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Russia’s electricity exports to China down by 33%

17 January 2024

The volume of electricity exports from Russia to China in 2023 fell by more than a third year on year to about 3.1bn kWh, which is in line with the annual average for 2012-2020.

Key Russian refinery halves gasoline output after foreign equipment failure

17 January 2024

Lukoil’s oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod – one of the largest plants of its kind in Russia – has halved its gasoline production following the failure of equipment supplied from the West.

Albania opens 300-MW hybrid photovoltaic auction

17 January 2024

Albania's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Belinda Balluku, announced the commencement of the 300-MW Hybrid Photovoltaic auction.

Former Shell JV unit in Russia targets deeper oil layers

16 January 2024

Shell’s former main joint venture with Gazprom Neft in Western Siberia has secured rights to a new oil and gas block in the Khanty-Mansiysk region.

Iran posts highest output surge in OPEC last year, EIA data shows

16 January 2024

Iran took the lead among OPEC members in terms of oil production growth in 2023, adding 330,000 more barrels of oil to its daily output, data provided by the US Energy Information Administration showed.

Iranian gas flow halted over maintenance, says Iraq

16 January 2024

Iran has halted the exports of gas to neighbouring Iraq, the Iraqi News Agency reported on January 12, less than a week after the Iranian Oil Ministry confirmed that gas imports from Turkmenistan had been cut off.

New jacket and topsides en route to Fenix gas project offshore Argentina

16 January 2024

Italian engineering firm Rosetti Marino has completed the construction of a jacket and topside for the Fenix wellhead platform, being used in TotalEnergies’ Fenix gas development project off the coast of Tierra del Fuego in southern Argentina.

Guyana seeks partners for building country's gas infrastructure

16 January 2024

Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources has released a request for proposals in search of companies to support the design, construction, finance and operation of the nation’s gas infrastructure.

NMDC wins island-building deal from ADNOC

16 January 2024

Abu Dhabi’s National Marine Dredging Co. (NMDC) has been awarded a $136.7mn deal by the emirate’s NOC to build an artificial island in support of the company’s ambitious oil and gas capacity expansion programme.

Oil hikes 4% after strikes on Yemen, Iran’s tanker seizure

16 January 2024

Oil prices jumped higher following overnight air and sea strikes by the United States and the UK on airports and military facilities in Yemen, a day after Iran seized an oil tanker off Oman's coast.

Sibur ramps up LPG exports from Ust-Luga ahead of sanctions

16 January 2024

Russia’s leading petrochemicals producer Sibur ramped up exports of LPG by nearly a quarter last year via the Baltic port of Ust-Luga ahead of the introduction of Western sanctions.