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The long-awaited Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline is arguably the world’s most contentious energy project. While its completion was uncertain for a long time, favorable political, economic, and environmental developments have worked in its favor. Recently, Gazprom, the owner and operator of the pipeline, announced its completion. However, legal challenges …

Poland vowed to keep its disputed Turow coal mine running on Monday despite being hit with a order to pay a 500,000 euro ($585,550) daily penalty to the European Commission for defying an earlier court ruling to halt operations. Europe’s top court, the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European …

London, IRNA – The 65th Annual Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) General Conference kicked off in Vienna in presence of Iran on Monday. The 65th Annual Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference is from 20 to 24 September 2021 at the Vienna International Centre …

Realizing the potential of hydrogen as the fuel of the future, four Japanese companies, Marubeni Corporation, Iwatani Corporation, Kansai Electric Power, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have signed an MoU with Stanwell Corporation and APT Management Services of Australia. The MoU has been signed to study the feasibility of shipping liquefied …

Europe aims to cut down on waste as quickly as possible in order to halt the overconsumption that is damaging the planet and adding to climate change. But despite previous attempts, waste packaging is still on the rise in Europe. In 2018, Europe generated 174.1kg of packaging waste per inhabitant. …

The European Union and the US have announced the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global methane emissions to be launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in November in Glasgow. President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged countries at the US-led Major …

Spokesman for Islamic Republic of Iran Custom Administration (IRICA) said that $5 billion worth of non-oil goods was exchanged between Iran and Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states from Mar. 21 to Aug. 21. About eight million tons of non-oil goods, valued at $5 billion, were exchanged between the Islamic …

OPEC and its allies will try to keep oil prices at $70 per barrel in the first quarter of 2022, Iraq’s oil minister said, adding the group is expected to stick to its current production accord when it meet in October “if prices remain stable”. Iraq total oil exports, including …

Europe is bracing for a tough winter as an energy crisis that’s been years in the making leaves the continent relying on the vagaries of the weather. Faced with surging gas and electricity prices, countries from the UK to Germany will need to count on mild temperatures to get through …

OPEC has announced that its secretary general, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has visited the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the invitation of its government to celebrate OPEC’s 61st anniversary. The four-day visit to the country has included meetings with Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, Tareck El Aissami, the people’s minister of …