The United States is watching for signs that Russia may be using energy as a political tool in Europe’s energy crunch, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, adding that Washington was committed to take appropriate action, along with Germany, if Moscow were to take that…
OAO Gazprom is nearing completion of a project to expand the Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok gas trunkline between Komsomolsk-on-Amur and Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East. About 376 of 390.8 km of the linear section (including backup strings and submerged crossings) have been welded, laid, and backfilled. Construction…
On the waterfront of Cape Town in South Africa this week, one of the thorniest parts of the debate about climate change has been playing out in real time. Oil ministers from across the continent, in town for Africa Energy Week, encountered small protests…
China is expected to drive LNG regasification capacity additions in Asia between 2021 and 2025, contributing approximately 36% of the region’s total capacity additions by 2025. Ever-increasing natural gas demand, need to reduce carbon emissions, and liberalisation of the domestic gas market (leading to…
Ørsted has contracted Boskalis to install the inter-array cables for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The contract includes the transport, installation, and burial of a combined total of 106 inter-array cables. The…
Shell Global Solutions BV and energy technology company Baker Hughes have signed a broad strategic collaboration agreement to accelerate the global energy transition by helping each other achieve their respective commitments for net-zero carbon emissions and advancing solutions to decarbonise energy and industrial sectors. …
A group of US Senate Republicans said this week they had introduced legislation which would impose mandatory sanctions on Nord Stream 2, a Russian-backed natural gas pipeline which opponents believe would be harmful to US allies in Europe. The six lawmakers, led by Senator Jim Risch, the…
Tullow Oil Plc is pushing ahead with plans to sell stakes in energy deposits in East Africa and Latin America. “We have pretty significant positions in emerging basins in Guyana and Argentina and we’re looking at farm-down opportunities there,” Chief Executive Officer Rahul Dhir…
Phillips 66 has announced that it plans to convert its Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, into a terminal facility. The conversion is expected to take place in 2022. “We made this decision after exploring several options and considering the investment needed to…
The UK won’t join an alliance of countries fixing a date to phase out fossil fuel production, in a move that calls into question the COP26 host nation’s climate leadership. The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance is being spearheaded by the governments of Denmark…
