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President Joe Biden has assured foreign governments that the United States will make steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, a pledge designed to reassert U.S. leadership on climate change and spur other industrial powers to make similar commitments in the run-up to Biden’s climate summit next …

U.S. shale producers risk another oil-price war with OPEC and its allies if they resume the breakneck production growth of the last decade, according to Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Shale, and not the pandemic, was responsible for the initial oil-market crash of 2020, CEO Scott Sheffield said at BloombergNEF’s annual …

U.S. oil major Chevron, together with Norwegian company Moreld Ocean Wind, is set to invest in offshore wind technology at Ocergy, a U.S. company developing a low-cost floating wind foundation and a multi-disciplinary environmental monitoring buoy. Ocergy secured the investments through its Series A equity fundraising round to accelerate the …

Evidence shows that biased media outlets will always exist when it comes to news about Saudi Arabia. The announcement of a $12.4 billion deal to set up a new unit called Aramco Oil Pipelines Company was reported unconstructively by some global news media as Saudi Aramco selling its assets, taking …

The White House is in talks to appoint a special envoy to lead negotiations on halting the construction of Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, current and former U.S. officials said, as the Biden administration grapples with how to stymie a nearly completed energy project that would serve as a …

Dangling tax credits and rebates in his drive to fight climate change, United States (US) President Joe Biden wants you to trade your gas-burning car, truck or SUV for a zero-emissions electric vehicle (EV). Some buyers would find his offer persuasive. Yet Biden’s goal is a daunting one: Even if …

The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is supporting the EU’s intention to consider gas as a sustainable source of energy under the new green labelling system. This was announced by HE Yury Sentyurin, Secretary General of the association of 19 leading gas-exporting countries while speaking as a keynote at the …

A slump in Europe’s travel industry could have a knock-on effect for oil and gas as lockdowns spread across Europe once again. European airline shares plunged this week as Germany, France and Italy all announced new lockdown measures to be introduced over and beyond the Easter period. Vacation travel is …

These are unprecedented times for the oil and natural gas industry as it navigates pandemic-driven demand destruction, investor calls to adapt to a carbon-constrained world, and new regulatory threats from the Biden administration. The dreadful outlook for oil and gas producers is why more consolidations are likely in the months …

The world has only a few months to prevent the energy industry’s carbon emissions from surpassing pre-pandemic levels this year as economies begin to rebound from Covid-19 restrictions, according to the International Energy Agency. New figures from the global energy watchdog found that fossil fuel emissions climbed steadily over the …