French LNG technology company Technip Energies has withdrawn from the Russian Arctic LNG 2 project. The French Technip Energies has completely left the Arctic LNG 2 liquefied natural gas production project. The project is headed by Novatek, a gas producer registered on the Moscow Stock Exchange. It will be recalled …
Read More »Germany’s Largest Bio-LNG Plant Ready for Launch
Germany’s largest integrated Bio-liquefied natural gas (Bio-LNG) is set to begin production after the successful completion of conversion and assembly work at the BioEnergie Park Güstrow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The work involved project operator EnviTec Biogas connecting a 300,000-litre liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) tank to the plant. The raw biogas …
Read More »European Gas Prices Extend Jump as Outages Tighten Supply
European natural gas prices rose for a fifth day, the longest streak since April, as outages tighten global supply while heat blankets parts of the region. Benchmark futures advanced as much as 5.2% on Wednesday, signaling that a bullish trend is taking hold after prices slipped in the first half …
Read More »Total Starts Drilling in Ugandan Oil Field
France’s TotalEnergies has started drilling its first well in the Tilenga field, near Lake Albert, in Uganda. Production is set to start in 2025, the company said, as quoted by the AFP. The Tilenga project is part of a $10-billion deal between TotalEnergies, Chinese CNOOC, and the Ugandan government for …
Read More »Chevron Considers Building LNG Export Terminal in the Mediterranean
Chevron is considering the construction of a floating LNG terminal in the Eastern Mediterranean to use as an export hub for Asia and Europe. That’s according to Chevron’s global head of gas, who spoke to Japan’s Nikkei, saying that the Eastern Mediterranean was “being supplied really well, so [there’s] going …
Read More »Asian Refiners Pour Billions into Transition Petrochemicals
The idea that the energy transition to an energy system dominated by wind and solar power appears to be at odds with the idea of an oil and gas refining industry. Yet this is a superficial contradiction: wind and solar cannot exist without oil and gas refining. Now, Chinese refiners …
Read More »Oil Prices Relax amidst Increased US Stockpiles
Oil prices eased on Wednesday off three-month highs as industry data showed a stock build in U.S. crude inventories and investors remained cautious ahead of a likely Fed rate hike. Brent crude futures slipped 46 cents, or 0.55%, to $83.18 a barrel by 0451 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate …
Read More »EU Unlikely to Rethink Russia Price Cap despite Oil’s Gains
EU member states appear to have little appetite for adjusting the G7 price cap on Russian oil exports, despite growing evidence that the value of Russia’s main Urals crude is rising above the previously set level of $60 per barrel. Poland and its smaller Baltic neighbors previously took the most …
Read More »Iraq Earns over 1Bn Dollars from Three Petroleum Products in Q1 2023
The State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) has reported that Iraq exported more than one billion dollars’ worth of three petroleum products during the first quarter of 2023. According to a table released by SOMO, Iraq exported three petroleum derivatives totaling $1,113,220,043, with a quantity of two million, six hundred thirty-six …
Read More »Italy’s Energy Groups Set to Benefit from Green EU Funds
Eni, Enel and other state-controlled Italian energy groups are due to benefit from a partial transfer of European Union funds to the REPowerEU scheme, credit rating agency DBRS said on Monday (24 July). In a report analysing Italy’s challenges to spend €191.5 billion of EU post-COVID funds by 2026, DBRS …
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