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Gazprom makes new attempt to force Moldova to pay breakaway Transnistria’s gas bill

19 May 2021

Russian gas giant launches 16th lawsuit over gas sent to Transnistria — effectively a Russian subsidy for the separatist region.

NorthAmOil: Gulf Coast LNG projects inch forward

18 May 2021

The developers of two new LNG export projects on the US Gulf Coast, Tellurian and NextDecade, have said over the past week that they are making progress towards final investment decisions that are scheduled for later this year.

GLNG: Woodside to exit Kitimat LNG

18 May 2021

Australia’s Woodside announced this week that it would exit its 50% non-operated interest in the proposed Kitimat LNG project on Canada’s West Coast.

LatAmOil: Peru LNG halts production

18 May 2021

The Peru LNG consortium has suspended operations at its natural gas liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita, citing an issue with one of its compressors.

AfrOil: Nedbank to halt funding for coal, oil and gas projects

18 May 2021

South Africa’s Nedbank has decided to phase out funding for fossil fuel projects as part of a wider effort to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2045.

AsianOil: Indonesian upstream expands domestic content level

18 May 2021

Indonesia’s upstream watchdog SKK Migas has revealed that the domestic content level in the country’s oil and gas projects during the first four months of the year exceeded the government’s target.

Peru LNG halts production, citing compressor problem

18 May 2021

The Peru LNG consortium has suspended operations at its natural gas liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita, citing an issue with one of its compressors.

Nedbank announces plan to stop funding coal, oil and gas projects

18 May 2021

South Africa’s Nedbank revealed last week that it had decided to phase out funding for all fossil fuel projects.

bneGREEN: Lukoil oil spill headed towards the Barents Sea

18 May 2021

An oil spill in the Komi Peninsula is four to five-times bigger than initially thought, and may flood into the Barents Sea on Russia’s north-eastern coast if unchecked, environmentalists warned on May 17.

Global warming will open up Russia’s Far North to agriculture over next two decades

17 May 2021

The global climate crisis has a silver lining for Russia at least. Over the next two or three decades large swathes of Russia’s frozen northern regions will become warm enough to grow crops.

Russia’s oil and gas reserves will last for another 59 and 103 years respectively, says natural resources minister

14 May 2021

Russia has enough extractable oil still in the ground to maintain production for another 59 years and gas reserves that can be exploited for another 103 years.

ADB mulls end to upstream funding

13 May 2021

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced plans to phase out funding for upstream projects while also introducing conditions on fossil fuel investments in general.

Colonial Pipeline hack sounds alarm for greater OT security

13 May 2021

Companies active in the oil and gas industry – and in all other sectors of critical infrastructure – should start thinking now about how to guard against the next cyberattack.

GLNG: Sempra likely to push Port Arthur LNG FID back to 2022

11 May 2021

Sempra Energy said last week that it would likely delay the final investment decision (FID) on its proposed Port Arthur LNG export terminal in Texas to 2022.

NorthAmOil: Cyberattack knocks out Colonial Pipeline

11 May 2021

A ransomware cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline has been described as one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes ever reported.