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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 ...
Venezuela’s Guaido to announce changes to Citgo’s board
U.S.-based, Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum is set to undergo a restructuring in its leadership following Juan Guaido’s declaration he is Venezuela’s new interim president. Guiado is expected ...
DOE seeks to develop future coal-fired power plants
The U.S. Department of Energy intends to fund competitive research and development efforts in fiscal year 2019 to develop the coal-fired power plants of the future. The effort is known ...