The eyes of the world are on Sapporo, Japan this weekend as energy ministers of some of the world’s largest economies, the G7, meet to discuss global climate and energy policy. In early versions of the G7 draft publication, countries emphasized financing liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports as a supposed …
Read More »Shell to Buy Renewable Energy Company
The Royal Dutch Shell oil and gas company will buy a renewable energy company as part of its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. The oil company’s Shell New Energies U.S. LLC unit is set to purchase Inspire Energy Capital LLC, a renewable energy company that serves around 235,000 …
Read More »Is OPEC Finally Beginning to Unravel?
Another month, another OPEC “crisis.” It’s the usual problem: The cartel, meeting in Vienna this week, can’t agree on how to balance production with price. The Saudi-led oil exporters, boosted by non-OPEC countries such as Russia and Kazakhstan, can’t control price as such so have to imagine how to agree …
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