Via MercoPress, a report on Venezuela’s interest in Guyana’s oil: “We will demonstrate Guyana’s claim is inadmissible,” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on Thursday to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which is the United Nations’ highest for resolving disputes between states. Venezuela had ramped up its claims to a huge, sparsely […]
Read more »Courtesy of the South China Morning Post, an article on Vietnam being urged to get China-backed railway project on track and avoid ‘missed opportunities’ despite concerns: For the past seven years, the name of a Vietnamese railway project has appeared in every diplomatic joint statement and declaration between Beijing and Hanoi. But so far, it […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, an article on a recent LNG agreement between China and Qatar: China signed a landmark $60 billion agreement for purchases of liquefied natural gas from Qatar, as the world’s second-largest economy looks to bolster its energy security for decades. Qatar Energy will send Sinopec 4 million tons of LNG a year starting in 2026, the state-controlled […]
Read more »Via Eurasianet, a report on Uzbekistan’s decision to halt gas exports: Uzbekistan says it has all but entirely stopped exporting natural gas and instead increased imports of the fuel amid a surge in domestic demand in the early stages of winter. Deputy Energy Minister Sherzod Khodjayev said on November 16 that daily exports of gas have decreased […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on India’s Reliance’s ruthless retail ambitions: Hurrying out of a Reliance grocery store, travel company clerk Pallavi Savand reaches for her mobile phone, running on Reliance’s Jio network. Back at home, she will flip open a laptop bought from Reliance Digital. Soon she might wear Reliance — she is […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on deals announced by Saudi Arabia as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Seoul recently: Saudi Aramco has announced a $7bn investment in a petrochemical factory in South Korea, as part of a $30bn package of agreements between Riyadh and Seoul as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman forges […]
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