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Jagdeo: Guyana’s new refinery will serve domestic consumers, not regional market

9 November 2022

Guyana's vice president says the country is building an oil refinery to meet the needs of the domestic fuel market, not because it hopes to supply regional fuel markets.

PdVSA set to deliver two cargoes of oil to Eni in November

9 November 2022

Venezuela’s national oil company PdVSA is reportedly set to deliver two cargoes of diluted crude oil to a subsidiary of Eni (Italy) this month.

Ørsted’s profit soars on farm-downs of two large offshore wind projects

9 November 2022

Leading Danish energy firm Ørsted has raised its profit outlook for 2022 because power prices have been high, but the company posted third-quarter earnings below expectations due to lagging performance in its offshore wind unit.

Japan’s largest utility teams up with Scottish offshore wind company

9 November 2022

A subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Japan’s largest electricity utility, is for the first time venturing into overseas offshore floating wind markets.

Pampa Energía will invest $550mn in 2023 to boost unconventional gas production

9 November 2022

Argentina’s Pampa Energía will spend $550mn next year on efforts to increase production rates at unconventional gas fields in the Vaca Muerta shale formation.

Heritage Petroleum reports on tax payments to Port of Spain in FY 2022

9 November 2022

Heritage Petroleum Co. Ltd, Trinidad and Tobago’s state-owned oil company, paid TTD4.8bn ($707.61mn) in taxes to the government during Fiscal Year 2022.

Petrobras finalises sale of SIX refinery to F&M Brazil

9 November 2022

Petrobras has finalised the sale of Paraná Xisto, the entity formed to hold its shares in Unidade de Industrializacao de Xisto (SIX), a refinery in Paraná State that processes oil shale.

DTE Energy to spend $9bn in 10 years on 5.4 GW of renewables, storage, coal-to-gas switch

9 November 2022

US company DTE Energy plans to add some 4.4 GW of solar, 1 GW of wind and 750 MW of storage within 10 years. Along with switching most coal power-plant generation to natural gas, this plan will cost some $9bn.

Wind lease areas in Gulf of Mexico designated, could host 8.5 GW

9 November 2022

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has designated two offshore Wind Energy Areas in the Gulf of Mexico for development. The areas could be home to 8.5 GW of installed capacity.

British PM Rishi Sunak addresses COP27, touts renewable energy

9 November 2022

As he headed to the COP27 summit in Egypt, the UK’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, declared that he wants to make the UK a “clean energy superpower.”

Renowned former petrochemicals CEO Konov sells stake in Sibur

9 November 2022

Dmitry Konov, former CEO of petrochemicals major Sibur, says he no longer owns a 2.59% stake in the company. He stepped down as head of the company in March 2022 after the EU introduced sanctions against him, which he is appealing.

South Africa signs €600mn loan agreements with France, Germany to reduce reliance on coal through just energy transition

9 November 2022

South Africa signs €600mn loan agreements with France, Germany to reduce reliance on coal through just energy transition