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Pemex to cut expenses, contracts amid oil price slide, CEO says

24 March 2020

Mexico’s national oil company (NOC) Pemex is reportedly planning to reduce its administrative expenses and contracts this year in order to help deal with the impact of falling crude oil prices.

Global power demand falls 15%

24 March 2020

The current global COVID-19 crisis has highlighted how much the modern economy relies on electricity, the IEA has claimed.

Petrobras asks to draw $8bn from revolving credit lines amid pandemic

24 March 2020

Brazil’s state-controlled oil and gas company Petrobras has asked to draw $8bn from its revolving credit lines.

Fred Olsen confirmed as installer of MHI Vestas turbines at CIP’s Changfang and Xidao wind farm

24 March 2020

Fred Olsen Windcarrier is to install 62 MHI Vestas turbines at the Changfang and Xidao (CFXD) wind farms off Taiwan

Curacao refinery operator seizes Bonaire terminal from PdVSA subsidiary

24 March 2020

PdVSA has lost control of the BOPEC oil terminal in Bonaire to Refineria di Korsou (RdK), the owner of the Curacao oil-processing plant.

Coal now unbankable in India

24 March 2020

Coal power has become largely unbankable in India, with 46 GW of proposed coal-fired power projects cancelled in the last 12 months and 600 GW in the last 10 years.

Price slide could cut Brazil exploration budgets by up to $600mn

24 March 2020

The fall in crude oil prices could force Brazil to scale back oil and gas exploration budgets by $300-600mn this year.

Indian Energy Minister allows green projects to invoke force majeure

24 March 2020

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has allowed wind and solar projects hit by COVID-19 to invoke force majeure clauses

YPF to suspend non-critical activities on coronavirus crisis

24 March 2020

Argentina’s national oil company (NOC) YPF has said it will gradually suspend activities that are not critical to its business, as it takes emergency measures in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Fitch cuts oil price outlook for 2020 from 62.5/bbl to $41/bbl on global recession fears

24 March 2020

Fitch Ratings has cut its short and medium-term oil and natural gas price assumptions in expectation of very large market oversupply in 2020.

Nigeria seen cutting Bonny Light, Qua Iboe prices by at least $3 per barrel

24 March 2020

Nigeria will reportedly join Saudi Arabia in selling its oil at a significant discount to Brent, one of the world’s main benchmark crudes.

Fuel shortages reportedly continuing in many parts of Sudan

24 March 2020

Many cities and towns in Sudan have continued to report fuel shortages, despite the government’s efforts to improve supply conditions.

Uganda tasks state-owned company with bulk fuel sales to local retailers

24 March 2020

Uganda’s government has officially tasked a state-owned business, Uganda National Oil Co. (UNOC), with selling bulk quantities of imported petroleum products to local retailers.

Russian pipemaker ChelPipe getting ready for IPO

24 March 2020

With the predominance of oil and gas in Russia’s economy the pipe-making business is a big one. ChelPipe is the market leader and is now considering an IPO.

Tanzanian energy minister says domestic fuel reserves are adequate

24 March 2020

Tanzania’s Energy Minister Medard Kalemani said last week that the country’s fuel inventories were capable of covering domestic demand for at least two months.