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Russia expands China ties with new gas deal
Russia’s national gas company Gazprom announced on February 4 that it had agreed on the annual sale of 10 bcm per year of natural gas to China’s CNPC over a 30-year period.
Discovery at Kawa-1
CGX and Frontera have become the first companies to find hydrocarbons in commercial quantities outside the Stabroek block in Guyana’s offshore zone.
ExxonMobil Guyana says Liza Destiny’s flash gas compressor is being upgraded
ExxonMobil Guyana, an affiliate of the US super-major ExxonMobil, has announced that upgrades on a new flash gas compressor for the Liza Destiny FPSO installed offshore Guyana are underway.
Aldana wins election as head of Pemex union despite criticism
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
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
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.
AfrElec: AfDB provides $27.39mn grant to support Ghana’s development of mini-grid network, solar PV net metering
REM: Italy launches 3.35-GW renewables tender
Peru bars Repsol from unloading crude after oil spill at La Pampilla mooring
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.
EurOil: more Hammerfest LNG delays
FSUOGM: Gazprom Neft to lead Russian output growth
LatAmOil: Peru bars Repsol from unloading oil at La Pampilla
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
GLNG: Gastrade reaches FID on Alexandroupolis LNG
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
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
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
TotalEnergies and its partners are ready to proceed with the $10bn Lake Albert Development Project.
MEOG: Kuwait keeps moving upstream
Crisis highlights weaknesses of North Macedonia’s energy system
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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