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As Taliban regime takes shape, Central Asia and Iran assess fate of Afghanistan investments
The future of plans for a gas pipeline, trade links to South Asian ports, power transmission lines and railways will remain up in the air until the direction of the new Afghan regime is clear.
Central Asia and Afghanistan: Enemies at the gate?
The Taliban has assured the region’s governments that it has no designs on them, but can it keep more hostile groups in check?
Russia’s stumbling along in the race to carbon neutrality
Earlier this year Vladimir Putin’s called for cutting Russia’s greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions to below those of the European Union as the Kremlin starts to wake up to the dangers of global warming.
PIB seen providing support to Nigeria’s “Decade of Gas”
Nigeria's new oil and gas law aims to address the concerns expressed by IOCs, but it also establishes incentives for delivering gas to the domestic market.
MEOG: Big results and small qualifiers
GLNG: US LNG players see more interest in SPAs, higher greenfield costs
Sempra Energy warned in its second-quarter conference call that construction costs were rising for greenfield liquefaction projects. Meanwhile, fellow US LNG exporter Cheniere Energy highlighted the return of long-term LNG contracts.
bneGreen: Last chance to cut emissions and save the climate
The UN said in its strongest statement yet that human influence is unequivocally responsible for creating climate change, with only immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in CO2 and GHG emissions able to limit global global warming to 1.5°C.
NRG NorthAmOil: ExxonMobil weighs net zero pledge
Super-major ExxonMobil is reportedly considering making a pledge to pursue net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This comes as the company finds itself under growing pressure from investors over its stance on decarbonisation.
AsianOil: Senex enjoys significant Surat reserves upgrade
Australian independent Senex Energy reported a significant upgrade to its natural gas reserves this week following an independent assessment by Netherland Sewell & Associates (NSAI).
BHP approves capex spending for Trion, Shenzi North projects
Australia’s BHP has approved plans to spend more than $800mn on work at two fields in the Gulf of Mexico, Trion and Shenzi North.
LatAmOil: BHP approves capex spending for Trion project
Australia’s BHP has approved plans to spend more than $250mn on work at Trion, a deepwater field located off the coast of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
AfrOil: NOCK under fire from government auditors
The National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) is under fire for its shaky finances, with the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) expressing concern about the company’s failure to pay loans from KCB Bank Kenya.
FSUOGM: Russia holds off on gasoline ban
Euroil: UK opposition calls for end date for exploration
Russia’s Sibur sees emissions flat amid major growth plan
Russia’s largest petrochemicals producer Sibur aims to complete massive growth plans without additional emissions, according to a comprehensive report on results and sustainability in 2020.
Hardline cleric Raisi sworn in as Iran’s president
Guest list and inauguration speech indicate Tehran will make serious move to negotiate reinstatement of 2015 nuclear deal. First presidential in-tray will be weighed down by multiple unresolved crises.
TotalEnergies, Apache report another discovery at Block 58
TotalEnergies (France) and Apache (US) have made their fifth discovery at Block 58 offshore Suriname.
Bellingcat finds climate change may have played role in triggering Tajik-Kyrgyz border clashes
Satellite imagery shows seasonal rains “slowed to a trickle”, with time-lapse imaging showing “thick, dense fields in 2019 followed by sparse, patchy land in 2020”.
AsiaElec: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to invest $100mn in Indian renewables
Danish fund managers Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is to invest $100mn in 1.7 GW of green energy projects in India together with its partner Amp Energy India.
AfrElec: Siemens Gamesa installs first turbine at Djibouti wind farm
Siemens Gamesa has installed the first turbine at the 59-MW Goubet wind farm in Djibouti
REM: Two US companies seek extended tariffs on solar imports
Two small US solar manufacturers have petitioned the government to extend tariffs on solar imports that were imposed by the Trump administration.
UK navy declares incident involving apparent Gulf of Oman tanker hijacking 'over'
Armed men have left vessel says UKMTO.
GLNG: Tellurian signs offtake deal with Shell
US LNG developer Tellurian announced last week that it had signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Royal Dutch Shell for offtake from its planned Driftwood LNG export terminal in Louisiana.
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