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Zimbabwe cancels controversial national park coal licences

10 September 2020

The Zimbabwean Government has cancelled all mining licences in National Parks after public protests against two Chinese companies gaining coal explorations licences in the Hwange National Park.

Reduced LNG demand drives project delays

10 September 2020

Investors are widely expected to delay sanctioning new LNG export capacity on the back of depressed demand and an uncertain economic outlook.

Sabine Pass back in service as Cameron LNG remains offline

10 September 2020

The Sabine Pass LNG terminal resumed operations this week after going offline as a result of Hurricane Laura, which made landfall in Louisiana on August 27. Meanwhile, the nearby Cameron LNG facility remains offline.

Sinopec awards long-term LNG supply contract to Qatargas

10 September 2020

China’s state-run Sinopec has reportedly awarded a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract to Qatargas for 1mn tonnes per year of the super-chilled fuel.

ACWA Power’s Bokpoort sets new production record as South African load-shedding persists

10 September 2020

ACWA Power’s 50-MW Bokpoort CSP project set a new winter production record in August 2020, producing 21.7 GWh, surpassing its previous winter record of 19.5 GWh set in 2017.

IEA calls for dramatic scaling up of clean tech to reach net zero

10 September 2020

The power sector can only account for one-third of the progress needed to reach net-zero emissions. Transport, buildings and industry must also invest in clean tech, the IEA warns

BP pays $1.1bn to join Equinor in US offshore wind

10 September 2020

Equinor is to bring in BP as a partner for its Empire Wind and Beacon Wind developments assets on the US East Coast in a deal worth $1.1bn.

RIL plans O2C spin-off

10 September 2020

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has revealed details of its plan to spin off its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) assets, ahead of a planned stake sale.

SapuraOMV ramps up output from gas field offshore Malaysia

10 September 2020

SapuraOMV Upstream has “stabilised” production from the Bakong natural gas field offshore Malaysia, after bringing the asset on stream in June.

Energy Transfer expects Dakota Access expansion online in 2021

10 September 2020

Pipeline operator Energy Transfer expects a planned expansion of its Dakota Access oil pipeline capacity to be in service by the end of next year despite the current legal challenge against the existing pipeline.

Enterprise cancels Midland-to-ECHO 4 oil pipeline

10 September 2020

Enterprise Products announced on September 9 that it was cancelling the 450,000 barrel per day (bpd) Midland-to-ECHO 4 oil pipeline in Texas.