Japan intends to explore 1.4 Tcf of estimated recoverable natural gas reserves offshore Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures in the west that could produce 46.7 Bcf/year of gas after starting output in 2032, an official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry told S&P Global Platts Jan. 17. The move …
Read More »Iraq Has the World’s Fifth-Largest Oil Reserves
Iraq ranks fifth among the countries with the largest crude reserves in the world in 2021, a CNBC survey said. According to CNBC, Venezuela ranked first with a reserve of 303.8 billion barrels, followed by the regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran with 258.6 and 208.6 billion barrels, respectively. Iraq, …
Read More »S. Korea and UAE to Increase Partnership in Hydrogen Economy
South Korea will strengthen cooperation with the United Arab Emirates in major technologies related to the hydrogen economy, President Moon Jae-in said Sunday. The president, who is in Dubai for a three-day visit as part of his trip to the Middle East, made the remark at a business forum attended …
Read More »Germany to become Net Power Importer for the First Time since 2002
Europe’s largest economy, Germany, is expected to become a net importer of electricity in 2023 for the first time since 2002 due to retiring coal plants and the nuclear phase-out, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Germany plans to switch off all its remaining nuclear power generators by …
Read More »Siemens Honours 15 as 2021 Inventors of the Year
Siemens has honoured 15 particularly resourceful researchers from Germany, the US, Israel, India, the UK and Poland as 2021 Inventors of the Year. The awardees’ inventions span Siemens’ entire spectrum, and they all pursue advances based on the company’s understanding of innovation: technology that serves people and improves their everyday …
Read More »Iran is Negotiating with Oman for Oil Exports
Iran’s Oil Minister considering the price range of $ 80 to $ 90 to be the ideal price for oil, stressed that members of both OPEC and OPEC Plus have a consensus on this figure, which is a good price for both exporting and consuming countries. “Regarding the recent agreement …
Read More »Oil Minister: Good News Expected on Iran-Russia Energy Cooperation
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said negotiations have been made with Russia on a project, promising that good news will come out about cooperation between Tehran and Moscow in the energy sector. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Owji said the Iranian Oil Ministry has been elected as the chair of …
Read More »Hydrogen to Cover 12% of Global Energy Use by 2050
The International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) estimated that hydrogen will cover up to 12 per cent of global energy use by 2050. “Hydrogen could prove to be a missing link to a climate-safe energy future,” Francesco La Camera, Director-General of Irena, said while presenting the key findings of new report: …
Read More »China Set to Release Crude from Strategic Reserve in Early February
China has agreed with the United States to release crude from its strategic reserves around the Lunar New Year holiday on February 1, as part of the broader U.S.-led effort for strategic releases to bring oil prices down, sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Friday. “China agreed …
Read More »India is Preparing its Power Grid for a Major Renewable Energy Expansion
In line with India’s commitment at the COP26 summit in Glasgow last year, the country aims to reach net-zero by 2070. Furthermore, India seeks to meet 50% of its energy needs by 2030 through renewable sources and expand non-fossil fuel power generation capacity to 500 GW in this decade. In …
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