The share of solar energy in India’s power generation could equal coal fired output by 2040, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday, driven by falling renewable tariffs and a government push to increase green energy use. “Solar power is set for explosive growth in India, matching coal’s share in …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Plans $10 bln Loan for Pipeline Business Buyers
Saudi Aramco is preparing a financing package of up to $10 billion that it could offer to buyers of its pipeline business unit, Reuters reported, citing three sources. The Saudi oil giant is in talks with banks to provide “staple financing”, which is a financing package provided by the seller …
Read More »Qatar Approves World’s Largest LNG Project
Qatar Petroleum took this week the final investment decision to build what it says would be the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in terms of capacity, as the tiny Gulf nation and top global LNG exporter aims to raise its annual production by 40 percent by the end …
Read More »Iraq Committed to OPEC+ Cuts, Future Output Hikes Linked to Oil Demand
Iraq is committed to the OPEC+ output cuts and will only boost its future crude production if there is demand from international oil markets, a deputy oil minister told the state-run Iraqi News Agency Feb. 9. “Iraq is committed to the [OPEC+] agreement to cut production in light of the …
Read More »‘We’re more than Serious’: Oil Supermajor Total Changing Name for Greener Shift
French supermajor Total is rebranding as it accelerates a shift away from oil and into renewables and the wider power sector, a move its CEO claimed shows it is “more than serious” about the energy transition. Total – one of the leading fossil giants in terms of renewable energy ambitions …
Read More »Danish Segment of Nord Stream 2 Construction can be Completed in April
Laying of the pipeline segment of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Danish territorial waters is planned to be completed in April 2021, department head of Gazprom Anton Demchenko said at a teleconference with investors on Tuesday. “Construction of the gas pipeline in Danish waters continues. This is the main …
Read More »India to be Largest Source of Energy Demand Growth to 2040
India will make up the biggest share of energy demand growth at 25% over the next two decades, as it overtakes the European Union as the world’s third-biggest energy consumer by 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. India’s energy consumption is expected to nearly double as the nation’s gross …
Read More »Iran, Turkey Negotiating to Renew Gas Accord
The deputy petroleum minister for international and commercial affairs said on Monday that the present agreement for gas export to Turkey is valid until 2026 and the talks for extending the accord has started by National Iranian Gas Company, Trend reports citing IRNA. Speaking in the 3rd Specialized Summit on …
Read More »Qatar Hires Builders for $29 Billion LNG Expansion Project
Qatar Petroleum selected Chiyoda Corp. and TechnipFMC Plc for the main construction contract to expand its liquefied natural gas production capacity by 43%. Qatar’s energy minister and QP Chief Executive Officer Saad Al-Kaabi signed the agreement, worth about $13 billion, with the two companies at a ceremony in Doha on …
Read More »Russia’s TurkStream Link Continues to Redraw SE European Gas Map
The startup in 2020 of the 31.5 Bcm/year TurkStream pipeline triggered an unprecedented reshuffle in the way Russian gas reaches southeast Europe, and now with the start of flows via TurkStream’s onshore expansion, the picture is shifting once again. Like the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipeline projects, TurkStream …
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