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Scrapping 79 Japanese nuclear facilities to cost roughly $17.1B
The state-backed Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Jaea) said last week it would have to spend roughly 1.9 trillion yen ($17.1 billion) to close 79 facilities over 70 ...
Blm nets nearly $7.2M in Utah lease sale
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management raised $7.19 million on March 26 in a federal lease sale for oil and natural drilling in Utah, Kallanish Energy reports. A total of 111 ...
Nigeria-Morocco pipeline to face considerable challenges: Fitch
The planned Nigeria-to-Morocco natural gas pipeline (NMGP) faces a myriad of challenges and is "unlikely to materialize in the short or medium-term," Kallanish Energy learns from analysts at Fitch Solutions Macro Research.
Iraq’s policies on upstream development ‘stalled’: GlobalData
Despite Iraq’s ambitions to expand its crude oil and natural gas production, the country’s policies to support upstream development appear stalled, Kallanish Energy learns from data/analytics firm GlobalData. Iraqi oil ...
U.S. natgas consumption set record in 2018
U.S. natural gas usage jumped 10% in 2018, to a record 82.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), the Energy Information Administration reported. Domestic consumption of natural ...
Phoenix-CNOOC JV to build Philippines’ first LNG terminal
The Philippines’ energy ministry has approved the bid from local fuel retailer Phoenix Petroleum and China’s CNOOC to build the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. ...
Argentina changes unconventional gas subsidy program
Argentina’s government has decided to change the country’s subsidy program for unconventional gas development leaving projects in limbo, Kallanish Energy learns from local producers YPF and Pampa Energia. ...
France studies biomass usage to deal with coal phase-out
France is studying a project to replace coal-fired power plants with biomass generation plants by 2022, with a view to securing supply in northwest France, particularly in Brittany, ...
Shell, Eni knew of corruption in Nigeria’s OPL 245 deal: judge
European oil majors Shell and Eni reportedly knew of the corruption ongoing during their OPL 245 acquisition in Nigeria, a case in which they are being tried ...
Pennsylvania proposes methane rules for existing wells, facilities
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has rolled out a draft plan to curtail air emissions from thousands of existing oil and natural gas wells — a move that could have ...