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Ascent Resources reportedly plans to sue Slovenia for €50mn
Stabilis considering Monterrey as site for small-scale Mexican LNG plant
Houston-based Stabilis Energy has said it is considering the Mexican city of Monterrey as a potential site for its first LNG project in the Central American country.
Cheniere receives approval for Corpus Christi Train 2 start-up
US LNG export pioneer Cheniere Energy has received regulatory approval this week to bring the second train into commercial service at its Corpus Christi LNG export project on the US Gulf Coast.
Iranian, Indian officials holding out hope for PTA by 2020
Cheap LNG floods Europe
LNG imports into Europe are booming, buoyed by low spot prices and weak European demand, as more regasification capacity is built.
Russia's private oil major Lukoil boosts profit 26% in 2Q19
Kazakh oil exports to China down 22% y/y in Jan-July
Uzbekistan’s Turonbank and China’s Eximbank sign $65.5mn agreement on Uzbek hydropower projects
Shell agrees Qatari lubricant deal
Cypriot LNG project moves forward
Africa’s pay-as-you-go potential whets Japanese investment appetite
Mitsubishi’s investment in BBOXX paves the way for Japan’s deeper engagement with Africa’s power development and the global energy transition
Mexico strikes deal on Sur de Texas-Tuxpan gas pipeline
Mexico's national power provider CFE has struck a deal with four companies involved in the construction of new gas pipelines.
Head of IGU praises Bolivian government’s gas policy
The secretary general of the IGU says Bolivia stands to benefit from increased global demand for natural gas.
ATO demands $509mn from Shell
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has demanded that Royal Dutch Shell pay a A$755mn ($509.3mn) bill for unpaid taxes on its stake in the Browse natural gas project offshore Western Australia.
Botswana, Namibia target 5,000 MW of solar
Botswana and Namibia have launched a procurement programme for up to 5,000 MW of utility-scale solar projects with the support of a group of Western DFIs
Pakistani upstream boosted by new onshore discoveries
Testing of two new discoveries at one of Pakistan’s most prolific blocks has provided a much-needed boost to the country’s beleaguered upstream.
Mexico apparently hesitating on oil price hedge
Mexico’s government has not yet executed its oil hedge and may opt out of doing so altogether this year.
Angola to launch tender for refinery work
Joe-1 well spudded at Orinduik block offshore Guyana
Tullow Oil and its partners have spudded a new exploration well at the Orinduik block offshore Guyana.
Pluspetrol reins in production at Las Malvinas gas plant
Argentina’s Pluspetrol has temporarily scaled back production at the Las Malvinas natural gas plant in Peru following the discovery of leaks in a pipe.
Sinopec’s H1 profit falls 25%
China’s state-run Sinopec Corp., Asia’s largest refiner, saw its first-half net profit shrink 24.7% year on year to CNY31.34bn yuan ($4.38bn) on the back of heightened domestic competition.
Equinor, YPF sign preliminary agreement on offshore block
Equinor has concluded a preliminary agreement with YPF, Argentina’s national oil company (NOC), on the establishment of a joint venture to explore the CAN 100 block.
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