Having banned oil exploration in its territorial waters, Denmark is investing $2.4 billion into a plan to capture CO2 from the energy and industrial sectors and inject it into the seabed in geological formations that previously held oil and gas deposits. Reuters reported that the subsidies for carbon capture and …

Turkey’s state oil operator said on Wednesday it had resumed crude flows through a ruptured pipeline linking Iraqi energy fields with international markets. Tuesday’s blast along the Kirkuk-Ceyhan link in southern Turkey contributed to a rise in international crude oil prices to a seven-year high. The pipeline normally carries more …

Japan’s exports and imports both reached record highs in December, largely because of surging oil prices and a weaker yen, the government said Thursday. Japan’s imports last month surged 41% from the same month a year earlier. Exports rose 17.5% from the previous year, on stronger shipments of autos and …

Goldman Sachs has raised its oil price forecasts “significantly” through 2023, its latest commodities research note has revealed. The company now sees Brent spot prices at $96 per barrel in 2022 and at $105 per barrel in 2023, according to the research note, which was sent to Rigzone. Goldman Sachs’ …

The European Union will need to invest 500 billion euros ($568 billion) in new generation nuclear power stations from now until 2050, the bloc’s internal market commissioner said in an interview published over the weekend. “Existing nuclear plants alone will need 50 billion euros of investment from now until 2030. …

China considers this year as the crucial year for its new-energy vehicles industry to “go global,” according to the Chinese industry ministry. In a meeting chaired by Chinese Minister of Industry, Xiao Yaqing, Beijing has decided to accelerate innovations and products and standards in its zero-emission vehicles industry to “go …

The COP28 climate summit slated to be held in Abu Dhabi in 2023 should include input from experts and professionals from the oil and gas industry because the world cannot simply unplug from the energy system as it is today, Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, the UAE’s Minister of Industry …

Supermajor ExxonMobil has revealed its ambition to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for operated assets by 2050. Exxon said that the net-zero aspiration applies to Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions and builds on its 2030 emission-reduction plans, which include net-zero emissions for Permian Basin operations and ongoing …

In the EIA’s January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), it is forecasted that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. The forecast share of generation for US non-hydropower renewable sources, including solar and …

British multinational oil and gas company, BP, and Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals signed a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and a Renewables Data Collection Agreement for multiple gigawatt, world-class renewable energy and green hydrogen development in Oman, by 2030, BP announced in a recent statement. As part of the …