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Articles by Valentina Sokolov
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Qatar says attacks wiped out 17 percent of its LNG capacity
QatarEnergy assessments reported March 19 find strikes on Ras Laffan knocking out about a sixth of the world's largest LNG export base for three to five years, with the UAE shutting gas facilities amid the escalation.
Valentina Sokolov
Energy
What happened to Egypt's Zohr gas boom?
Eni's 2015 discovery was the largest ever in the Mediterranean and made Egypt a gas exporter by 2018; decline and unpaid bills have since turned Cairo into a summer LNG importer. The arc, explained.
Valentina Sokolov
Energy
Green hydrogen in MENA: the projects that reached final investment
NEOM's $8.4 billion ammonia plant took final investment decision in 2023, Oman's HYDROM auctions have allocated land to developers, Egypt signed a stack of framework deals. What is real, and what is still a signature away.
Valentina Sokolov
Energy
OPEC+ adds 206,000 barrels per day for April as war disrupts supply
Meeting a day after the strikes on Iran opened, the eight core producers agreed a modest April increase and left the 1.65 million-barrel voluntary tranche mostly intact, balancing the war's supply loss against demand uncertainty.
Valentina Sokolov
Energy
Iran declares indefinite Hormuz closure as war opens, oil surges
After US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, Tehran declared the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely closed and fired on US Fifth Fleet facilities; Brent jumped from the low seventies toward levels last seen years ago.
Valentina Sokolov