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Small-scale LNG key to gas growth
6 November 2020
Demand for gas is set to grow from sources beyond grid generation, such as projects to directly serve the burgeoning power requirements of datacentres
Small-scale LNG key to gas growth
6 November 2020
Demand for gas is set to grow from sources beyond grid generation, such as projects to directly serve the burgeoning power requirements of datacentres
PE Live: Shipping firms leading CO2 charge set to reap rewards
2 November 2020
Companies at the forefront of decarbonising shipping will benefit from membership of groups determining the future of the industry
PE Live: Collaboration key to decarbonisation effort
30 October 2020
Shipping is already benefitting from working groups looking into decarbonisation technology, improving safety and creating demand for low-carbon fuels
PE Live: Shipping is taking decarbonisation ‘very, very seriously’
29 October 2020
Shell and Deloitte’s influential new report found that lowering emissions was a key consideration for the vast majority of leading shipping companies
IEA’s Birol ‘optimistic’ amid ‘huge challenges’
10 September 2020
Governments need to take a leading role in supporting technological development and tackling the emissions of legacy power and industrial facilities, he says
Grand plans for gas infrastructure
17 July 2020
Gas Infrastructure Europe is coordinating plans to overhaul the continent’s distribution system in preparation for decarbonisation
Going for green
5 June 2020
Heide Refinery has ambitious plans for green hydrogen, starting with replacing grey hydrogen in the production of its fuels and in the local chemicals industry
Turbulent times shine a light on imperfect contract structures
7 May 2020
The pandemic provides an opportunity for a significant reset of contract structures
Price crash may fuel contract renegotiation push
6 May 2020
A prolonged era of sustained lower oil prices could result in widespread pressure to renegotiate contracts
Covid-19 may not justify force majeure
5 May 2020
The declaring party will need to demonstrate a causal link between the pandemic and the reason it is unable to fulfil its obligations
PE Live: Covid-19 may not justify force majeure
23 April 2020
The declaring party will need to demonstrate a causal link between the pandemic and the reason it is unable to fulfil its obligations
All systems go
9 April 2020
New Siemens oil and gas CEO Thorbjoern Fors says that every fuel source and technology should be in the energy mix as the world economy strives towards carbon neutrality
Opec+ deal failure sends oil spiraling
9 March 2020
Brent price falls from $45/bl to $25/bl in early trade, before partial recovery to $36/bl at 10am, as production surge threatened amid weak demand
Somalia ratifies petroleum law
10 February 2020
Final stage in the legislative process paves the way for IOC investment
South Africa legislates for oil and gas future
31 January 2020
The Ramaphosa government proposes new rules amid increasing global competition for IOC’s capital
Share price falls pressure asset valuations
17 January 2020
The underperformance of oil and gas stocks will lead auditors to closely examine goodwill and impairment testing calculations
Angola announces Namibe Basin awards
16 January 2020
Partial success of 2019 licensing round sees Sonangol, Total, Equinor and BP take interests in blocks, leaving several other blocks open to offers
South Africa to embrace off-grid generation
16 January 2020
Africa’s richest nation will resort to allowing industry to generate its own power, to relieve pressure on beleaguered state utility Eskom amid load-shedding crisis
Somalia takes big step towards licensing round
10 January 2020
Mogadishu vote pushes major offshore find towards realisation amid rising security concerns
Somalia’s oil may secure the peace
16 December 2019
The federal country is on the verge of launching a licensing round that could be transformative for the country—if IOCs are convinced by improvements to the security situation
Is South Africa heading to a gas-powered future?
13 December 2019
The ambitious Integrated Resource Plan may struggle to convince investors and overcome vested interests. The reality could include a far greater dependence on gas than envisaged
Mastering the transition tightrope
6 December 2019
Lorenzo Simonelli has reinvigorated Baker Hughes’ oilfield business lines while positioning it to be at the forefront of the energy transition
Peak oil in less than a decade: Rystad
3 December 2019
CEO makes bullish prediction on the energy transition and suggests investment in oil and gas will never again hit 2014 record
US balances old energy alliances with new
28 November 2019
Washington remains committed to GCC nations but is also strengthening relationships in Asia-Pacific and beyond, says State Department
South Africa eyes industrial boost through IRP
14 November 2019
Energy minister Gwede Mantashe outlines the benefits expected from the country’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2019 beyond energy security
US-China tariff war to persist: Condoleezza Rice
14 November 2019
Former US secretary of state says a bipartisan consensus against its increasingly assertive rival will be lasting impediment to global trade and keep downward pressure on oil prices
Capital demands African regulatory stability
11 November 2019
Financial fundamentals and sustainability considerations will also be key to attracting the project financing required to develop recent discoveries
Ghana aims to speed up
7 November 2019
Stranded asset concerns encourage west African nation to get its oil out as quickly as possible
Priming the pump
4 November 2019
Targeted support from a multilateral institution can result in substantial commercial and developmental rewards, says Olivier Mussat of the World Bank Group’s IFC
Tellurian bets the ranch on LNG demand
17 October 2019
The Driftwood facility is edging towards FID on a bullish outlook for global demand
Opec confronts security and investment challenges
11 October 2019
The organisation’s secretary general has concerns on vulnerability of infrastructure and ESG investment agenda
Gas ‘essential’ to the energy transition: Dudley
10 October 2019
Hitting net-zero carbon emissions is impossible without natural gas, CCS and hydrogen, says departing BP leader
M&A and NOCs to change LNG world
20 September 2019
Portfolio players and vertically integrated firms are transforming the way the industry operates
Europe's Russian gas dependency to surge
20 September 2019
Development of LNG trains central to bridging rapidly expanding import gap
LNG industry celebrates women’s contribution
19 September 2019
Inaugural ExxonMobil Power Play Awards build on success of networking initiative
Producers talk up gas demand growth
18 September 2019
Affordability and increasing flexibility could underpin double-digit growth, say bullish developers of supply
Charif Souki warns of dire need for US gas infrastructure
18 September 2019
Up to $300bn is needed for associated gas evacuation to maintain shale production
No golden buyers for US second wave
17 September 2019
Producers will need to aggregate demand from around the world to get projects over the finishing line
Novatek backs LNG in low carbon future
16 September 2019
Following FID on Arctic LNG 2, the low-cost Russian producers sees itself well placed to benefit from the energy transition
Shipping must start planning for zero CO2
10 September 2019
Industry warned it must begin developing technology now to comply with IMO 2050 zero carbon emissions target
Preparing the US for the energy transition
3 September 2019
Former President Obama special assistant Jason Bordoff says that government and industry need to work together to tackle climate change
IMO 2020: The calm before the storm
23 July 2019
Prices of bunker fuels and the spreads between them are expected to change rapidly over the next 12 months
Lower oil price forces tax regime changes
6 June 2019
The effective oil price ceiling created by the US shale boom is causing governments elsewhere to revise their tax codes
Nationalisation hurdles in the UK
31 May 2019
UK opposition Labour party threatens to nationalise the national grid at below fair value
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