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Ghanaian government seeks local feedback on petroleum hub plans

8 February 2021

The government of Ghana has begun seeking input from local stakeholders for its plan to establish an oil industry hub in Bonyere, a coastal town near the border with Côte d'Ivoire.

SNH reports revenues from Chad-Cameroon pipeline up in 11M-2020

3 February 2021

Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH), the national oil company (NOC) of Cameroon, said earlier this week that it had seen earnings from crude oil shipments through the Chad-Cameroon pipeline rise 2% in the first 11 months of 2020.

ExxonMobil blames equipment problems for resumption of gas flaring at Liza-1

2 February 2021

The US super-major ExxonMobil has come under fire in Guyana for resuming associated gas flaring at higher levels at Liza-1, an offshore oilfield within the Stabroek block.

NRG GLNG: Repairs in Australia, proposal abandoned in US

2 February 2021

LNG-related setbacks have been reported in both the US and Australia in recent days. In the US, NextDecade is abandoning plans for Galveston Bay LNG. In Australia, Chevron has reported that its Wheatstone LNG terminal is operating below capacity.

NRG NorthAmOil: News of abandoned megamerger emerges amid earnings season

2 February 2021

Oil and gas giants ExxonMobil and Chevron held preliminary talks to discuss a potential merger last year, it has emerged.

NRG AsianOil: KNOC seeks to sell North Sea fields

2 February 2021

State-owned Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) is reportedly seeking to sell a number of its upstream assets in the North Sea as it strives to reduce its debt load.

Massive SK Innovation investment strengthens Hungary's position in electric car batteries

1 February 2021

Korean €2.3bn investment will be Hungary's largest and will help move country's automotive sector away from reliance on petrol-based technologies.

Tullow gears up to spud GVN-1 well at Block 47

28 January 2021

Tullow Oil (UK/Ireland) is due to begin work on a new exploration well at Block 47 offshore Suriname this week.

China to be excluded from Czech tender for new Dukovany nuclear unit

28 January 2021

Opposition parties say they will exclude Russia too if they win October general election.