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NRG Welcome to NewsBase’s Roundup Global FSUOGM: Hungary Secures Increase In
(NRG), in which the reader is invited to join Russian Gas Supply
our team of international editors, who provide a Hungary announced on August 13 that Russia
snapshot of some of the key issues affecting their had begun ramping up natural gas deliveries to
regional beats. We hope you will like NRG's new the country following a July visit to Moscow by
concise format, but by clicking on the headline its foreign minister. Trade negotiations between
link for each section the full text will be available the two sides “led to an agreement” that has
as before. resulted in Russia’s Gazprom starting to deliver
“above the already contracted quantities,” begin-
AfrOil: Eni Acquires Tango FLNG For Marine ning on August 12.
XII Project
Italian oil major Eni SpA has acquired Tango GLNG: BP, Eni Complete Formation Of Azu-
FLNG, a small-scale floating LNG (FLNG) le Energy JV In Angola
vessel, for installation at the Marine XII BP (UK) and Eni (Italy) confirmed on
block offshore Republic of Congo from Bel- August 2 that they had completed the pro-
gium’s Exmar. In a statement dated August cess of establishing Azule Energy, a new
5, the Italian major reported that access to joint venture that will combine both com-
the vessel, which can liquefy 600,000 tonnes panies’ upstream, LNG and solar energy
per year (tpy) of natural gas, would allow it assets in Angola. In a joint statement, BP
to accelerate the start of LNG production at and Eni noted that Azule Energy’s port-
Marine XII. folio would include equity stakes in 16
Angolan oil and gas blocks, including six
AsianOil: Senex Unveils Surat Basin Gas Ex- exploration blocks.
pansion Plans
Australia’s Senex Energy has said it will LatAmOil: Terminal Fire Could Plunge Cuba
invest more than AUD1bn ($710mn) into an Into An Energy Crisis
expansion of its Atlas and Roma North gas Cuba may be heading for an energy crisis
projects in Queensland’s Surat Basin. The following a devastating fire that destroyed
company described the expansion as being at least 40% of the Matanzas Supertanker
part of a push to “help secure Australia’s Base, the country’s largest crude oil and
energy future”. petroleum product import terminal and
The company said that it was ready to storage depot. The blaze broke out on the
increase its gas production to 60 petajoules evening of August 5, when lightning hit
(1.6bn cubic metres) per year, following a section of the complex that houses four
years of exploration and studies. storage tanks.

DMEA: Iran Makes Midstream Progress MEOG: Maha’s Mafraq Farm-Down
Iran is set to complete a pipeline that Swedish explorer Maha Energy has farmed
will enable increased gas flows to Azer- down a 35% stake in Oman’s Block 70 explo-
baijan under swap arrangements with ration and production-sharing agreement
Turkmenistan, while the government (EPSA) to local firm Mafraq Energy. Follow-
has signed off on the country’s first LNG ing the deal, which remains subject to Omani
project. government approval, Maha will hold 65% in
Mohammad Reza Joulayi, head of the concession and remain operator.
dispatching operations at the National
Iranian Gas Co. (NIGC), told the Min- NorthAmOil: Centrica, Delfin Sign Prelimi-
istry of Petroleum’s (MoP) Shana news nary LNG Supply Deal
agency on August 7 that a 150-km UK-based Centrica has signed a heads of agree-
pipeline running from Rasht on Iran’s ment (HoA) to buy 1mn tonnes per year (tpy)
Caspian Sea coast to a point near the of LNG from the US’ Delfin Midstream. The See the archive and
Iranian village of Chelavand on the preliminary agreement takes Delfin one step sign up to receive
Gilan Province border with Azerbaijan closer to a final investment decision (FID) on its *NRG Editor’s Picks*
will be ready for gas transfers within planned floating LNG (FLNG) export terminal for free by email each
the next few days. in the US Gulf of Mexico. week here

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