Mozambique parliament adds $56mn of gas revenue to 2026 budget

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
By Newsbase 25 October 2026
The revision more than doubles the gas revenue allocated to the 2026 budget, drawing on carried-over balances in the sovereign wealth fund’s transitional account,

Kenya seeks trading name for Turkana crude ahead of December production target

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
By Newsbase 25 October 2026
Kenya is seeking a trading name for Turkana crude as Gulf Energy targets December 1 first oil, but export dates diverge and compensation disputes persist.
Anticlimax: Turkey's rare earths dream has been dealt a dose of reality by Chinese scientists.

Chinese scientists say Turkey’s claimed “giant” rare earths deposit actually “small in scale”

REM - Renewable Energy
By Newsbase 25 October 2026
Researchers pour cold water on prospects for Kizilcaoren site.
Renewables generated 34% of the world's electricity in 2025, more than three times nuclear power's 9% share, as nuclear output stayed flat while demand grew.

Renewables' share of world electricity rises to 34% as nuclear slips to 9%

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 25 October 2026
Renewables generated more than three times as much of the world's electricity as nuclear power in 2025, although the two sources supplied similar shares in 2000.
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