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LatAmOil: Disappointment offshore Suriname
Tullow Oil (UK/Ireland) and its partners in Block 47 offshore Suriname have finished drilling the Goliathberg Voltzberg North-1 (GVN-1) exploration well without making a commercial discovery.
AfrOil: Pros and cons of PIB
Obo Idornigie, vice-president of sub-Saharan African research for Welligence Energy Analytics, recently discussed the strengths and weaknesses of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) with AfrOil.
Cautious outlook for Nigeria’s deepwater oilfields
Nigeria's passage of a new oil law will not remove all obstacles to deepwater investments by IOCs, according to Welligence Energy Analytics.
JGC receives permission to build utility-scale solar-plus-storage power plant in Mongolia
Pemex reports major new find offshore Tabasco State
Mexico’s national oil company (NOC) Pemex has reported the discovery of a large new field off the coast of Tabasco State in the southern Gulf.
Nigeria, Kenya hike fuel prices
Nigeria and Kenya have hiked fuel prices in response to rising crude oil prices, and their decisions have different policy implications.
Biden officials ‘warn Beijing Iranian oil sanctions will be enforced as shipments leap’
Damietta LNG gears up to load third cargo since restart
The Damietta LNG plant in Egypt is preparing to export its third cargo since resuming operations last month, according to Italy’s Eni, a shareholder in the facility.
GLNG: Albanian feasibility study, US exports and carbon-compensated LNG in Spain
Plenty of LNG-related developments continue to emerge, including a feasibility study for an import terminal in Albania, the delivery of a carbon-compensated cargo of LNG by Repsol in Spain and details of US exports of the super-chilled fuel in 2020.
NorthAmOil: US rig counts down but production bouncing back
The US’ active rig count edged down by one last week, according to oilfield services firm Baker Hughes. This marked the first time the US rig count had fallen since November.
DMEA: Tema time and tankers under fire
MEOG: ADNOC deal and Iraqi impasse
AsianOil: Indonesia sets upstream content targets
Indonesia’s upstream watchdog SKK Migas has set a local content target for upstream investment in 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic derailed last year’s target.
LatAmOil: Pemex’s big discovery
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
Fuel price hikes have sparked anger in Nigeria and Kenya during the last week.
FSU OGM: BP axes Kazakh plans
Euroil: Tulip divests Dutch fields
Repaired equipment ready for return to Liza Destiny FPSO, ExxonMobil says
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
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
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
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
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.
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