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Baltics agree on methodology of power trade as they brace for boycott of Belarusian electricity
Iran’s oil minister openly admits forging export documents to dodge US sanctions
Tanker tracking companies, meanwhile, see September surge in Iranian crude shipments with one describing “levels we haven’t seen in a year and a half”.
“Hiding its failures” has become “crucial” for Turkey’s Erdogan “autocracy” says Carnegie analyst
Carbon-neutral LNG moving into the spotlight
The prospect of widespread carbon-neutral LNG trading is increasingly under discussion, but would need to be balanced with cost-competitiveness.
Uzbekistan for first time reveals uranium production figures
Chinese company to restore 500-kV Uzbek-Tajik power transmission line
Armenian hydropower plant owned by ex-prosecutor general’s son ‘fined for not returning enough water to river’
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.
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