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NRG Welcome to NewsBase’s Roundup Global stage another protest against Shell’s devel-
(NRG), in which the reader is invited to join opment of the Jackdaw gas field in the UK
our team of international editors, who provide a North Sea, despite heightened concerns
snapshot of some of the key issues affecting their about the country’s energy supply security
regional beats. We hope you will like NRG's new over the coming years.
concise format, but by clicking on the headline Shell took a final investment decision
link for each section the full text will be available (FID) on Jackdaw in late July, and is target-
as before. ing first gas in the second half of 2025. It
took the step after revising its plan to reduce
AfrOil: Eni Acquires Tango FLNG For Marine the field’s emissions, after an environmental
XII Project statement it filed last year was rejected.
Italian oil major Eni SpA has acquired Tango
FLNG, a small-scale floating LNG (FLNG) GLNG: BP, Eni Complete Formation Of Azu-
vessel, for installation at the Marine XII le Energy JV In Angola
block offshore Republic of Congo from Bel- BP (UK) and Eni (Italy) confirmed on
gium’s Exmar. In a statement dated August August 2 that they had completed the pro-
5, the Italian major reported that access to cess of establishing Azule Energy, a new
the vessel, which can liquefy 600,000 tonnes joint venture that will combine both com-
per year (tpy) of natural gas, would allow it panies’ upstream, LNG and solar energy
to accelerate the start of LNG production at assets in Angola.
Marine XII. In a joint statement, BP and Eni noted that
Azule Energy’s portfolio would include equity
AsianOil: Senex Unveils Surat Basin Gas Ex- stakes in 16 Angolan oil and gas blocks, includ-
pansion Plans ing six exploration blocks.
Australia’s Senex Energy has said it will
invest more than AUD1bn ($710mn) into an LatAmOil: Terminal Fire Could Plunge Cuba
expansion of its Atlas and Roma North gas Into An Energy Crisis
projects in Queensland’s Surat Basin. The Cuba may be heading for an energy crisis
company described the expansion as being following a devastating fire that destroyed
part of a push to “help secure Australia’s at least 40% of the Matanzas Supertanker
energy future”. Base, the country’s largest crude oil and
The company said that it was ready to petroleum product import terminal and
increase its gas production to 60 petajoules storage depot. The blaze broke out on the
(1.6bn cubic metres) per year, following evening of August 5, when lightning hit
years of exploration and studies. a section of the complex that houses four
storage tanks.
DMEA: Iran Makes Midstream Progress
Iran is set to complete a pipeline that will ena- MEOG: Maha’s Mafraq Farm-Down
ble increased gas flows to Azerbaijan under Swedish explorer Maha Energy has farmed
swap arrangements with Turkmenistan, while down a 35% stake in Oman’s Block 70 explo-
the government has signed off on the coun- ration and production-sharing agreement
try’s first LNG project. (EPSA) to local firm Mafraq Energy. Follow-
Mohammad Reza Joulayi, head of dis- ing the deal, which remains subject to Omani
patching operations at the National Iranian government approval, Maha will hold 65% in
Gas Co. (NIGC), told the Ministry of Petro- the concession and remain operator.
leum’s (MoP) Shana news agency on August
7 that a 150-km pipeline running from Rasht NorthAmOil: Centrica, Delfin Sign Prelimi-
on Iran’s Caspian Sea coast to a point near nary LNG Supply Deal
the Iranian village of Chelavand on the Gilan UK-based Centrica has signed a heads of
Province border with Azerbaijan will be agreement (HoA) to buy 1mn tonnes per
ready for gas transfers within the next few year (tpy) of LNG from the US’ Delfin Mid- See the archive and
days. stream. The preliminary agreement takes sign up to receive
Delfin one step closer to a final investment *NRG Editor’s Picks*
EurOil: Greenpeace Vows Further Protests decision (FID) on its planned floating LNG for free by email each
Against Jackdaw (FLNG) export terminal in the US Gulf of week here
Environmental NGO Greenpeace will Mexico.

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