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Oikocredit lends €5mn to Ecoligo, a ‘solar-as-a-service’ provider active in Ghana, Kenya

30 January 2022

Social impact investor Oikocredit is giving €5mn ($5.5mn) loan to Ecoligo to support solar energy solutions provision to commercial and industrial businesses in Africa.

Ukraine to build new nuclear power plants in co-operation with Electricite de France

30 January 2022

Ukraine intends to build new nuclear power plants (NPP) in co-operation with Electricite de France SA (EDF), announced Deputy Head of the Office of the President Rostislav Shurma,

Major European utilities fail on net-zero plans

30 January 2022

Business plans of major European power utilities do not contain the intermediate targets necessary to deliver on their net-zero pledges, finds a new report by Ember and Europe Beyond Coal.

New Zealand passes changes to decommissioning rules

30 January 2022

The government of New Zealand has passed the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. While the legislation has yet to be finalised, it is expected to change the decommissioning obligations of oil and gas permit holders.

L&T wins subsea pipeline contract from ONGC

29 January 2022

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited (LTHE), a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, said on January 28 that it had secured a contract from state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC).

KUFPEC unveils gas and condensate discovery offshore Indonesia

29 January 2022

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. (KUFPEC) announced on January 23 that it had made a commercial gas and condensate discovery offshore Indonesia.

Major wind turbine manufacturers likely to see profits squeezed again in 2022

29 January 2022

In the last week, the three major wind turbine manufacturers have reported squeezed margins as they face cost inflation as well as project delays because of supply chain turbulence, COVID and unstable European electricity prices.

SHI wins approval for onboard carbon capture technology

29 January 2022

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) said this week that it had received approval in principle (AIP) from the Korean Register of Shipping for a newly developed onboard carbon capture system.

Petronas marks 1,000th LNG delivery via VPS

29 January 2022

Malaysia’s Petronas said on January 26 that it had completed its 1,000th LNG delivery via its Virtual Pipeline System.

Ukraine crisis prompts LNG questions

29 January 2022

The Ukraine crisis has prompted questions over how the LNG market would respond to an escalation and what the impact would be.

Federal questions emerge as Brazil’s gas liberalisation proceeds

28 January 2022

The ANP has comes out swinging in favour of guarding the Brazilian federal government’s prerogatives with respect to gas distribution rules.

Guyana receives 12 bids for power plant, NGL facility under GTP project

28 January 2022

Guyana has received 12 bids for a contract covering the construction of both a natural gas-fired thermal power plant and a natural gas liquids plant.

Argentina reports oil production up in December

28 January 2022

Argentina extracted a total of 559,000 barrels per day of oil in December 2021, pushing monthly output up to the highest level recorded in the last nine years.