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Big Oil’s move to offshore wind risks inflating seabed prices – Orsted

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COPENHAGEN – The world’s largest offshore wind developer Orsted ORSTED.CO is concerned that Big Oil’s eagerness to harness wind at sea could push up prices for seabed leases, making the technology less competitive, its chief executive told Reuters.

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Russia says EU carbon border tax may impinge on global trade rules

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MOSCOW – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that the European Union’s plans to impose carbon emission costs on imports of goods may clash with the global trade rules and threaten the safety of energy supplies.

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Shell plans to bid in Norway’s 1st offshore wind tender

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OSLO – Oil major Shell (RDSa.L) teamed up with Norwegian utilities BKK and Lyse to bid in the Nordic country’s first offshore wind tender expected next year, the companies said on Thursday.

Shell has been active in oil …

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Lundin sells ‘carbon neutral’ oil to South Korea’s GS Caltex

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Lundin Energy has sold an oil cargo certified as carbon neutral at the point of production to South Korean refiner GS Caltex in the first such sale of crude from Norway’s Johan Sverdrup field, the Swedish company said …

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Repsol to present new green “transition” framework to investors

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LONDON – Spanish oil and gas firm Repsol REP.MC has hired banks to present a new transition financing framework to investors that will allow the company to issue sustainability-linked bonds, according to a lead manager on Monday.

HSBC and …

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EXCLUSIVE Biden considers giving refiners relief from U.S. biofuel laws, sources say

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NEW YORK -President Joe Biden’s administration, under pressure from labor unions and U.S. senators including from his home state of Delaware, is considering ways to provide relief to U.S. oil refiners from biofuel blending mandates, three sources familiar with …

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Wind turbine giant Siemens Gamesa lays out plan to drive down cost of ‘green’ hydrogen

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So-called “green” hydrogen production using onshore wind turbines could achieve price parity with fossil-based hydrogen by the year 2030, according to a white paper from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.

In a statement on Wednesday the firm — a …

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Big Oil (Probably) isn’t going away anytime soon. But it’s definitely changing

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Big Oil is standing on the precipice of something. But no one can agree what it is. A long, slow decline? An abrupt collapse? A remarkable reinvention?

Mounting urgency about climate change has finally reached the boardrooms of …

EQT partners with Cheniere and others to advance GHG emissions monitoring technologies and protocols

EQT partners with Cheniere and others to advance GHG emissions monitoring technologies and protocols

EQT


PITTSBURGH, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) today announced that it has joined a project being led by Cheniere Energy, Inc., the largest U.S. producer of liquefied natural gas, and including several other upstream operators and …

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Canada’s oil sands producers form alliance to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

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Canadian oil sands producers said on Wednesday they would form an alliance to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from their operations by 2050, as the cash-rich firms come under pressure to meet the country’s goal on energy transition.

Oil …

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Shell to step up energy transition after landmark court ruling

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LONDON – Royal Dutch Shell will seek ways to accelerate its energy transition strategy and deepen carbon emission cuts following a landmark Dutch court ruling last month, CEO Ben van Beurden said on Wednesday, a move that will likely

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Pembina Pipeline to buy 50% stake in Canada’s proposed Cedar LNG

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Pembina Pipeline Corp said on Tuesday it would buy a 50% stake in Canada’s proposed Cedar LNG Project to develop the floating liquefied natural gas facility in British Columbia in partnership with indigenous group, The Haisla Nation.

Pembina expects …

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U.S. seeks less costly clean hydrogen in climate fight

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WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Monday set a goal of reducing the cost of producing clean hydrogen, a fuel that could reduce dependence on others that emit greenhouse gases that cause climate change.

The Department of Energy (DOE) …

Goodnight Midstream announces the execution of a 100 percent renewable energy contract with TXU Energy

Goodnight Midstream announces the execution of a 100 percent renewable energy contract with TXU Energy

Supports Goodnight Midstream’s Commitment to Significantly Reducing CO2 Emissions

TXU Energy to Supply Goodnight with Clean Renewable Energy

DALLASJune 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — As part of its ongoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Goodnight Midstream LLC (“Goodnight”), …

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BlackRock CEO says Shell decarbonisation ruling “not a solution”

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MILAN – Last week’s Dutch court decision against Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L is not the way to solve the global decarbonisation issue and risks shifting the problem to private firms, the head of the world’s largest money manager said …

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Big oil shareholders revolt over poor long-run returns: Kemp

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LONDON -Exxon Mobil’s shareholder revolt has been framed as a climate change issue, but it reflects broader dissatisfaction with the board’s strategy and failure to generate returns for shareholders in recent decades.

Many institutional investors are pressing the major …

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France’s Total to face climate plan pressure at investor meeting

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Several Total (TOTF.PA) shareholders plan to demonstrate their concern that the French firm is not doing enough to curb carbon emissions at its shareholder meeting on Friday, as global oil and gas companies come under growing environmental pressure.

The …

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Dutch court rules oil giant Shell must cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 in landmark case

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LONDON — A Dutch court on Wednesday ruled oil giant Royal Dutch Shell must reduce its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels.

That’s a much higher reduction than the company’s current aim of lowering its emissions …

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Suncor Energy aims for net-zero emission target by 2050

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Canada’s Suncor Energy (SU.TO) will partner with utility ATCO Ltd (ACOx.TO) to develop a clean hydrogen project near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, in one of the most significant steps taken by an oil sands producer to cut greenhouse gas emissions.…

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Global carbon pricing schemes raised $53 billion in 2020 – World Bank

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LONDON – Countries around the world raised $53 billion last year by charging firms for emitting carbon dioxide (CO2), up almost 18% from 2019 as some imposed new levies and prices in some existing schemes rose, the World Bank …

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Battelle and Catahoula Resources forge partnership to accelerate carbon capture, utilization and storage

COLUMBUS, Ohio & HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Battelle and Catahoula Resources (“Catahoula”) will jointly develop solutions for the capture, transport and sequestration of carbon dioxide produced at ethanol facilities in Nebraska.

The agreement pairs the world’s largest private independent research …

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U.S. engine maker Cummins plans plant for green hydrogen kit in Spain

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U.S. engine maker Cummins (CMI.N) said on Monday it would build a plant in Spain to make electrolyser systems that will be used to produce green hydrogen, a zero-carbon fuel which advocates hope can help wean economies off planet-warming …

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U.S. lawmakers to propose tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel

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NEW YORK- U.S. lawmakers plan to introduce a bill on Thursday that would create a tax credit for lower-carbon sustainable aviation fuel, which they hope will slash emissions of greenhouse gases from the aviation industry.

The legislation, seen by …

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Shell shareholders increase pressure for further climate action

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LONDON – Royal Dutch Shell shareholders overwhelmingly backed the company’s energy transition strategy on Tuesday, but increased support for a second climate resolution filed by an activist group pointed to growing pressure to tackle climate change.

A non-binding resolution …

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BP’s lobbying for gas shows rifts over path to net-zero emissions

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LONDON/BRUSSELS – Oil major BP BP.L has lobbied for the EU to support natural gas, a move that exposes divergent views among investors and reflects a wider European dispute about the role of the fossil fuel in the transition …

Big Oil won’t become major investors in renewable technology even as investment soars, IEA analyst says

Big Oil won’t become major investors in renewable technology even as investment soars, IEA analyst says

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Oil companies will increase their investment in renewables over the coming years but won’t become major investors in the technology that underpins the sector, according to a lead author of the International Energy Agency’s Renewable Energy Market Update.

Speaking …

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Energy sector to bear brunt of stepped up German climate law: draft

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BERLIN – The German government expects the energy sector to play the biggest role in reducing carbon emissions by 2030, according to a draft of the reform to its climate protection law seen by Reuters on Thursday.

The draft …

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Electric vehicles and renewables will need a dramatic rise in mineral supply, IEA warns

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The supply of critical minerals crucial for technologies such as wind turbines and electric vehicles will have to be ramped up over the next decades if the planet’s climate targets are to be met, according to the International Energy …

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Italy’s Eni to shed retail-renewable energy stake

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MILAN- Italian energy group Eni is planning to spin off a minority stake in its new retail and renewable business next year, it said on Friday, after announcing first quarter profits that missed expectations.

Several European energy companies, including …

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China has ‘no other choice’ but to rely on coal power for now, official says

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BEIJING — China has ambitious goals for cutting its carbon emissions, but it won’t be abandoning coal power anytime soon as it keeps its eye firmly on economic targets.

President Xi Jinping said in September that the country’s carbon …