The head of French energy major TotalEnergies said Wednesday (5 October) that a possible price cap on Russian oil over the Ukraine war would benefit Russian President Vladimir Putin. The group’s chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné made the remarks at the Energy Intelligence Forum industry gathering in central London. “Honestly, …
Read More »Equinor’s First Solar Plant in Poland Ready
The construction of the 58 MW Stępień solar plant in Poland is completed, and the plant is ready for operation. Stępień was developed and will be operated by Wento, Equinor’s 100% subsidiary. In 2021, Equinor bought the Polish solar developer Wento and its pipeline of solar projects across Poland. Less …
Read More »Gazprom Halts Gas Supplies to Italy in Latest Energy Battle
Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom PJSC suspended natural gas deliveries to Italy in an apparent scuffle over regulation in Austria, escalating the energy crisis in Europe. The cutoff appeared to target just Italy, which gets Gazprom’s supplies from a pipeline that passes through Austria. Higher volumes of Russian gas were allocated to …
Read More »Gazprom Threatens Ukraine with Non-Payment for Gas Transit in Fresh Escalation
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom took an important step toward cutting off almost all of its remaining supplies to the EU on Tuesday, as the Kremlin pulled its last remaining levers to pressure western and central Europe into dropping its support for Ukraine. In a post on its official Telegram channel, …
Read More »QatarEnergy Partners with TotalEnergies for North Field South project
QatarEnergy has selected France’s TotalEnergies as its first international partner in the North Field South (NFS) liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion project in Qatar. As per the agreement terms, TotalEnergies will effectively hold a 9.37% stake in the 16 million tons per annum (Mtpa) NFS project. QatarEnergy intends to offer …
Read More »Chevron to Assess Exploration Potential in India with ONGC
Chevron confirmed that its wholly owned subsidiary, Chevron New Ventures, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to assess the exploration potential across a number of basins in India, the company told Energy Voice. “We look forward to working with ONGC,” …
Read More »New LNG Carrier Design Eliminates Methane Slip
Siemens Energy, Moss Maritime, DNV and Fearnleys have developed an LNG vessel design that will be powered by a hybrid combined-cycle power and propulsion plant. Under the concept, many engine components, including the main engines can be removed from the ship. The backbone of the vessel’s hybrid combined-cycle, power and …
Read More »Russian Energy Firm’s Subsidiaries Seized in Germany
Berlin took control of the German operations of Russian oil firm Rosneft to secure energy supplies which have been disrupted after Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. Rosneft’s German subsidiaries, which account for about 12 percent of oil refining capacity in the country, were placed under trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency, …
Read More »Shell CEO to Step Down at Year-End, Replaced by Gas Chief Sawan
Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden will step down at the end of this year after almost 40 years at the company, to be replaced by the firm’s head of gas and renewables, Wael Sawan. Van Beurden, 64, has steered the company through some of its most turbulent …
Read More »Gazprom will See Revenues Surge 85% this Year
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom is set to rake in 85% higher revenues this year, to around $100 billion, as natural gas prices surged following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the significant cut to Russian pipeline gas exports to Europe, an analyst told the Financial Times on Friday. By choking …
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