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OEUK Says EPL Reform Will Mean More Jobs

A profit based mechanism is OEUK’s proposed replacement for the current Energy Profits Levy (EPL), the statement highlighted, noting that it’s designed to “trigger only during periods of unusually high prices, tax excess profits or revenues, [and] adjust fairly when prices fall, restoring investor confidence”.

Syria Resumes Oil Shipping

Syria has gas and oil fields in the Kurdish-held northeast of the country. In March, Sharaa and the head of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, signed an agreement to integrate the US-backed Kurdish-led armed group into state institutions and put the resources in the area under state control.

Equinor to Maintain 10 Pct Stake in Orsted

Denmark’s majority state-owned Orsted announced “a rights issue with pre-emptive rights for existing shareholders” on August 11, instead of pursuing a planned partial sale from the Sunrise Wind offshore project in the United States. Orsted said then the farm-down could not be completed due to “recent material adverse development in the U.S. offshore wind market”.

BP makes its biggest oil and gas discovery in 25 years off coast of Brazil

BP, which announces its half-year results on Tuesday, said last month that it would sell its share in 10 US onshore windfarms to the New York-headquartered LS Power. On Monday it launched its 50:50 offshore wind joint venture with the Japanese wind company Jera worth up to £4.5bn, which it plans to use to gain some access to zero-carbon wind energy developments while focusing on fossil fuels.