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NRG Welcome to NewsBase’s Oil & Gas Roundup 2042, SeeNews reported on 17 March.
Global (NRG), in which the reader is invited The value of the contract is based on
to join our team of international editors, who the transport tariffs applicable at the
provide a snapshot of some of the key issues current date, the agency said, referring to
affecting their regional beats. We hope you a statement OMV Petrom filed with the
will like NRG's new concise format, but by Bucharest Stock Exchange.
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the full text will be available as before. FSUOGM: Russia Proposes Hiking Domestic
Gas Tariffs To Offset Lost Export Revenues
AfrOil: DRC Licensing Round Attracts Green Russia’s State Duma has proposed revising
Investor domestic tariffs for gas use to offset the
An unconventional candidate has entered losses Gazprom has sustained from losing
the onshore bidding round launched much of its gas market share in Europe.
last July by the Democratic Republic of Gazprom has earned several times more
Congo (DRC) – EQX Biome, a US-based on the European market than it does
investment firm that focuses on preserving domestically, and the loss of much of that
biodiversity. The fund has reportedly market can be compensated by increased
submitted offers for all 27 of the potentially domestic tariffs, the Duma’s energy
oil-bearing blocks included in the licensing committee has said, according to Russian
round. media.

AsianOil: Putin Says Russia Ready To Increase LatAmOil: Maduro Names PdVSA Head Oil
Oil And Gas Supplies To China Minister Amidst Corruption Probe
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
that Russia is ready to increase oil supplies named Pedro Rafael Tellechea, the head
to China, its key energy partner, following a of the national oil company (NOC)
meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping PdVSA, as the country’s new petroleum
in Moscow on March 20-21. minister on March 21. Tellechea took
"Russia is prepared to increase uninterrupted office one day after his predecessor,
oil supplies to support development of the Chi- Tareck El Aissami, stepped down amidst
nese economy," Putin said, after a meeting with a corruption investigation that has seen
Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow. several government officials and judges
arrested and more than 20 lower-level
DMEA: Final Train Launched SP Phase 14 PdVSA representatives detained.
Refinery
Iranian media reported this week that the MEOG: Maha Begins Oman Production Test
fourth and final train at the South Pars Swedish explorer Maha Energy this week
Phase 14 refinery had started production. announced the start of production testing at
Deputy Minister of Petroleum and National Block 70 onshore Oman as part of an eight-
Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) CEO Mohsen well drilling campaign.
Khojastehmehr announced the initial start- In a press release, the company said it had
up of the refinery in March 2022, upon started with the Mafraq-9 well, with new wells
receiving raw sour gas from the offshore to be added to the test system every two weeks
field. South Pars is split into 24 offshore following its completion with PCP pumps.
development phases and 14 onshore gas
refineries which process the gas produced NorthAmOil: US Becomes Third-Largest LNG
offshore. Exporter As First Wave Nears Completion
The first wave of US LNG export capacity
EurOil: Romanian Companies Prepare For is not yet fully online, but the country has
Neptun Deep Gas, Plan New Pipeline Link already become the world’s third-largest
Romania’s OMV Petrom and Romgaz exporter of the fuel. According to the latest See the archive and
have signed a €276mn natural gas data from the US Department of Energy’s sign up to receive
delivery contract with the country’s (DoE) Office of Fossil Energy, exports of *NRG Editor’s Picks*
national gas transmission company, US LNG hit a new record high of 4.7bn for free by email each
Transgaz, covering a 16-year period, cubic feet (133mn cubic metres) per day week here
from September 2026 to September in May.

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