(Oil Price)– The EU summit this week is debating how to bridge the divide within the bloc regarding interim 2040 emission-reduction targets as the European Union insists on becoming a net-zero area by 2050. The EU member states remain divided over the proposal of the European Commission to officially endorse setting a 2040 climate target to reduce the EU’s net greenhouse gas
(World Oil)– TotalEnergies SE said its third-quarter profit and cash flow may rise slightly after oil and gas output increased and refining margins jumped from a year earlier, outweighing a drop in crude prices. Despite a drop in oil price of $10 per barrel year-on-year, the results and cash flow from business segments should be flat to 5% higher thanks
(Oil Price) – The plans of many EU countries to boost nuclear power capacities will need an investment of as much as $278 billion (241 billion euros), according to estimates by the European Commission. Many EU countries have drafted plans to increase nuclear power capacity or even return to nuclear energy after decades of no nuclear generation, as they look to
(Investing) – DUBAI/PARIS -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday he was ready to travel to Europe for talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme, with France indicating European powers were also ready for dialogue if Tehran showed it was seriously engaged. Iran is looking to build on the momentum of nuclear negotiations with the United States that resume in Oman on
Oil Price The G7 group of the world’s most industrialized nations are discussing a common target to end their coal-fired power generation by 2035 at an energy ministers’ meeting in Italy, a source close to the talks told Reuters on Monday. The energy, climate, and environment ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States are meeting between Sunday
Nasdaq WINNIPEG, Canada – Canadian pipeline company Enbridge ENB.TO is keen on further offshore wind investments in France, but will avoid the United States, where cost and supply chain problems have contributed to offshore projects collapsing, a senior executive said. Rising costs have led to canceled projects in the U.S. and Britain while putting others at risk. The setbacks for offshore wind
Oil Price France’s new regulation, which will not allow funds invested in fossil fuel companies with new development plans to use a national ESG label, could result in forced divestments of $7.6 billion (7 billion euros) of oil and gas assets currently held by funds, according to a Morningstar Inc analysis carried by Bloomberg. Last week, France’s Economy and Finance Minister
Oil Price France is considering an extension of its windfall tax for oil and power companies into the new year, according to French lawmaker Jean-Rene Cazeneuve, who shared the plan on X. The plan, hatched by the National Assembly’s finance committee, is part of a proposed amendment to France’s budget bill for 2024 and would serve to offset higher costs for
World Oil (Bloomberg) — French President Emmanuel Macron said that the United Arab Emirates’ ruler confided to him that OPEC’s two leading oil exporters are already pumping almost as much oil as they can. The UAE is “at maximum” output and neighboring Saudi Arabia can promptly add only about 150,000 barrels a day, Macron said, relaying a conversation with Sheikh
World Oil (Bloomberg) –France has joined a group of countries and states that support fixing a date to end fossil fuel exploration, putting its name to an initiative that was snubbed by the UK The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) represents a rare supply-side initiative to cut hydrocarbon production. The group, which was created by Denmark and Costa Rica
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Qatar Petroleum signs agreement to farm Total-held exploration acreage in Namibia, Guyana and Kenya Qatar Petroleum (QP), Qatar’s state-owned energy company, has signed an agreement with French supermajor Total SA (stock ticker: TOT), under which the company will farm into Total-held exploration acreage in Namibia, Guyana and Kenya. With regards to
From Reuters Franco-American oil services firm TechnipFMC Plc (FTI.N) said on Monday it would spin off its engineering and construction operations into a separate company, leaving it as a technology-focused equipment supplier to oil and gas companies. TechnipFMC, which had a market capitalization of $10.31 billion, said the new Paris-based company will deal with onshore and offshore oil and gas
