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EBRD 2022: Hopes new technologies to ease water security in North Africa

15 May 2022

Just like in the renewable energy sector, new technologies are creating new options and bringing down costs to provide water for households and irrigation.

Inpex raises profit forecast

15 May 2022

Japan’s Inpex has raised its net profit forecast for 2022 and kicked off new exploratory drilling over the past week.

IEC strikes oil at latest well in Indonesia’s Kruh block

14 May 2022

Indonesia Energy Corp. (IEC) announced on May 11 that it had discovered oil at the latest well it has drilled in the Kruh block on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island.

Russia dismisses report it plans to cut gas flow to Finland

14 May 2022

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has rejected a Finnish media report that Russia is preparing to cut gas flow to the Nordic country over its decision to apply to join Nato.

Chevron, ExxonMobil sign separate deals with Pertamina on low-carbon opportunities

14 May 2022

Super-majors Chevron and ExxonMobil said in separate announcements this week that they had signed agreements with state-owned Pertamina to explore low-carbon opportunities in Indonesia.

Australia’s LNG export revenue up 95% y/y in April

14 May 2022

Australia’s LNG export revenue of AUD5.5bn ($3.8bn) in April represented a 95% year-on-year increase, consultancy EnergyQuest has said in its latest monthly Australian LNG report, released on May 13.

Canada’s leading producers buoyed by high oil prices

14 May 2022

Canada’s leading oil sands producers have posted major increases in profits thanks to high oil prices, but still have various challenges to contend with.

ConocoPhillips shareholders reject Scope 3 emissions target proposal

14 May 2022

ConocoPhillips shareholders voted to reject a proposal to include Scope 3 emissions into the company’s overall greenhouse gas reduction targets at its annual meeting on May 10.

Seneca selling California oil assets to Sentinel Peak

14 May 2022

Seneca Resources, a unit of National Fuel Gas, has agreed to sell its entire portfolio of Californian oil and gas assets to Sentinel Peak Resources California.

SK E&S invests in US CCS project

14 May 2022

Summit Carbon Solutions’ carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in North Dakota received a boost this week on the announcement that South Korean power utility and gas provider SK E&S would invest $110mn in the scheme.

Raising EU green targets will cost an extra €195bn

14 May 2022

The European Commission is considering raising its renewable energy target for 2030 to 45% in new green plans to be published later in May.

Venture Global announces offtake agreements with ExxonMobil, Petronas

13 May 2022

US-based Venture Global LNG announced this week that it had struck separate sale and purchase agreements with ExxonMobil LNG Asia-Pacific and Malaysia’s Petronas.

Energy issues in Brazil’s upcoming elections

13 May 2022

Fuel prices and the possible privatisation of Petrobras are likely to come under the spotlight as Bolsonaro seeks re-election this October.

'World’s first' modular LNG FSRU to be deployed in Senegal

13 May 2022

KARMOL has announced that the world’s first LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) is now ready for deployment in Senegal.

IAEA says remote transmission of safety data from Chernobyl fully restored

13 May 2022

Remote transmission of safeguards data from the Chernobyl NPP has been fully re-established, IAEA director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi said on May 11.