP).
FSUOGM: Gazprom rides the price surge
EurOil: Poland expands US LNG supplies
AsianOil: McDermott installs platform offshore Vietnam
International service provider McDermott has successfully installed a production platform over the Sao Vang and Dai Nguyet (SVDN) gas and condensate field in Vietnam’s offshore Nam Con Son Basin.
Western Balkans coal power plants defy emissions rules, causing thousands of deaths
Air pollution from coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans caused the deaths of around 19,000 people in three years, says a new study.
Nord Stream 2 completed as last pipe section welded into place
The last piece of pipe was welded into place on September 7, completing the construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia’s vast Yamal gas fields directly to Germany and bypassing Ukraine.
EIB calls for investment in innovation for climate and post-pandemic recovery at Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia
EV market may create copper deficit
Auto fleets' shift to electric vehicles in a global drive to cut carbon emissions will involve a drawdown on copper that could transform markets, and spur additional supply.
REM: Saudi’s leading operator of power generation and desalinated water plants ACWA Power to privatise minority stake
Petrobras under pressure from shareholders to exclude 14 blocks from 17th Bidding Round
Petrobras has been asked by a group of shareholders to eliminate more than a dozen offshore blocks from the roster of sites included in the 17th Bidding Round.
FPRI BMB Ukraine: Ukraine records one of its hottest summers ever
Summer 2020 was one of the hottest ever recorded in Ukraine. With the agriculture sector generating about a tenth of the country’s GDP and employing 22% of the population, experts suggest that Ukraine is more sensitive to climate change than many.
AfrElec: Eskom outlines ambitious $7.2bn investment in wind and solar
South Africa’s Eskom aims to invest ZAR106bn ($7.2bn) in 5.6 GW of new solar capacity and 8.2 GW of new wind projects over the next decade in a bid to reduce emissions and lessen coal’s dominance of the economy.
AsiaElec: South Korea’s oil and gas funding calls green commitments into question
South Korea provided $127bn in support for overseas oil and gas projects between 2011 and 2020 as government-backed development finance institutions (DFIs) continued to support fossil fuels as the government talked up green energy.
The crushing weight of China’s debt burden on Eurasia
Emerging European economies were already facing heavy debt burdens before the pandemic. Now it’s worse. Several countries in Eurasia and Emerging Europe are struggling to pay off huge loans they took from China.
MEOG: Iraq back on track
DMEA: Kuwait extends CFP contract
NorthAmOil: Hurricane Ida disrupts Gulf operations
Production in the US Gulf of Mexico and coastal downstream operations alike were severely disrupted by Hurricane Ida this week, which made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on August 29.
GLNG: Indonesia approves Tangguh LNG expansion, CCUS plan
Indonesian regulator SKK Migas has approved the development plan for an expansion and a carbon capture, utilisation and storage project at BP’s Tangguh LNG export complex in Papua Barat.
LatAmOil: Petrobras shareholders seek to narrow scope of 17th Bidding Round
Petrobras has been asked by a group of shareholders to eliminate more than a dozen offshore blocks from the roster of sites included in the 17th Bidding Round.
AfrOil: AfDB head optimistic about Mozambique LNG
Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has said he believes that TotalEnergies (France) will be able to resume work on the Mozambique LNG in about 12-18 months.
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