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NRG Welcome to NewsBase’s Roundup Global of the Jackdaw gas field in the UK North Sea,
(NRG), in which the reader is invited to join despite heightened concerns about the coun-
our team of international editors, who provide a try’s energy supply security over the coming
snapshot of some of the key issues affecting their years. Shell took a final investment decision on
regional beats. We hope you will like NRG’s new Jackdaw in late July, and is targeting first gas in
concise format, but by clicking on the headline the second half of 2025.
link for each section the full text will be available
as before. FSU OGM: Hungary secures increase in
Russian gas supply
AfrOil: Eni acquires Tango FLNG for use at Hungary announced on August 13 that Russia
Marine XII block had begun ramping up natural gas deliveries
Italian oil major Eni SpA has acquired Tango to the country following a July visit to Mos-
FLNG, a small-scale floating LNG vessel, for cow by its foreign minister. Trade negotiations
installation at the Marine XII block offshore between the two sides “led to an agreement”
Republic of Congo from Belgium’s Exmar. In that has resulted in Russia’s Gazprom starting to
a statement dated August 5, the Italian major deliver “above the already contracted quantities,”
reported that access to the vessel, which can beginning on August 12.
liquefy 600,000 tonnes per year of natural gas,
would allow it to accelerate the start of LNG pro- GLNG: Nigerian LNG exports to Europe
duction at Marine XII. could double in long term
Matthew Baldwin, the European Commission’s
AsianOil: Senex unveils Surat Basin gas deputy director-general for energy, has said he
expansion plans believes Nigeria has the potential to see natu-
Australia’s Senex Energy has said it will invest ral gas exports to Europe more than double in
more than AUD1bn ($710mn) into an expan- the long term. In an exclusive interview with
sion of its Atlas and Roma North gas projects Premium Times last week, Baldwin noted that
in Queensland’s Surat Basin. The company Nigeria accounted for 14% of the LNG now
described the expansion as being part of a push being delivered to the European Union.
to “help secure Australia’s energy future.”
MEOG: Maha’s Mafraq farm-down
DMEA: Iran makes midstream progress Swedish explorer Maha Energy has farmed
Mohammad Reza Joulayi, head of dispatch- down a 35% stake in Oman’s Block 70 explo-
ing operations at the National Iranian Gas ration and production-sharing agreement to
Co. (NIGC), said a pipeline from Rasht on the local firm Mafraq Energy. Following the deal,
Caspian Sea coast to a point near the village of which remains subject to Omani government
Chelavand on border with Azerbaijan would be approval, Maha will hold 65% in the concession
ready for gas transfers within the next few days. and remain operator.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Oil Pension Fund said a
day later that it had obtained a permit for a 5mn NorthAmOil: Centrica and Delfin sign
tonne per year liquefaction train as part of the preliminary LNG supply deal
long-delayed Iran LNG project at Tombak Port. UK-based Centrica has signed a heads of agree-
ment to buy 1mn tonnes per year of LNG from
EurOil: Greenpeace vows further protests the US’ Delfin Midstream. The preliminary
against Jackdaw agreement takes Delfin one step closer to a final
Environmental NGO Greenpeace will stage investment decision on its planned floating LNG
another protest against Shell’s development export terminal in the US Gulf of Mexico. ™

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