Some of the world’s largest national oil companies (NOCs) have improved significantly their resilience to oil price slumps in the near future thanks to huge cash flows and profits in the past two years. But many of those companies face challenges in sustainability and ESG metrics due to governance issues, …
Read More »Equinor to Take Part in First Norway Offshore Wind Tender
Norwegian energy firm Equinor will submit a proposal to pre-qualify for Norway’s first offshore wind auction, the company’s CEO Anders Opedal told Reuters on Friday. Equinor has formed a consortium with Germany’s RWE for Soerlige Nordsjoe II, an area in shallower waters close to the maritime border with Denmark, where …
Read More »Honda-GM Ditch $5B Plan to Jointly Develop Affordable EVs
As GM redirects its focus toward making a profit amid grim earnings outlooks, strikes and rising costs, the U.S. auto giant has announced it is ditching a $5-billion plan to develop affordable EVs in partnership with Honda. The multi-billion-dollar plan was to beat Tesla at the sales game and the …
Read More »Europe’s Appetite for Turkmen Gas Boosts Trans-Caspian Pipeline Plans
Turkmenistan’s president is scheduled to travel to Turkey this week for talks expected to focus on natural gas transportation. For decades, thoughts about how to send Turkmen gas westward have centered around the need to build a trans-Caspian pipeline to Azerbaijan. Presumed resistance from Russia has long been the main …
Read More »Tensions Escalate as Russia Steps away from Nuclear Treaty Commitment
The Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, has voted in favor of legislation to revoke Moscow’s ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). The Federation Council approved the move by 156 votes to zero on October 25, the final stage before it goes to President Vladimir Putin …
Read More »Shell to Cut 15% of Its Low-Carbon Jobs
Shell plans to cut 15% of the 1,300 jobs in its Low Carbon Solutions business as it scales back some green energy ambitions and focuses on profitable projects including in the oil and gas sector. The UK-based supermajor plans to eliminate 200 jobs in its Low Carbon Solutions division next …
Read More »Oil Drops on Higher U.S. Stockpiles and ME Tension
Oil prices fell on Thursday after a rise in U.S. crude stockpiles and a climb in the dollar index, giving up some ground gained a day earlier when prices jumped on Middle East tensions. Brent crude futures declined by 28 cents or 0.3% to $89.95 a barrel at 0340 GMT, …
Read More »Environmentalists Slam EU Hydrogen Pipeline Plan as Favoring Fossil Fuel Giants
The European Union’s plans to include natural gas pipeline projects that could be converted to carry hydrogen in the EU’s multi-billion-euro program for subsidies to crucial infrastructure projects is support for major fossil gas producers, environmental organizations say. The EU is set to debate and decide in the coming weeks …
Read More »Turkmenistan Hosts International Oil and Gas Conference
The 28th international conference and exhibition ‘Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan – 2023’ (OGT-2023) will start on October 25 this year in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, Trend reports. The organizers of the large-scale forum are the Turkmennebit and Turkmengaz state concerns and the …
Read More »Qatar Doubles Down on Europe Gas Market with Eni Deal
QatarEnergy signed a 27-year deal with Eni SPA to supply up to one million tons per annum (MMtpa) of Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Italy. The signing in Doha follows separate LNG contracts scored by state-owned QatarEnergy from two other European energy heavyweights in France’s TotalEnergies SE and Britain’s …
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