Algeria is set to boost its natural gas exports to Italy by almost 50% with a new deal due to be signed Monday, people familiar with the matter said. The export boost will probably lead Algeria to replace Russia as Italy’s largest natural gas supplier. The north African country will …
Read More »Shell to Set up LNG Stations, Bullish on Gas Market in India
Global energy giant Shell will foray into retailing LNG for long-haul transportation like trucks, with its first filling station coming up in Gujarat this year as it bets big on the Indian gas market, a senior company official said. Shell operates a 5 million tonnes a year liquefied natural gas …
Read More »EU, Egypt to Boost Cooperation on Natural Gas
Egypt and the European Union will enhance cooperation in energy, the Egyptian cabinet said after a meeting between Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Frans Timmermans, the EU’s climate chief, in Cairo. The delegations discussed the potential supply of liquefied gas to Europe through regional partnerships in the short term, and …
Read More »U.S. Supermajors Face Investor Votes on Emission Cuts
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. investors will vote on shareholder demands to curb pollution amid growing pressure on the oil industry to clean up its environmental record. Exxon holders will consider a proposal from Dutch environmental group Follow This that calls on the oil giant to reduce emissions and …
Read More »Production of Crude Oil, Condensates Surpass 60mn Barrels in Oman
The Sultanate of Oman’s production of crude oil and condensates recorded an increase of 8.2 per cent by the end of February 2022 to reach 60,929,200 barrels compared to 56,300,900 barrels by the end of February 2021, according to the latest data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and …
Read More »Will Russia’s War Derail Global Emissions Ambitions?
“Compared to previous oil shocks, this is a different world.” Vehicle industry expert John DeCicco, an engineer at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, says that history may not teach us much about how consumers are going to respond to skyrocketing oil prices. In the past, oil price sticker …
Read More »Russian Oil Continues to Flow to India and China
It has been exactly six weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, with no end in sight to one of humanity’s biggest existential crises in modern times. In response to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war, the United States and the West have hit the rogue nation with a plethora of sanctions, with …
Read More »South Korea Quietly Makes other Energy Supply Plans as Russia Faces Fresh Sanctions
A driver refuels a vehicle at a petrol station in Gimpo, South Korea. Asia’s fourth-largest economy almost entirely relies on imports for its fossil fuel needs. Photo: Bloomberg South Korea is worried about knock-on effects from the Ukraine war on the prices of raw materials it needs to produce goods …
Read More »Iran Produces New Radio Medicine
Iran announced the production of several radio medicine, including Lutetium-177, to treat a number of difficult-to-treat diseases like cancer. Several new radio medicine were unveiled on the National Day of Nuclear Technology in the presence of President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi. With a half-life of 7 days, Iranian-made LU-177 will have …
Read More »Replacing Russian Gas in Europe Challenging in Short Term
Replacing Russian natural gas in Europe could be challenging in short term and it will keep gas prices high, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Europe imports around 60% of its total natural gas demand, as Russia is supplying about a third of the continent’s consumption – 152 billion cubic meters …
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