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FSUOGM: Gazprom reveals Chinese gas supply details
EurOil: the hydrogen storage challenge
MEOG: Qurna expansion and Asian finance
DMEA: Fuel subsidies and plastics
AsianOil: Sarawak awards onshore project to Petra Energy, Uzma
Sarawak state-owned Petroleum Sarawak (Petros) has awarded the development contract for onshore Block SK433 to Malaysian independents Petra Energy Development and Uzma Engineering.
ENERGO: Romgaz terminates contract for 430-MW power plant but seeks to complete project
Albania launches first wind power tender
Tirana is seeking to set up wind and solar generation to reduce reliance on hydropower.
Gazprom confesses to several big methane leaks this year
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom has admitted to several large methane leaks this year, one of the most environmentally harmful gases, the company said over the weekend.
REM: Native Canadian co-owned wind project awarded 25-year power purchase agreement
The Canadian utility SaskPower has awarded a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for power from a 200-MW wind project that is being developed by Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Canada and a company owned by a Native Canadian tribe.
Erste Group arranges €51mn financing for first private wind project in North Macedonia
North Macedonia aims to increase its national renewables capacity to above 50% by 2024.
No sign election of Raisi as Iran’s president will derail efforts to restore nuclear deal
Now that they have presidency in the bag, hardliners may tolerate agreement with US that would give country sorely needed economic lift.
Trinidad and Tobago eyes green hydrogen production
Trinidad and Tobago is looking into the possibility of diversifying into hydrogen production, Prime Minister Keith Rowley said.
AFRELEC: Globeleq begins grid-scale solar storage project in Mozambique
Africa-focused IPP Globeleq has begun to build a 9-MW solar and 7-MWh energy storage project at Cuamba in northern Mozambique.
ASIAELEC: Sembcorp to buy up solar and wind projects in India
Singapore’s Sembcorp is looking to acquire Indian solar and wind projects as it aims to quadruple its Indian renewable capacity to 10 GW by 2025.
Russian government tweaks 50% dividend payout rule for state companies
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a new order on dividend payments for state companies, which brings clarifications to adjusted net income calculations for paying at least 50% of IFRS net profit, Izvestia reports.
ISTANBUL BLOG: Turkey’s “sea snot” crisis forces closure of coastal fertiliser plant
As government claims it has sprung into action with a disaster management plan, scientist says: “The Sea of Marmara died in 1989. What we see is the decay of a corpse.”
ENERGO: Severstal to phase out thermal coal by 1Q22
Russian steel major Severstal has announced that it will stop producing thermal coal at its Vorgashorskaya mine (part of Vorkutaugol’s Resource Division) as early as 1Q22, while local power stations will switch from thermal coal to gas.
McDermott-Sinopec consortium wins LoA for Tilenga EPCC services
US-based McDermott International has formed a consortium with a subsidiary of China’s Sinopec to provide support services at the Tilenga oilfield in Uganda.
REM: Biden’s wind support moves forward
The Biden administration will auction leases for offshore wind development off New York and New Jersey. The sale will be the administration’s first, and the ninth overall.
LatAmOil: Trinidad and Tobago eyes green hydrogen production
Trinidad and Tobago is looking into the possibility of diversifying into hydrogen production, Prime Minister Keith Rowley said last week.
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