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Sylva: Nigeria does not expect full recovery of $62bn claims against investors

21 October 2019

Nigeria does not expect to recover all of the $62bn in claims it has lodged against oil companies.

Angola hopes reforms will help boost oil production, attract investment

20 October 2019

Jose Massano, the governor of Angola’s Central Bank, hopes the government’s plans for economic reform will facilitate efforts to privatise key state-owned enterprises, including a stake in the national oil company (NOC), Sonangol.

Lithuania considers banning purchases of electricity from Belarus’ nuclear power plant

20 October 2019

President Gitanas Nauseda says he wants to prevent countries with “unsafe nuclear power plants” from exporting electricity to Lithuania, but fellow Baltic states Estonia and Latvia appear not to share his concerns.

Tajikistan’s massive Rogun hydropower dam: a blessing or a curse?

18 October 2019

Poorest Central Asian nation Tajikistan is in danger of defaulting on its first ever Eurobond as the construction of the giant Rogun hydropower dam gobbles up scarce resources.

Woodside delays Browse FID, brings forward Pluto LNG expansion

17 October 2019

Australia’s Woodside Energy has delayed a final investment decision on its proposed Browse mega-project to the second half of 2021, but has also brought plans to approve its Scarborough gas project and Pluto LNG expansion forward.

Canadian First Nations show interest in LNG

17 October 2019

Four Canadian First Nations in north-west British Columbia have partnered in a climate change initiative that wants to buy into the country’s nascent LNG industry.

All Elba Island units to be in service by mid-2020

17 October 2019

Kinder Morgan has said it expects all units at its Elba Island LNG export terminal – which was reported to have entered commercial service last week after several delays – are due to be operational by the first half of 2020.

Head of Mexican oil workers’ union quits amidst close scrutiny

17 October 2019

The head of Mexico’s influential oil workers’ union, known by its Spanish acronym SPTRM, stepped down on October 16 amidst allegations of corruption.

Argentina blasts three companies for operations near Falkland Islands

17 October 2019

Argentina’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement singling out three oil companies for criticism over their operations off the coast of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Ecuador’s president backs away from plan to lift motor fuel subsidies

17 October 2019

Following more than a week of protests over the elimination of motor fuel subsidies, Ecuador's president has negotiated a deal with opposition groups.