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Over 50 percent of the energy generated by a 759 megawatt windfarm under development 18.5 kilometers west of the coastal town of Egmond aan Zee will be used by Amazon. Shell and Eneco are constructing the wind farm in the Hollandse Kust (noord) development area with a target of being …

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a drop in demand and prices like never before. Here’s how global oil giants are dealing with the mounting losses. Global oil giants posted massive losses in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic brought oil and gas demand to a grinding halt and caused already-weak prices …

Shell Canada’s president says the oil company supports the intent of Canada’s new clean fuel standard, as his company seeks to reduce its own emissions through a $350-million investment in a Quebec biofuel plant and the possible incorporation of solar power into an Alberta refinery. Shell’s backing of the Montreal-area …

Eight energy companies including BP, Shell and Total have agreed to apply a common set of “energy transition principles” across their businesses, including a commitment to industry decarbonisation. Six principles have been devised in collaboration with with investor lobby group Climate Action 100+. The eight companies comprise the three European …

The change in the U.S. presidency will bring the collaboration and set of progressive policies needed to tackle the energy transition, Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s chief executive officer said. President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on global warming and railed back environmental protections while promising …

Royal Dutch Shell has reportedly initiated a major cost-cutting programme with an objective to bring down its oil and gas production costs by up to 40%. The cost-cutting will help the energy company to generate cash savings and enable it in revamping its business, reported Reuters citing undisclosed sources. This …

Five years after abandoning an ambitious multibillion-dollar offshore Arctic exploration program, Royal Dutch Shell is again proposing to drill for oil in Arctic Alaska — but this time, in a more modest fashion. Company unit Shell Offshore Inc., in an Aug. 27 application to the Alaska Division of Oil and …

Saudi Arabia Oil Co.’s senior management reshuffle is more than just a game of high-level musical chairs at any old energy company. The oil giant faces an uphill battle to meet promises made before its record-setting initial public offering last year — and before the coronavirus pandemic hit — to …

This may turn out to be the year that oil giants, especially in Europe, started looking more like electric companies. Late last month, Royal Dutch Shell won a deal to build a vast wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. Earlier in the year, France’s Total, which owns a …

The dramatic reductions in asset valuations and decline in output show the depth of the pain in the second quarter. Fuel demand at one point was down by more than 30% worldwide, and still remains below pre-pandemic levels. Several executives said they took massive writedowns because they expect demand to …