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US LNG exports to Latin America unlikely to stay at three-year high as regional supply pressures ease
Russia adds more energy firms to list not required to disclose corporate info
Russia has added 12 energy and aviation-fuel companies, including seven subsidiaries of state oil giant Rosneft, to a list of entities permitted to decide how much corporate information they disclose.
Guyana shifts oil localisation drive towards equal pay for skilled workers
Guyana's oil industry is entering a new phase as operators back equal pay for qualified local workers, highlighting the country's shift from expatriate dependence towards a mature, skilled domestic offshore workforce.
Putin vows to shore up Crimean fuel supply
Russia has begun work on a new system for supplying petroleum products to Crimea that will be harder to attack.
Guyana’s offshore boom shifts labour challenge from oilfields to maritime logistics
Guyana's oil expansion is creating a less visible but increasingly critical challenge: building the skilled maritime workforce needed to sustain offshore operations as production and vessel traffic continue to accelerate.
Russia reports drone debris hitting Afipsky refinery, causing fire
The blaze was subsequently extinguished.
Nigeria crude output hits 74-month high, exceeds Opec quota for fourth month
Nigeria's crude oil production rose to a 74-month high in June, exceeding its Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) quota for a fourth consecutive month
Gazprom reports drone strike on compressor station serving Russia's Blue Stream gas pipeline
The station was attacked at 19:51 local time on July 7, Gazprom said. The company did not disclose the extent of the damage, adding that emergency work was under way.
Iran says US waiver revocation will not disrupt oil exports
Iran’s oil exports will continue “uninterrupted” despite Washington’s decision to revoke a temporary sanctions waiver, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said, one week after the United States withdrew the licence issued under a peace deal.
Tankers stack up off Fujairah as Hormuz becomes contested chokepoint
Ship-tracking data shows tankers clustering at anchorages off Fujairah, Khor Fakkan and Sohar rather than transiting the Strait of Hormuz, as a US cargo levy, Iranian tolls and mining claims turn the waterway into a contested chokepoint.
Iran ships 80mn barrels of oil in 26 days before US blockade returns, monitoring service says
Iran exported more than 80mn barrels of crude oil and refined petroleum products worth over $6bn in the 26 days following the signing of a now scuttled peace deal with the United States, shipping monitor TankerTrackers.com said.
Russia claims it has partially stabilised domestic fuel market
The attacks damaged several refineries and temporarily reduced gasoline and diesel production, forcing suppliers to reroute fuel and placing greater pressure on filling stations, Novak said.
Cheiron Energy secures $550mn funding for Egyptian gas expansion
Cheiron Finance, a subsidiary of oil explorer Cheiron Energy, has signed a $550mn financing agreement with a syndicate of Gulf and international banks
Italian energy giant Eni eyes further Ghana investment after record gas output
Ghana’s Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has praised Italian energy group Eni for helping strengthen the country’s energy security, 3News reported, after the company reversed a decline in production and reached record gas output.
Zambia appoints Noubeg Power for proposed 40-MW wind study
Noubeg Power & Co. said it had been selected by Zambia’s Ministry of Energy to prepare a proposed 40-MW wind power project as the country seeks to reduce its heavy dependence on hydropower.
Russian refining down to record lows, LNG exports to Europe at record highs
Russia’s crude output declined to the lowest in at least two and a half years in June as Ukraine attacked the nation’s oil infrastructure on an almost daily basis. But LNG production remains untouched and exports to Europe are at record highs.
Nasan Energies acquires Shell- and Engen-branded service stations from Vivo Energy Namibia
Namibian-owned Nasan said the acquisition made it the country’s third-largest oil marketing company.
Guyana tests credibility of new oil licensing regime
Guyana has given Cybele Energy until the end of July to pay a $17mn signing bonus or risk losing its offshore oil licence, highlighting Georgetown's determination to enforce stricter petroleum contracts.
LNG Alliance targets Argentina for expansion after advancing Mexico export project
Singapore-based LNG Alliance is preparing to expand into Argentina as it evaluates liquefied natural gas (LNG) export opportunities in the country, following progress on its $3.5bn Amigo LNG project in Mexico.
Archer secures $90m drilling rig contract from YPF for Vaca Muerta expansion
Oilfield services company Archer has been awarded an additional five-year contract by YPF to supply a super-spec drilling rig for Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation, expanding its fleet in one of the world's busiest unconventional oil and gas.
Pemex repairs third fuel oil pipeline leak in Salina Cruz in less than a month
Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) announced it had completed its third repair in less than a month on a fuel oil pipeline on July 8. The leak was in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, in the Jardines neighborhood.
Petroleum coke exports from Pemex's Dos Bocas rebound after troubled period
Market participants said the availability of petroleum coke produced at Petróleos Mexicanos’s (Pemex) Olmeca refinery at Dos Bocas in Tabasco has risen in recent weeks. This is after technical problems have curbed exports for much of this year.
Ecopetrol faces governance scrutiny as Colombia's incoming government targets pipeline subsidiary
Colombia's incoming government has launched its first anti-corruption probe against Ecopetrol's pipeline subsidiary Cenit, raising fresh governance questions around Latin America's largest listed oil producer.
TotalEnergies ships first LNG cargo from new Mexican Pacific coast facility
TotalEnergies, French-based energy firm, has shipped the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from ECA LNG Phase 1, a newly commissioned export terminal in Ensenada, Baja California, marking the opening of Mexico’s first LNG export facility.
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