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Russia's oil revenues in January higher than from before the war
Russia’s budget earned more money from oil taxes in January 2024 than it did in January 2023, Ministry of Finance (MinFin) reported on February 7.
Uzbekistan: Car buyers turning to foreign brands
China’s automakers are easily dominating market share for imports. Almost 80% of foreign-bought vehicles arrived from there in 2023.
Earth has already passed 1.5 degrees warming, says study
The Earth may have passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming and in fact could soon reach 2 degrees, say international researchers who studied 300-year-old sea sponges in the Caribbean.
Energo: OFAC “smart sanctions” target turbine lubricants and additives in an effort to stop Russian military production
OFAC “smart sanctions” target turbine lubricants and additives in an effort to stop Russian military production
Two days before Christmas the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) quietly released new sanctions on an esoteric product group: turbine lubricants. But these "smart sanctions" could bring Russian industry to a standstill.
PANNIER: Response to Bishkek thermal power plant explosion lifts lid on Central Asia relations
And what’s seen is quite encouraging.
EurOil: UK awards more oil and gas licences
AsianOil: Russia's oil tankers stranded in South Korea amidst US sanctions and payment woes
Orlen sold Lotos assets for at least €1.15bn below market value, state auditor says
Warsaw-listed fuels and energy giant Orlen sold assets of peer Lotos PLN5bn (€1.15bn) below their market value, according to a report by the state audit body NIK.
Five companies interested in building new reactors at Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP
Russian companies not allowed to bid for expansion of Bulgaria's only nuclear power station, intended to ensure country's energy security.
DMEA: Central Bank of Nigeria set to take over NNPCL crude sales
LatAmOil: US moving toward revival of oil sanctions on Venezuela
TSX-listed Condor Energies secures contract to boost natural gas production and cut emissions in Uzbekistan
MEOG: KPC considers project delays to plug deficit
AfrElec: Karpowership SA among four emergency generation projects scrapped by South Africa’s utility Eskom
New Polish government dismisses Orlen chief as clean-up after PiS continues in state companies
Investigations launched into sell-off of assets in Lotos merger, and company’s lowering of fuel prices before the election last year.
Russia oil product exports fall by a third due to Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries
Russia is increasingly struggling to maintain the export of oil products after at least half a dozen long-distance Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries caused fires causing temporary halts in production at facilities across western Russia.
Favourite Westinghouse ejected from Czech nuclear tender
Czech premier announces French EDF and South Korean KHNP will be asked to submit binding offers for up to four new units at the Dukovany and Temelin nuclear power plants.
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