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NRG Welcome to NewsBase’s Roundup Global told the Financial Times’ John Thornhill
(NRG), in which the reader is invited to join that he would rather “eat toxic nuclear waste”
our team of international editors, who provide a than buy Russian assets. Following President
snapshot of some of the key issues affecting their Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine on Feb-
regional beats. We hope you will like NRG's new ruary 24, Russia is back in that place.
concise format, but by clicking on the headline
link for each section the full text will be available GLNG: Germany Targets LNG Supplies
as before. From Qatar
Germany is turning to Qatar for LNG as it
AfrOil: Uganda’s Energy Minister Hopes pivots away from Russian natural gas in the
For Refinery FID In 2023 wake of the war in Ukraine. Following a visit
Uganda’s Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa to Qatar over the weekend of March 19-20,
says that the Albertine Graben Refinery German Minister of Economy Robert Habeck
Consortium (AGRC) is on track to make a described a deal between the two countries as
final investment decision (FID) next year on a “door opener”.
the construction of a plant that will process
crude oil from fields near Lake Albert. LatAmOil: Emissions Reduction May Be A
At the weekend, Nankabirwa stated that Factor In Ecuador’s Intracampos 2 Tenders
discussions among members of the consor- Ecuador’s Energy Minister Juan Carlos
tium were moving forward. Bermeo has said that Quito may take car-
bon emissions reduction goals into account
AsianOil: BP, Petronas Win Offshore Blocks when selecting the winners of upcoming
In Indonesian Auction tenders for six onshore oil blocks.
Super-major BP and Malaysia’s Petronas More specifically, Bermeo said, Ecua-
both announced on March 18 that they had dor may give extra consideration to offers
been awarded deepwater exploration blocks from investors that offer access to technol-
as part of the second round of Indonesia’s ogies that help shrink the country’s carbon
2021 Oil and Gas Working Area (WK) Bid footprint.
Round.
BP has been awarded the Agung I and MEOG: PNZ Partners Agree Dorra Deal
Agung II blocks, while Petronas won rights MEOG this week covers an agreement to
to the North Ketapang block. develop a shared gas field in the shared Par-
titioned Neutral Zone (PNZ).
DMEA: Angola Refinery Work Set To Start The governments of Kuwait and Saudi
In DMEA this week, we look at the upcom- Arabia this week agreed a deal for the belated
ing start of work on a new refinery in Angola development of the offshore Dorra gas field.
and more attacks on Saudi facilities.
Work on a greenfield refinery in NorthAmOil: Biden Administration To Re-
north-western Angola is expected to begin sume Federal Oil And Gas Leasing
late next month, with equipment set to begin The administration of US President Joe Biden
arriving at the location of a similar facility will resume oil and gas leasing on federal land
two months later, according to a represent- following a court decision temporarily rein- See the archive and
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FSUOGM: Russian Oil Becomes Toxic The development marks the latest twist in week here
Waste a saga that has been ongoing since Biden took
In the midst of the 1998 financial crisis office and attempted to review and overhaul
Adam Elstein, the managing director of the federal oil and gas leasing system, with cli-
Bankers Trust’s Moscow office, famously mate change concerns in mind.

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