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Nigeria aims to install 36mn electricity meters
The Nigerian government has unveiled ambitious plans to install over 36mn electricity meters across the country by the end of the second quarter of 2021.
Total resumes push towards FID for Papua LNG
France’s Total announced this week that following talks with the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), it was remobilising project teams and other required resources to move the proposed Papua LNG project forward.
Philippine official lashes out at China
Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin has lashed out at China’s continued presence within waters the Southeast Asian country claims.
ACCC to approve Queensland LNG maintenance co-ordination
Australia’s competition watchdog has said it is inclined to approve plans by Queensland’s three liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects to extend their co-ordination of maintenance schedules as long as the process remains transparent.
Petronas picks Tanjung Offshore for well abandonment work
Malaysian service provider Tanjung Offshore Services has won a $12mn contract from state-owned Petronas for plug and abandonment integrated services for the shallow-water Pulai field.
SKK Migas sets Rokan well target
Indonesian upstream regulator SKK Migas has said drilling nearly 200 wells at the country’s second-largest oilfield this year will be crucial to achieving the government’s long-term production targets.
Indian TPPs seek easier access to ONGC’s gas
An industry body representing India’s power generators is lobbying the government to make it easier for certain natural gas-fired thermal power plants (TPPs) to bid for supplies of the fuel from a new deepwater field.
Spirit’s moves illustrate North Sea trends
Spirit Energy is one of several companies that have been adding production in the North Sea recently, and its projects illustrate some of the broader trends at play in the region.
Cheniere delivers carbon-neutral LNG cargo to Europe
US LNG producer Cheniere Energy said this week that it had supplied a carbon-neutral cargo of LNG to Royal Dutch Shell in Europe.
Moldovan president caps fuel prices
Tema LNG now expecting to receive first cargo by end-May
Tema LNG Terminal Company (TLTC), the owner of the Tema LNG terminal offshore Ghana, is reportedly on track to receive its first cargo within the next few weeks.
Minister urges Nigeria to consider developing domestic tar sands deposits
Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya Onu said last week that the country ought to consider taking steps to develop its own unconventional hydrocarbon reserves, especially its tar sands.
NNPC says it is unable to pay into fuel subsidy fund in May
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) has said it will not be able to make any payments into the federal account used to subsidise domestic fuel prices in the month of May.
ADM Energy says it now has a controlling stake in Barracuda field
Nigeria’s ADM Energy said last week that it had succeeded in acquiring a controlling interest in Barracuda, an oilfield within the shallow-water licence area known as OML 141.
Vice-President Kamala Harris pushes infrastructure plan as an investment, not an expense
Vice-President Kamala Harris touted Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan as an “an investment, not an expense” in a visit to Milwaukee on May 4.
Indonesia plans geothermal IPO
Indonesia is planning to merge three state-owned geothermal companies into a single holding as part of wider plans for an IPO in the fourth quarter of 2021.
China adds over 10 GW of solar and wind in Q1
China added 5,260 MW of wind capacity in the first three months of the year, alongside 5,560 MW of solar, according to official figures.
Rush for renewables sees demand for critical minerals soar
Unmet demand for copper, lithium, nickel and cobalt could create potential energy security hazards, warns the IEA.
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