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ANH authorises 16 companies to bid in third licensing round

27 October 2020

Colombia’s state oil regulator, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), said last week that it had authorised 16 companies to bid for the four onshore blocks included in the upcoming third licensing round.

Nigeria’s PIB would fold PPPRA, PEF into new agency

27 October 2020

The Nigerian government’s proposed oil and gas law, known as the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), looks set to fold two of the existing agencies that regulate the downstream sector into a new agency.

Opposition party faults Transnet for oil pipeline spill

27 October 2020

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) party has demanded that Transnet Pipelines (TPL) be held responsible for a pipeline breach that caused several thousand litres of crude oil to spill into the Umbilo River.

PPL approves final dividend following results

27 October 2020

State-owned Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) has approved a final cash dividend equivalent to 10% of ordinary and convertible preference shares after finalising its results for financial year 2019-2020.

Petronas awards multi-client 3D seismic survey

27 October 2020

Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas has awarded a multi-year 3D seismic survey to a consortium of PGS, TGS and WesternGeco.

French Orano to join $8bn nuclear power plant expansion project in Romania

27 October 2020

France will be involved, together with the US and Canada, in the construction of two new reactors at Cernavoda under an $8bn project.