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Takeaways from AP visit to Congo as nation offers expanded oil drilling

Feb. 29, 2024 23:38 PM EST

MOANDA, Congo (AP) — The central African nation of Congo is offering 30 oil and gas blocks around the country for auction. It's a prospect that concerns environmentalists and some of the people who live near the drilling that has so far been limited to a small area near its far western border on...

Congo joins LNG-exporting nations under a new project with Italian energy company ENI

Feb. 27, 2024 12:19 PM EST

MILAN (AP) — The African nation of Congo became the latest exporter of liquified natural gas on Tuesday as it launched production of the first cargo load a year after Italian energy company ENI launched the Congo LNG project with local partners. The first cargo ship laden with LNG...