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TotalEnergies ships to Asia the first cargo produced by the ECA LNG plant

TotalEnergies has shipped to Asia the very first cargo from ECA LNG Phase 1, a LNG export terminal currently under commissioning on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, in Baja California.

ADNOC L&S expands LNG fleet with order for four new carriers

ADNOC Logistics and Services plc has announced a newbuilding order for an additional four next-generation LNG carriers with a total value of approximately $900 MM.

India's ONGC plans to build 13-MMbbl national strategic oil reserve

India is enhancing its energy cooperation with countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Japan, to strengthen its emergency stockpile.

Rising oil prices drive Indonesians to embrace biodiesel

Motorists in Indonesia are modifying their cars to run on subsidised biodiesel amid high global oil prices, as Jakarta raises the fuel's palm oil content in an effort to reduce the country's reliance on energy imports.

Vietnam awards $1.49-B refinery upgrade contract to Chinese consortium

Under the 37-month contract, the consortium will raise the capacity of the refinery by 15.5% to 171,000 barrels per day.

Indian BPCL and Japan's Taiyo Oil buy U.S. crude via tenders

Asian refiners had reduced purchases of U.S. crude following the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement.

Kalfresh partners with global bioenergy technology leader WELTEC BIOPOWER to deliver flagship Queensland project

The Queensland-based vegetable business has signed an agreement with the German company to design and build the first stage of the bioenergy facility, which will anchor the new Scenic Rim Agricultural Industrial Precinct.

China lifts fuel export curbs for July

The resumption of refined fuel exports from one of Asia's largest exporters comes after the interim peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, and is expected to ease prices for transportation fuels in a region where consumers have been grappling with inflation since Beijing curbed shipments to secure domestic supplies in March.

South Korea expands energy partnership with UAE's ADNOC

Both parties will seek to boost long-term crude supply to Korean refiners, improve joint coordination during emergency supply situations such as seeking alternative export routes, and advance cooperation on international joint crude stockpiling in South Korea.

Sinopec unit signs engineering deal for Central Asia's first large-scale integrated biojet fuel complex

Sinopec Engineering signed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Uzbekistan's Allied Biofuels FE LLC for the project in Uzbekistan.