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Satellite data reveals additional methane leaks at Zaap oilfield in August

9 September 2022

European researchers have gathered evidence of another large methane leak at Ku-Maloob-Zaap, a cluster of oilfields operated by Mexico’s national oil company (NOC) Pemex.

Argentina offers to help “fuel the world”

8 September 2022

Argentina is talking once again about its potential to become an oil and gas exporter, but it is not in a position to realise its ambitions just yet.

Iran now has means to enrich sufficient uranium for nuclear bomb within weeks, says UN watchdog

8 September 2022

Government daily, meanwhile, says “winter will bring the West to its senses”, implying Europe, US need nuclear deal relaunch to unlock Iranian energy supplies.

Head of Guyana’s central bank sees oil revenues topping $1bn this year

8 September 2022

Gobind Ganga, the governor of the Bank of Guyana, said on September 5 that the country was on track to collect more than $1bn in oil export revenue this year.

Petrobras considers possibility of expanding CCS programme to include third-party services

8 September 2022

Brazil’s Petrobras is looking into the possibility of broadening the scope of its carbon capture and storage programme and may begin offering services to third parties.

Chevron asks US government to expand scope of exemption from Venezuelan sanctions

8 September 2022

The US major Chevron has asked Washington to expand the scope of its exemption from sanctions barring investment in Venezuela’s oil industry, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters last week.

BP subsidiary takes delivery of jack-up rig offshore Trinidad and Tobago

8 September 2022

BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) has taken delivery of the Joe Douglas jack-up rig and was on track to launch a new drilling programme in the Columbus basin off the south-eastern coast of Trinidad.

Indigenous communities petition court to compel Quito to enforce reversal of oil, mining awards

8 September 2022

The Waorani and A’i Cofan indigenous communities of the upper Amazon River have petitioned Ecuador’s Constitutional Court to enforce previous rulings rescinding the hydrocarbon and mining concessions.

INA chairman tenders resignation after corruption scandal

8 September 2022

Chairman of the oil and gas company offered to step down after Croatia’s anti-corruption body made five arrests in a high-profile fraud case.

Czechia pushes for more connections to LNG terminals

8 September 2022

Czechia and Poland will resume work on the Stork II pipeline bringing gas from the Polish LNG terminal at Swinoujscie to Libhost in Czechia’s northern Moravian region.