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NewsBase’s Roundup Global (NRG)

NRG WELCOME to NewsBase’s Roundup Global FSUOGM: Kazakhstan seeks to supply Germany
(NRG), in which the reader is invited to join with oil via Druzhba
our team of international editors, who provide a Kazakhstan is seeking to pump oil to Germany
snapshot of some of the key issues affecting their via the Druzhba pipeline system, helping the lat-
regional beats. We hope you will like NRG’s new ter replace lost Russian volumes. Germany has
concise format, but by clicking on the headline link followed through on a pledge to halt Russian
for each section the full text will be available as oil imports on January 1, even though the EU
before. embargo on crude supplies from the country,
imposed in December, only extends to seaborne
deliveries and not those via pipeline.
AfrOil: Eni plans second FLNG unit for Marine GLNG: Germany receives its first shipment of US
XII LNG at newly opened terminal
Italy’s Eni revealed on December 22 that it has The first shipment of US liquefied natural gas has
arranged to deploy and install a second float- arrived in Germany at the Wilhelmshaven ter-
ing LNG unit at the Marine XII block located minal, according to German energy firm Uniper.
offshore Republic of Congo. The Italian major The supplier was US company Venture Global
acquired the first unit – the Tango FLNG, which Calcasieu Pass, which sent 97.1mn cubic metres
has a production capacity of 600,000 tonnes per of natural gas, enough to power around 50,000
year – for Marine XII last August. German households for a year.

AsianOil: China, Philippines strike deal on
South China Sea LatAmOil: Chevron prepares to resume Vene-
China and the Philippines have agreed to resume zuelan oil exports
talks on joint exploration for oil and gas in the The US oil company Chevron is reportedly pre-
disputed portion of the South China Sea, a paring to resume shipments of Venezuelan crude
month after Manila broke off negotiations. oil after a hiatus of nearly four years. An anony-
The two countries agreed on January 5 to set mous source familiar with the matter informed
up a direct communications channel between Reuters in the last week of December that the
their foreign ministries to handle the dispute US major was sending two tankers to the South
peacefully. American country.

DMEA: Largest CDU in Middle East launched MEOG: Zenith to acquire OMV’s Yemeni assets
at Abadan refinery A Dutch affiliate of Canada-based Zenith
The Middle East’s largest crude distillation unit Energy has entered a share purchase agreement
(CDU) has gone online at Iran’s Abadan oil refin- to acquire Austrian firm OMV’s assets in Yemen
ery with a capacity of 210,000 barrels per day, the in a deal worth just over $21.6mn. The assets
head of the National Iranian Oil and Engineer- comprise Block S-2, which contains the 6,000
ing Company (NIOEC) has informed the mar- barrel per day al-Uqlah oilfield, Block 3 ‘Jardan’
ket. According to NIOEC’s managing director and Block 70, which are in the exploratory phase
Farhad Ahmadi, the cost of the plant’s new CDU and have estimated resources of 60mn and 70mn
came to around €2.6bn. barrels respectively.
EurOil: Germany, Norway team up on renewables, NorthAmOil: Marathon closes purchase of
other low-carbon tech Ensign’s Eagle Ford assets for $3bn
Norway and Germany have announced plans to Marathon Oil has closed the acquisition from
expand their co-operation in the development of Ensign Natural Resources of Eagle Ford shale
renewable energy and other low-carbon technol- acreage for $3bn in cash. The deal had been
ogies, their governments announced on January 5. announced in early November. The assets – in
The two countries referred to offshore wind power, the core of the play – nearly double Marathon’s
hydrogen, battery technology and carbon capture Eagle Ford position to 290,000 net acres (117,350
and storage as areas they would focus on. hectares) and are adjacent to Marathon’s existing
Eagle Ford wells..

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