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ENERGO: Zaporizhzhia NPP reconnects with Ukrainian power grid

AsiaElec: China faces power cuts and drought

Third nuclear block at Slovak NPP Mochovce obtains authorisation to operate

Ministers warn Bulgaria risks losing billions of dollars in arbitrage against Gazprom

Caretaker government's decision to open talks with Russian gas giant sparked thousands-strong protest in Sofia.

Croatia ramps up power production from fossil fuels

Net electricity production was up 14% y/y in June due to a significant rise in thermal power production, while hydropower generation fell.

Diesel fuel prices in Turkey climbing again

In Istanbul, diesel up 258% y/y and gasoline higher by 173% y/y.

AfrElec: Skypower Global in talks with Zimbabwe to build 500-MW solar park

Kazakhstan: Spectre of Chinese control over oil and gas largely illusory

For all its billions spent, China still controls only a small share of Kazakh oil output.

GLNG: Japan’s Mitsubishi applies to keep its stake in Russia’s Sakhalin-2 LNG plant

REM: Germany can deploy 82 GW of offshore wind capacity, says new study

Poland’s Azoty Group suspends fertiliser production as high gas prices sting

Warsaw-listed chemicals group suspends or reduces some products, including nitrogen fertilisers and ammonia.

Kazakhstan’s oil exports via Russian terminus disrupted for fourth time this year

Speculation again mounts that Kremlin is tampering with its southern neighbour’s shipments.

Iran ‘has dropped main hang-ups’ in way of reinstating nuclear deal says US official

Iranian president remarks: “In no meeting or negotiation did we sell the rights of the people short.”

Bulgarian politicians split over Russia gas imports ahead of snap election

Caretaker government’s decision to open talks on resuming imports from Gazprom reopens debate over country’s orientation vis-a-vis Russia and the West.

Another major gas find made off Cyprus

NorthAmOil: Santos sanctions Pikka project in Alaska

Australia’s Santos announced this week that it had taken a final investment decision on Phase 1 of the Pikka oil project on Alaska’s North Slope.

ISTANBUL BLOG: Turkey doubles oil imports from Russia. What gives?

The West watches on as Erdogan scorns sanctions on the Kremlin. If the law of the trade-off holds, don’t expect any action.

Bulgaria’s caretaker government starts talks to resume gas imports from Russia

Energy Minister Rossen Hristov says talks with Gazprom are "inevitable" after Sofia failed to secure enough gas from other sources.

EurOil: Gazprom warns of three-day Nord Stream shutdown

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AsianOil: Dorado delays

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FSUOGM: Russia sets up new entity to manage Sakhalin-2

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MEOG: ADNOC affiliates win more work

LatAmOil: ExxonMobil may use tie-backs to expand production at Stabroek

Mike Ryan, production manager at ExxonMobil Guyana, says his company is seriously considering using subsea tie-backs to link new oil finds at the Stabroek block to existing infrastructure in order to improve production operations.

DMEA: Israel sees Egypt’s LNG capacity as reason for continued co-operation

Israel will continue to work with Egypt to boost natural gas exports to Europe, as the latter country is its best option for producing LNG, Energy Minister Karine Elharrar told Israel Hayom in an interview.

AfrOil: NNPC Ltd signs renegotiated PSCs for five deepwater blocks

Nigerian National Petroleum Co. Ltd (NNPC Ltd) has completed the process of negotiating new PSCs for five deepwater blocks in a move that is expected to unlock more than $500bn in revenue for the West African country.