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LatAmOil: Pemex’s big discovery

16 March 2021

Mexico’s national oil company (NOC) Pemex has reported the discovery of a large new field that may hold 1bn barrels of crude.

AfrOil: Objections to fuel price hikes

16 March 2021

Fuel price hikes have sparked anger in Nigeria and Kenya during the last week.

Repaired equipment ready for return to Liza Destiny FPSO, ExxonMobil says

11 March 2021

A contractor for ExxonMobil (US) has completed repair work on faulty equipment from the Liza Destiny FPSO, which is being used to develop Liza-1, the first producing oilfield at the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

Chapel Hill Denham raises $4.6mn for Havenhill’s mini-grid rollout

11 March 2021

Chapel Hill Denham’s Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF) has raised NGN1.8bn ($4.6mn) to fund Havenhill Synergy’s construction of 22 mini-grids as part of the Nigeria Electrification Project.

Sunfunder closes $70mn Africa-faced solar fund

11 March 2021

Nairobi-based solar lender Sunfunder has closed its oversubscribed $70mn fund to finance small-scale renewables and energy storage systems in Africa and Asia.

CGX to invest $90mn in exploration offshore Guyana in 2021

11 March 2021

Canada’s CGX Energy is preparing to spend about $90mn on exploration work in Guyana’s offshore zone this year.

ExxonMobil finds non-commercial hydrocarbon reserves in Bulletwood-1 well

11 March 2021

ExxonMobil (US) and its partners have failed to find commercial quantities of crude oil or natural gas in Bulletwood-1, the first exploration well drilled at the Canje block offshore Guyana.

DPR authorises installation of FLNG unit at Yoho oilfield

10 March 2021

Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has reportedly authorised a contractor working for ExxonMobil (US) and Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) to install a floating LNG (FLNG) unit at the Yoho oilfield.

NorthAmOil: Chevron to acquire remainder of Noble Midstream

9 March 2021

Chevron has struck an agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Noble Midstream Partners that it does not already own.

GLNG: Momentum behind carbon-neutral LNG

9 March 2021

Carbon-neutral LNG is increasingly gaining momentum as more industry players commit to the concept, or put themselves on a path towards it.

AsianOil: China Gas, Sinopec forge deeper ties

9 March 2021

Natural gas distributor China Gas has agreed to forge a closer working relationship with state-owned Sinopec Group in the natural gas import and distribution segments.

LatAmOil: Activity offshore Guyana

9 March 2021

Activity levels in Guyana’s offshore zone have remained high over the last week.

AfrOil: Nigerian LNG in focus

9 March 2021

Two LNG projects are in focus in Nigeria this week.

Ecopetrol head comments on ISA bid

4 March 2021

The head of Colombia’s national oil company (NOC) Ecopetrol has defended his company’s decision to submit a bid for a 51.4% stake in Interconexion Electrica SA (ISA), the country’s electricity transmission system operator (TSO).

GLNG: Jordan Cove LNG in doubt

2 March 2021

The future of Pembina Pipeline’s proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal in Oregon looks increasingly in doubt, with the company taking a write-down on its investment in the project.

NorthAmOil: Crude-by-rail on the rebound

2 March 2021

Canadian crude-by-rail exports are reported to be rebounding after falling almost 40% in 2020, according to the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).