{
  "id": 14996837,
  "title": "Equatorial Guinea Rewrites Oil Law After Production Collapses 85%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/equatorial-guinea-rewrites-oil-law-after-production-collapses-85",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-16T16:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Equatorial-Guinea-Rewrites-Oil-Law-After-Production-Collapses-85.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Equatorial Guinea will approve a new hydrocarbon law on Monday after crude production collapsed to just 20,000 barrels per day in September, down from roughly 140,000 bpd in 2020. The 120,000-bpd loss has reduced OPEC’s smallest producer to a fraction of its former output and contributed to an economy the International Monetary Fund expects to shrink 1.7% this year. Hydrocarbons Minister Antonio…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}