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Russia’s Answer To The U.S. Shale Threat Is Finally Here By Simon Watkins - Feb 24, 2021, 4:00 PM CST
First output is now being produced by Russia’s number two gas producer (after state-owned Gazprom) – Novatek - from its much-awaited fourth train at the Yamal LNG project, according to a number of Moscow-based oil and gas analysts spoken to exclusively by
OilPrice.com last week. It is ‘highly likely’, they add, that the first full cargo from the 900,000 metric ton per annum (mtpa) LNG plant will be loaded on to a tanker within the next six months at most, and possibly even by the end of the second quarter of this year. The fourth train coming fully online will herald the full return of Yamal LNG into Russia’s Arctic gas initiative that President Vladimir Putin personally regards as a cornerstone projection of Russian energy power across the globe in the same way that the U.S. regards its shale energy sector.
Feb 22, 2021 5:35:pm
Summary Egypt has ample gas of its own, but wants to supplement its exports with third party volumes from Israel.
by: Joe Murphy & William Powell
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The Israeli and Egyptian governments have agreed to build a pipeline linking Israel s offshore Leviathan gas field to LNG terminals in north Egypt, partner Delek Drilling said February 21. There is already one pipeline, the Dolphinus, carryi.
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The Geopolitical Implications Of Global Decarbonization For Mena Producing Countries
Feb 21, 2021 10:35:am
Summary Endowed with half of the world’s proven oil and gas reserves, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region represents a cornerstone of the established global energy architecture. As the clean-energy transition gains momentum worldwide, this architecture might shrink challenging the socio-economic and geopolitical foundations of the region in general, and of its oiland gas-producing countries in particular.
by: Pier Paolo Raimondi and Simone Tagliapietra, Oxford Institute For Energy Studies (OIES)
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The Geopolitical Implications Of Global Decarbonization For Mena Producing Countries
This challenge has two dimensions: domestic and international. Domestically, a decline in global oil and gas demand would reduce revenues for producing countries. Considering the profound dependency of these countries on oil and gas rents (the
Canada, UK sanction Myanmar generals
Myanmar military generals accused of rights violations are facing sanctions from Britain and Canada. Human Rights Watch has said coup leaders will only listen to their pocketbook.
Demonstrators display a banner with an image of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in Yangon
Britain and Canada imposed asset freezes and travel bans on generals behind Myanmar s recent coup as protesters, including state railway workers, continued calls Thursday for the release of political prisoners, including civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Targeted by Britain were three generals, Myanmar s Defense Minister Mya Tun Oo, Minister for Home Affairs Soe Htut, and his deputy Than Hlaing.