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Romania’s Petromidia Refinery Gets $1 Billion Investment from KazMunaygas

Romania’s Petromidia Refinery Gets $1 Billion Investment from KazMunaygas

Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunaygas has invested approximately $1 billion into Romania’s Petromidia refinery, according to Zhannat Tussupbekov, the CEO KMG International, who announced the deal while in Navodari, home of the Petromidia plant.

EIB to Support Development of Renewable Energy in Brazil

EIB to Support Development of Renewable Energy in Brazil

The European Investment Bank will facilitate €150m to EDPR Brazil, the local subsidiary of EDP Renovaveis, a global leader in the renewable energy sector, to finance wind and solar power generation plants.

Johnson Loses Working Majority in Parliament

Johnson Loses Working Majority in Parliament

Opposition lawmakers in the UK applied for an emergency debate on Tuesday, launching a campaign to thwart a no-deal Brexit: it was granted and led to a vote that took away from prime minister Boris Johnson the power to set the agenda in parliament.

For Africa, Going Green Is Not a Luxury

For Africa, Going Green Is Not a Luxury

Earlier this year, Tropical Cyclone Idai tore through southern Africa, killing hundreds, injuring thousands, and displacing even more. In Mozambique, as much as half of all annual crops and critical infrastructure were destroyed. In total, over three million people in the region were affected. It was a stark reminder of Africa’s vulnerability to the intensifying consequences of climate change.

EU Says Ukrainian Pipeline Still Key Conduit for Russian Gas

EU Says Ukrainian Pipeline Still Key Conduit for Russian Gas

The European Union fully supports Ukraine as a stable and reliable transit route and will do its utmost to ensure that Ukraine remains an important transit route also after 2020, a EU energy spokeswoman told New Europe on 30 August.

Acquisition of Stavro Vind Wind Park By NAEV, Siemens and KEPCO Gets EU Nod

Acquisition of Stavro Vind Wind Park By NAEV, Siemens and KEPCO Gets EU Nod

The European Commission said the EC has approved the acquisition of Stavro Vind of Sweden by NAEV SOLVENTUS, controlled by NAEV Infrastructure Funds of Germany, Siemens, and Korea Midland Power Co. (KoMiPo), a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), of South Korea. The acquisition complies with EU Merger Regulation, the Commission said

Siemens Gamesa to Install New Wind Turbines in India

Siemens Gamesa to Install New Wind Turbines in India

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy said the company has secured its first order in India with Alfanar for the supply of 206 units of the SG 2.2-122 wind turbines for two wind farms, totalling 453 MW. Both projects will be located in Bhuj, Gujarat, where Siemens Gamesa will supply 202 MW for one project and 251 MW for the other

Kashagan, Tengiz, Karachaganak Top Kazakh Oil Production

Kashagan, Tengiz, Karachaganak Top Kazakh Oil Production

The volume of oil production in Kazakhstan during the last seven months amounted to 52.23 million tonnes, meaning it has implemented the state’s plan by 101.2%, Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev told the President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev on 13 August.

NATO Deepens Cooperation with Australia

NATO Deepens Cooperation with Australia

NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised Australia’s contributions to international security in a visit to Sydney on 7 August.

ENI Inks Exploration Contract in Caspian

ENI Inks Exploration Contract in Caspian

Italian energy major ENI and Kazakhstan’s state oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG) have signed a contract for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons at the Abay block in the Caspian Sea.

East Med Gas Forum Wants Worldwide Upgrade

East Med Gas Forum Wants Worldwide Upgrade

Energy ministers of the East Med Gas Forum (EMGF) met in Egypt on 25 July, agreeing to access the possible upgrade of the forum to the level of an international organisation, the first of its kind in southeast Mediterranean, and form a committee with the natural gas industry, which would include the participation of state and private companies from the forum member countries.

Total, KMG, Kazakh Energy Ministry Sign MoU

Total, KMG, Kazakh Energy Ministry Sign MoU

France energy giant Total has signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of digitalization in the oil and gas industry with Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG), and the Ministry Energy Kazakhstan on 30 July.