Equinor has acquired a 25% interest in Bayou Bend CCS LLC, positioned to be one of the largest U.S. carbon capture and storage projects located along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas. Bayou Bend is positioned to be one of the largest CCS solutions in the U.S. for industrial emitters, …
Read More »China Eyes Partnership with Gulf Countries for Space Exploration
In the push to embrace emerging technologies and harness their potential commercial opportunities, Gulf countries are launching new initiatives to bolster their domestic space industries. In June Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers approved the transformation of the Saudi Space Commission, which was launched in 2018, into a full government agency …
Read More »Phase 11 of South Pars Gas Field Officially Inaugurated in Assaluyeh
Regarded as the most important gas project in the country, Phase 11 of the South Pars Gas Field was inaugurated in a ceremony in Assaluyeh, Iran’s southern province of Bushehr, on Monday with President Ebrahim Raisi and Oil Minister Javad Owji in attendance. Construction of Phase 11 of the South …
Read More »South Korea Takes the next Step forward in Autonomous Shipping
The shipping industry has taken another important step towards the era of unmanned ships with the delivery of an LNG-powered capesize bulk carrier in South Korea fitted with artificial intelligence (AI)-based machinery monitoring and safety systems. The 180,000 dwt HL Nambu 2, built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for compatriot …
Read More »Russia Sees CO2 Storage Potential at 4.6 bln Tons
Russia has a capacity to store at least 4.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), enough to cover domestic needs as well as some volumes from other countries, Igor Shpurov, head of Russian State Commission on minerals, said on Monday. Russia, the world’s fifth biggest emitter of carbon dioxide …
Read More »Turkey Tries to Broker Revenue-Sharing Deal on Kurdish Oil
Turkey is in the process of brokering a deal between the central Iraqi government and the authorities of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on sharing the revenues from crude oil production in the northern Iraqi region. The deal, according to Bloomberg, which cited unnamed Turkish officials, would help resume the operation …
Read More »European Gas Prices again Top $400; Gazprom Requests 41.6 mcm Transit via Ukraine
The spot price for gas in Europe has again risen above $400 per thousand cubic meters after falling below that level at the end of last week. It had soared towards $500 before falling back to $355 amid concerns regarding a labor dispute and possible industrial action at LNG plants …
Read More »TotalEnergies to Carry out 4 Large Energy Projects in Iraq
Iraq’s Basra Oil Company (BOC) announced that TotalEnergies entered into a contractual commitment to carry out four large energy projects as part of a deal concluded with the Iraqi government last July. TotalEnergies long-awaited $27 billion energy deal is expected to increase oil production and Iraq’s capacity to produce energy …
Read More »India Urges Iraq for Deeper Oil Discounts
The Indian government has formally called on Iraq to provide further concessions on oil prices, drawing parallels with the low-cost Russian crude that has emerged as India’s primary oil source since May 2022, displacing Iraq from its longstanding position. In a strategic move to diversify their oil imports and curtail …
Read More »Oil Inches up after China Moves to Support Flagging Economy
Oil prices ticked higher on Monday (Aug 28) after China took steps to support its flagging economy, though investors remained worried about the pace of growth as well as further US interest rate hikes that could dampen fuel demand. Brent crude rose 19 cents, or 0.2 per cent, to US$84.67 …
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