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Turkey’s Socar owned STAR refinery ‘sharply cuts Russian Urals purchases in favour of Iraqi, Norwegian grades’

Croatia’s scandal-hit Janaf announces new contracts

Egypt appeals for end to GERD dispute at UN

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has appealed to the international community to bring an end to the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia.

US to provide $2.6mn to fund solar in sub-Saharan Africa

Power Africa and USAID are to provide $2.6mn in grants to help solar companies provide off-grid power to healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa.

IEA talks up CCUS as key to reducing emissions

CCUS has a vital role to play in limiting global warning, the IEA says, but more investment and research is needed

Chinese long-term oil demand in question

China has propped up international oil prices in recent years, but it may lose the ability to do so in the not too distant future.

FTS files for bankruptcy protection

Hydraulic fracturing company FTS International, along with two affiliated units, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Petronas cuts staff numbers in Myanmar

Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas has reportedly been reducing the size of its team at the Yetagun offshore natural gas field in Myanmar as it prepares for its eventual shutdown in a few years.

ONGC puts out fire at Gujurat gas processing plant

India’s state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has put out a fire at its natural gas processing plant in Gujurat State after the facility was rocked by three explosions.

PipeChina takes over Guangdong gas grid

State-owned pipeline operator PipeChina has signed an agreement with the Guangdong Provincial government to take over the local natural gas grid.

Indonesia secures contractor production commitments

Indonesia’s upstream watchdog has announced a new agreement with the country’s oil and gas contractors that aims to ensure the country’s long and short-term production targets are met.

India’s crude imports shrink in August

India’s crude oil imports shrank 23.4% year on year in August to 15.15mn tonnes (3.58mn barrels per day), according to government data published on September 21.

Senex signs new gas supply deal, expands acreage

Australian independent Senex Energy has signed a natural gas supply contract with a refinery near Queensland’s Gladstone Port.

Cameron LNG begins restart operations as US LNG exports rebound

Sempra Energy, the operator of the Cameron LNG export terminal in Louisiana, said on September 18 that it had begun restart operations at the facility.

Lithuania to make new appeal to EU energy commissioner over Belarus’ NPP

Alberta empties emissions reduction fund with new investments

The government of Alberta said this week that it was emptying its Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund by spending CAD750mn ($560mn) on projects that help industries reduce their carbon emissions.

STAR refinery goes cold on Urals

Cryopeak, Sumitomo sign MoU on LNG bunkering

Canada-based Cryopeak LNG Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s Sumitomo on the development of an LNG bunker fuel supply chain in the Pacific Northwest.

Lummus picked for Duqm petchem technologies

US extends Iraq waiver to buy gas from Iran by 60 days

Massachusetts senators call for shutdown of Weymouth compressor station

The US Senators for Massachusetts called this week for Enbridge to halt operations at its Weymouth compressor station after it experienced an equipment failure earlier this month that resulted in a release of natural gas.

Naftogaz of Ukraine reports negative EBITDA in 1H20

Maine awards 546 MW of green utility-scale capacity

The Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) procured 17 renewable energy projects this week, with 482 MW out of the 546 MW of projects approved this week going to solar developers.

Iran claims progress in persuading Korea to release $7bn of funds frozen under US pressure

PVH, Madrid Polytechnic to collaborate on bifacial photovoltaics

PVH and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), through UPM’s Solar Energy Institute (IES), have signed a collaboration agreement for a six-month study of bifacial photovoltaic systems at the PVH Innovation Centre.