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Aldana wins election as head of Pemex union despite criticism

3 February 2022

Ricardo Aldana has been elected as head of the union representing workers at Mexico’s national oil company Pemex.

AsiaElec:JERA to move into Japanese solar with 1-GW plan

3 February 2022

Japan's biggest power generator JERA is to spend JPY160bn ($1.4bn) to develop 1 GW of solar capacity in Japan over the next five years by joining with local energy developer West Holdings Corp.

Poland and Czechia strike deal on compensation for Turow mine expansion

3 February 2022

Poland agreed to pay Czechia a total of €45mn in compensation, build infrastructure to stop drainage of water as well as work towards reducing air pollution and noise.

Peru bars Repsol from unloading crude after oil spill at La Pampilla mooring

2 February 2022

Peru’s Environment Minister Ruben Ramirez has said Repsol (Spain) will not be permitted to unload oil for its La Pampilla refinery until it can provide adequate technical guarantees with respect to its ability to handle spills.

LatAmOil: Peru bars Repsol from unloading oil at La Pampilla

2 February 2022

Peru’s Environment Minister Ruben Ramirez has said Repsol (Spain) will not be permitted to unload oil for its La Pampilla refinery until it can provide adequate technical guarantees with respect to its ability to handle spills.

DMEA: Going in circles

2 February 2022

GLNG: Gastrade reaches FID on Alexandroupolis LNG

2 February 2022

Greece’s Gastrade announced on January 28 that it had made a final investment decision (FID) on the Alexandroupolis LNG import terminal.

NorthAmOil: ConocoPhillips to sell certain Permian assets to Maverick

2 February 2022

US-based ConocoPhillips has agreed to sell certain assets in the Permian Basin to privately owned Maverick Natural Resources for $440mn.

Construction of EU-funded gas interconnector between Bulgaria and Serbia begins

2 February 2022

Pipeline to help diversify gas supplies to Serbia, which is currently dependent on imports of Russian gas.

Uganda’s next big step toward oil production

2 February 2022

TotalEnergies and its partners are ready to proceed with the $10bn Lake Albert Development Project.

Crisis highlights weaknesses of North Macedonia’s energy system

1 February 2022

The global energy crisis that hit North Macedonia has forced the country to import high-priced electricity from international markets, due to the lack of domestic production.

AfrOil: TotalEnergies hopes to resume Mozambique LNG project in 2022

1 February 2022

Patrick Pouyanné, the CEO of TotalEnergies (France), hopes to see work on the $20bn Mozambique LNG project resume before the end of this year.

LetterOne Group to block Wintershall Dea IPO over Ukraine tensions

31 January 2022

A row over the future of Europe's largest private energy company has escalated, with Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's LetterOne conglomerate threatening to block the majority shareholder's efforts to bring the manufacturer to market.

AsianOil: Malaysia launches 2022 licensing round

31 January 2022

Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas launched the country’s 2022 licensing round on January 27.

TotalEnergies CEO hopes to resume work on $20bn Mozambique LNG project this year

31 January 2022

Patrick Pouyanné, the CEO of TotalEnergies (France), has said he hopes to see work on the $20bn Mozambique LNG project resume before the end of this year.

Ex-management of Bulgargaz to be charged over costly gas imports

31 January 2022

Management of state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz sacked en masse over its failure to import cheap natural gas from Azerbaijan, worsening energy crisis in Bulgaria.

Can Russia cut off gas supplies to Europe?

28 January 2022

With the US threatening Russia with “massive consequences” if it invades Ukraine, Russia has threatened to take “military and technical” action in response. Is cutting Europe off from gas deliveries one of the Kremlin’s options?

Nahle denies reports of delays and cost overruns at Dos Bocas refinery

28 January 2022

Mexican Energy Minister Rocio Nahle has denied reports that the national oil company Pemex is running over budget and behind schedule on the construction of the Dos Bocas refinery in Tabasco State.

Uzbekistan: How a power outage sent a country into meltdown

28 January 2022

The way the utilities system is designed meant that a whole series of related essentials were quick to fail.