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NRG Welcome to NewsBase’s Roundup Global from US developer Venture Global, the compa-
(NRG), in which the reader is invited to join nies announced on September 2. The deal covers
our team of international editors, who provide a supplies for 20 years, and raises PGNiG’s total
snapshot of some of the key issues affecting their purchases to 5.5mn tpy, or 7.4bn cubic metres of
regional beats. We hope you will like NRG’s new regasified volumes.
concise format, but by clicking on the headline
link for each section the full text will be available FSU OGM: Gazprom rides price surge
as before. Russia’s national gas champion Gazprom is on
track to pay out record dividends this year, after
AfrOil: Another East African pipeline faces riding the surge in European gas prices during
ESG challenge recent months. But despite its financial numbers,
Josphat Nanok, the governor of Kenya’s Turkana Gazprom faces risks ahead, with the fate of its
county, and James Lomenen Ekomwa, an MP Nord Stream 2 pipeline still hanging in the bal-
representing Turkana South, have criticised the ance, while its rival Rosneft takes advantage of
government’s approach to acquiring land for the the company’s troubles to push for access to the
Lokichar-Lamu Crude Oil Pipeline (LLCOP) European gas market.
project. Nanok recently alleged that Kenya’s
National Land Commission (NLC) had begun GLNG: Indian firms eye Arctic LNG 2
acquiring land for the project in violation of the Two Indian companies, Petronet LNG and
country’s constitution and existing body of law. ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), are reportedly in
discussions about buying a stake in Russia’s
AsianOil: McDermott installs platform Arctic LNG 2 project, which is being developed
offshore Vietnam by Novatek. The talks are centred on a 9.9% stake
International service provider McDermott has in the liquefaction project, Bloomberg reported
successfully installed a production platform over this week, citing a member of the Indian delega-
the Sao Vang and Dai Nguyet (SVDN) gas and tion to Moscow who is involved in the negotia-
condensate field in Vietnam’s offshore Nam Con tions but spoke on condition of anonymity.
Son Basin. McDermott said on September 2 that
it had transported and installed the central pro- MEOG: ADNOC Drilling to list
cessing platform jacket, wellhead service deck The drilling arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.
and topside floatover. (ADNOC) announced this week that it intends
to list on the local stock exchange, with the par-
DMEA: More progress on Clean Fuels State- ent firm to sell a minimum of 7.5% in the com-
owned Kuwait National Petroleum Corp. pany. Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi militia has
(KNPC) has launched three more units at its claimed responsibility for attacks on facilities
454,000 barrel per day (bpd) Mina Abdullah belonging to Saudi Aramco as well as Saudi Ara-
refinery as it nears the full launch of its giant bia’s south-eastern cities of Najraf and Jazan.
Clean Fuels Project (CFP). Elsewhere, Angola’s
national oil company (NOC) Sonangol has final- NorthAmOil: Chevron reportedly seeking to
ised contracts related to the planned construc- exit Eagle Ford
tion of a fuel import terminal at Barro do Dande. Super-major Chevron is seeking a sale of its
assets in the Eagle Ford shale play in Texas as
EurOil: Poland to buy another 2mn tpy of part of efforts to regularly review its portfolio.
US LNG The news was reported by Reuters, which cited
Polish gas firm PGNiG has finalised a deal to sources familiar with the matter, as well as a mar-
buy an extra 2mn tonnes per year (tpy) of LNG keting document it had seen. ™

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