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Gulf Coast Express brought into service ahead of schedule
Kinder Morgan announced last week that the Gulf Coast Express gas pipeline from the Permian Basin to the Texas Gulf Coast was entering service slightly ahead of schedule, on September 25.
China to close 8.7 GW of old coal power plants in 2019
China aims to close 8.66 GW of old and outdated coal-fired generating capacity during 2019 in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
NextEra buying Meade Pipeline for $1.37bn
Independent power producer NextEra Energy Partners has agreed to buy Meade Pipeline, which owns a 39.2% interest in the Central Penn Line in Pennsylvania.
Rio Tinto to cut emissions in steel industry
Rio Tinto is to work with China’s China Baowu Steel Group and Tsinghua University to find new ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in the steel industry.
Alberta raises oil production limits again
The government of Alberta has once again raised provincial oil production limits, to 3.80mn barrels per day in November and 3.81mn bpd in December.
Colombia’s next steps
Colombia is gearing up for several major developments in the oil and gas sector over the next 18 months.
One step forward, two steps back for Enbridge
Pipeline operator Enbridge has encountered setbacks on several different fronts in recent days, but continues to push ahead with its plans.
YPFB reports successes on residential gasification front
A Bolivian cabinet official said last week that YPFB, the national oil company (NOC), had made significant progress on residential gasification programmes.
Pemex pays off more than $5bn worth of bonds ahead of schedule
Mexico’s national oil company Pemex succeeded in paying off more than $5bn worth of debts ahead of schedule last week.
YPF set to reduce investment budget next year
Argentina’s national oil company YPF is likely to trim its investment budget in 2020.
Romania to fully liberalise natural gas market again
Uzbekistan to set threefold increase on electricity tariffs for cryptocurrency miners
Gazprom eyes LNG bunkering market
Libyan oil sector facing multiple challenges
Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC) has had to deal with a series of challenges in recent weeks.
French tech firm lands work at Arctic LNG-2
Mozambique will seek $880mn in capital gains tax from Anadarko
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi hopes that US-based Occidental Petroleum’s takeover of Anadarko Petroleum, another US company, will generate extra tax revenue for his government.
Condor divests Kazakh oilfields for $25mn
Ugandan official says collapse of Tullow’s farm-out deal does not derail oil industry
A Ugandan official said last week that the country’s nascent oil industry was not doomed because of the collapse of Tullow Oil’s $900mn farm-out deal with France’s Total and China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) for the Lake Albert project.
GULF ON EDGE: Saudi Arabia hit by ratings downgrade as reverberations from oil attacks spread
In possible sign kingdom is backing off from potential conflict, Iran says third countries have delivered messages from Riyadh.
Profit dispute at Karachaganak gas field still unresolved
Total comments on Nigeria LNG’s Train 7 project
France’s Total has reiterated its commitment to the expansion of the Nigeria LNG complex.
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