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Copel GeT and InfraRed buy into wind farms in the Americas

12 October 2022

EDP Renováveis has sold 100% of the equity in two operating wind farms in Brazil to Copel Geração e Transmissão. And in North America, InfraRed has purchased operating wind farms in the US and Canada from Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.

US private equity fund Carlyle Group reportedly preparing to sell Gabon-focused upstream operator

12 October 2022

Carlyle Group, a US-based private equity fund, is gearing up to sell its subsidiary Assala Energy, an oil and gas producer focused on Gabon, Reuters reported on October 11.

Tanzania, Kenya agree to fast-track gas pipeline

12 October 2022

Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to fast-track plans for the construction of a natural gas pipeline that will eventually run from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi.

UK Crown Estate refines leasing process for 4 GW of floating wind in Celtic Sea

12 October 2022

The Crown Estate in the UK has updated developers on the design of the upcoming tender process for seabed leasing for floating wind energy in the Celtic Sea off south-west England and south Wales.

Russian strikes have damaged 30% of Ukraine's energy infrastructure

12 October 2022

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy system are the largest since the war began, hitting 30% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure this week, the Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko told CNN on October 11.

World’s largest offshore wind farm may be expanded

12 October 2022

The world’s largest offshore wind farm will be the 3.6-GW Dogger Bank in the UK North Sea. And now the owners are eyeing a fourth phase.

KNPC to award replacement substation contract for Al Ahmadi refinery in Q1-2023

12 October 2022

Kuwait National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) has pushed back the schedule for awarding an EPC contract for the replacement of electrical substations at the Mina Al Ahmadi refinery.

Iraq will cut refinery runs to comply with OPEC+ quotas, OPEC rep says

12 October 2022

Iraq has decided to carve out a path toward compliance with OPEC+ production targets through the downstream sector rather than the upstream sector in November.

Nigeria: HEPL asserts legitimacy of claim to Atala marginal oilfield

12 October 2022

Nigeria’s Halkin Exploration and Production Ltd (HEPL) has dismissed allegations that it acquired control of Atala, a marginal field formerly known as OML 46, through underhanded means.

Nigerian naval officer complains of IOCs’ complacency in face of oil theft

12 October 2022

A Nigerian naval officer has accused international oil companies (IOC) of complacency in the face of widespread crude theft at wellheads in the Niger River Delta region.

Scottish floating wind farm, the world's largest, to use innovative Stiesdal technology

12 October 2022

The 100-MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm off the north of Scotland will use Stiesdal Offshore’s TetraSub industrialised floating technology for the foundations.

ENERGY CRISIS: Bruegel gas use tracker shows a tight market but falling EU consumption

12 October 2022

This winter is going to be tough. An energy crisis has already led the EU to spend over half a trillion euros on relief and support. Europe wants to cut its gas consumption by 15% and has managed to reduce it by 7% already.