The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), commonly known as the “carbon border tax”, kicked off on October 1 in the first transitional phase for imports of several carbon-intensive groups of products into the European Union. The first phase of the EU’s carbon import pricing legislation will not impose levies …
Read More »The Rise of Nuclear Power in the Middle East
The Middle East region is expressing increasing interest in developing its nuclear energy industry as the UAE and Saudi Arabia both announce new nuclear power projects. Several governments around the globe are showing renewed interest in low-carbon nuclear power as a means of shifting their reliance away from fossil fuels …
Read More »Talks Ongoing to Restart Iraq Oil Exports via Turkish Pipeline
Talks to restart Iraqi oil exports via a crude oil pipeline that runs through Turkey are still ongoing, an Iraqi oil official told Reuters, one day after Turkey said operations would start again this week following a near six-month stoppage. “We have further meetings soon and things will be more …
Read More »QatarEnergy Begins Major LNG Expansion Project to Advance Energy Transition, Security
His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, laid the foundational stone of the North Field expansion project, which will raise the State of Qatar’s LNG production capacity from the current 77 million tons per annum (MMtpa) to 126 MMtpa by 2026. The project …
Read More »Iraq Offers 30 Oil and Gas Projects in New Licensing Round
Following Saudi Arabia as the second-largest oil producer in OPEC, Iraq said on Tuesday that it will grant 30 new oil and gas projects in its fifth+ and sixth licensing rounds. At the ADIPEC energy conference in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, an official from the Iraqi Ministry of Oil …
Read More »Coal Production Surges by 83% at India’s Largest Power Firm
India’s state power giant NTPC Ltd reported on Tuesday an 83% jump in coal production from the mines it operates in the first half of the 2023/24 fiscal year as India continues to rely on coal to meet most of its electricity demand. Coal still generates around 70% of the …
Read More »Chile to Become Second-Largest Battery Market in Americas after US
Chile is now on track to become the second-largest battery market in the Americas, following the United States. As of this year, the Latin American nation has switched on 12 storage projects, with a total capacity of 1.3 GW. It currently has 85 energy storage projects, totaling 6.4 GW, in …
Read More »U.S. Oil Production Approaches Record as Permian Output Reaches all-Time High
U.S. crude oil production reached the second-highest level on record in July as output from Texas’s Permian basin soared to an all-time high. The nation’s production rose to 12.991 MMbpd, the highest since a peak of 13 MMbpd in November 2019, according to data from the Energy Information Administration. Most …
Read More »Baker Hughes Lands Two Major Contracts in Norway
Nasdaq-listed oilfield services major Baker Hughes has been awarded two contracts by Norwegian operator Vår Energi, expanding its North Sea footprint in exploration logging, well intervention technology and subsea production systems. The first contract is a nine-year engagement for well intervention and exploration logging solutions to assist Vår Energi in …
Read More »Europe’s Solar Industry Warns against Tariffs on Imports
Europe’s solar power industry has warned policymakers not to impose tariffs on imports, amid fears that disrupting supplies of products from China would seriously damage Europe’s ability to rapidly install clean energy. The call comes as Brussels and European governments consider tougher action on imports as they seek to expand …
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