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Turkey “barely trying” to cut carbon emissions says National Geographic
“Climate change report card” notes, for instance, that country is pushing ahead with huge expansion of coal-fired plants. Meanwhile, largest lake in the Mediterranean region, Beysehir, seen as on course to dry out by 2040s.
Turkey’s Bereket Enerji Uretim has ‘mandated banks including Goldman Sachs for renewable energy unit IPO’
US sanctions prevent Tehran accessing equipment to counter flaring gas and energy pollution says oil minister
Ireland to block offshore oil exploration: PM
150 NGOs urge Albanian PM to stop HPP projects on Vjosa River due to environmental concerns
Slovenia’s net electricity output down 9% y/y in August
North Macedonia’s electricity output up 35.1% y/y in July
Oman still keen on Iran gas pipeline
Mitsui moves to sell BassGas stake
Japanese developer Mitsui & Co. has said it is looking to sell its 40% stake in the BassGas project off the coast of Australia’s south-eastern state of Victoria.
KOGAS agrees to buy US LNG from BP
State-owned Korea Gas has struck a deal to buy 1.58mn tonnes per year of US LNG from super-major BP.
Disproportionate hydropower subsidies cause environmental damage across Western Balkans, NGO says
Trader rejects Mitsubishi’s account of losses
A trader that worked at Mitsubishi’s Singaporean arm until last week has disputed the Japanese company’s version of events surrounding a $320mn loss on crude oil derivatives trades.
China updates oil reserve figures
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has given its first official update on the country’s strategic oil inventories in almost two years.
Pakistan unveils new LNG projects
Pakistan has taken a major step forward in tackling its chronic natural gas shortages, having shortlisted companies to build five liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the country, either individually or in a consortium.
NNPC hopes rehab programme will reinstate refining capacity
CNH gives Eni-led group green light for drilling Ehecatl-1 well
CNH has reportedly given Eni (Italy) and its partners Cairn Energy (UK) and Citla (Mexico) permission to move forward with the drilling of an exploration well at Mexico's offshore Block 7.
Petronas posts 9% gain in H1 profit
Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas has posted a first-half net profit of MYR28.9bn ($6.92bn), up 9% on the same period of 2018.
GlobalData sees more IOCs entering Brazil’s Pre-Salt fields as operators
Brazil is likely to start seeing a wider range of companies serving as operators of upstream oil and gas projects in the short term, according to GlobalData.
KazMunayGas and Norway’s Equinor sign joint study agreement on Kazakh oil and gas fields
Romania signs memorandum on civil nuclear energy with US
Czech EPH of billionaire Kretinsky rumoured to be interested in Polish Janina coal mine
Russian government to drone-proof oil facilities
Trump calls on nations to not “subsidise Iran’s bloodlust’
Senegal looking more attractive after latest offshore discovery
Senegal's upcoming offshore bidding round is likely to draw more interest in the wake of BP's discovery of sizeable gas reserves at the Yakaar-Terenga field.
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