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LatAmOil: IEASA gets green light for Vaca Muerta gas line

1 March 2022

Argentina’s government has authorised state-owned Integración Energética SA (IEASA) to build a new pipeline that will serve unconventional gas fields in the Vaca Muerta shale formation.

AfrOil: Venus-1x may be sub-Saharan Africa’s largest oil find

1 March 2022

UK-based Wood Mackenzie has speculated that the Venus discovery announced last week by TotalEnergies (France) at the PEL 56 licence area offshore Namibia may be the largest oil find ever made in sub-Saharan Africa.

Exodus of Western majors from Russia begins

1 March 2022

International oil companies have started announcing plans to exit Russia, potentially marking the biggest ever withdrawal of foreign investment from the country’s oil and gas industry during such a short period.

Zelenskiy signs application to join EU as European leaders back Ukraine's membership

1 March 2022

Von der Leyen says Ukraine is “one of us and we want them in the European Union”.

Mongolia goes ahead with Soyuz/Vostok pipeline signing with Russia despite Ukraine outcry

28 February 2022

Mongolian deputy PM and Gazprom chair Alexey Miller hold online meeting for next stage of project to transit Russian gas to China.

Hungary backs Russian sanctions but will not scrap €12.5bn nuclear plant deal

28 February 2022

Orban says Hungary won't give weapons to Ukraine, because "with those weapons, they could shoot at Hungarians living in Transcarpathia".

Moldova moves to secure electricity supply and ban Russian propaganda sites

27 February 2022

Bordering Ukraine and with part of its territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists, Moldova is particularly vulnerable to spillover from the war in Ukraine.

KGL to carry out green hydrogen assessment for Dominica

25 February 2022

Trinidad-based Kenesjay Green Ltd (KGL) said in a recent press release that it had agreed to perform a green hydrogen assessment for Dominica.

Guyana in talks with Middle Eastern oil companies ahead of offshore bidding round

25 February 2022

Guyanese Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that Georgetown is in talks with several state-run Middle Eastern oil firms about a potential exploration for new offshore oil deposits.

Mongolia tiptoes around Russian aggression toward Ukraine

25 February 2022

Mongolian officials unlikely to state opposition to Ukraine invasion, given Kremlin's stranglehold on gasoline provision. Mongolia imports 98% of automobile fuel from Russia.

REM: Crown Estate Scotland plans to offer new 6-GW leasing round

23 February 2022

Crown Estate Scotland, the seabed landlord, plans to offer project rights for offshore wind farms to decarbonise oil and gas infrastructure in a new 6-GW-plus leasing round.

NorthAmOil: FERC approves gas pipeline certification shake-up

22 February 2022

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has agreed to overhaul the certification process for new natural gas pipeline projects.

AsianOil: P’nyang partners sign gas agreement with PNG government

22 February 2022

The partners in the proposed P’nyang development have signed a deal with the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) over the proposed development of the field.

GLNG: Shell warns that LNG market will remain tight in 2022

22 February 2022

Shell said on February 21 it expected the global LNG market to remain tight in 2022, after a 6% climb in demand last year.

UPDATED: German government removes key document, kills off the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

22 February 2022

The Germany government has withdrawn a key document needed to certify the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, making it impossible to complete the process, AP reported on February 22.

Kazakhstan: No end in sight for protests in western region

22 February 2022

Oil workers and state employees want higher salaries, and the unemployed want jobs.

LatAmOil: TotalEnergies strikes oil again offshore Suriname

22 February 2022

TotalEnergies (France) and its US-based partner APA Corp. have reported a new discovery in the Krabdagu-1 exploration well at Block 58 offshore Suriname.