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APT, Aminex award AGS contract for 3-D seismic survey of Ruvuma

30 September 2021

Africa Geophysical Services (AGS) of Oman has won a contract for the acquisition of seismic data from the Ruvuma block in southern Tanzania.

Tanzania, Uganda discuss local content requirements for EACOP project

30 September 2021

Government officials and businessmen from Tanzania and Uganda met earlier this week to discuss local content requirements from the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

Buhari nominates members of government’s new upstream, downstream agencies

30 September 2021

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked members of the Senate to confirm his nominees for the boards of the two new state agencies that will oversee the country’s oil and gas sector.

Ghana’s BOST dismisses $26mn in claims filed by fuel distributors

30 September 2021

Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST), Ghana’s state fuel import concern, has revised the total amount of compensation payments owed to bulk distribution companies downward by $26mn following an audit.

InterRAO asked by China to raise exports

30 September 2021

Russia power exporter InterRAO said it could raise electricity exports to China after Beijing asked it to increase supplies in a bid to fill the current power deficit in northern China.

AfrElec: Coal closures could save megacities from pollution-related deaths

29 September 2021

The closure of coal fired-plants located close to urban centres across the developing world in line with the 1.5 degree climate targets would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths and drastically cut the economic fallout of air pollution.

Hydro capacity needs to double to meet green goals

29 September 2021

Global hydro capacity needs to double by 2050 if water-based power is to make a meaningful contribution in the race to net zero, IRENA director-general Francesco La Camera has warned

China to reach peak emissions earlier to guarantee net-zero goals

29 September 2021

China, the world’s largest energy consumer and carbon emitter, needs to reduce its current emissions pledges by 20% by 2030 if it is to come good on its commitments to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

AsiaElec: Asia’s poorest nations call for rich states to keep their $100bn funding promises

29 September 2021

A group of 11 of Asia’s poorest countries have called on the world’s richest states to keep to their promise of $100bn per year in climate finance in order to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable countries from climate change.

Offshore wind prospects surge in NY, California, but lacklustre response to solicitation in Massachusetts

29 September 2021

New York City announces a 15-year, $191mn plan to become a centre for the offshore wind sector, California will now accelerate offshore wind development, but in Massachusetts, only two companies submitted proposals for a recent solicitation.

Tax-advantaged partnerships for oil and gas being considered for US renewable energy – report

29 September 2021

Tax-advantaged partnerships typically used to benefit the US’s oil and gas industry are being considered for renewable energy, reports Reuters