Tag: gas

Program of metrological support for Gazprom’s operations approved for 2017–2021

The Gazprom Management Committee approved the Comprehensive Targeted Program of metrological support for the Company's operations between 2017 and 2021. The Program is aimed at further improving the quality of metering Gazprom's gas...

Holding the line

The issue that currently dominates the outlook for the oil market is the outcome of OPEC’s ministerial meeting in Vienna on 30 November. It has only been two months since OPEC last...

DONG Energy Confirms Sale of Oil and Gas Arm to Focus on Renewables

Danish energy giant DONG Energy has confirmed plans to sell its oil and gas business as part of the company's "strategic transformation" into a global leader in renewable energy. "We have decided to...

Thassalia: France’s First Marine Geothermal Energy Power Plant Inaugurated

French utility Engie has inaugurated the nation’s first self-termed marine geothermal power station on France’s southern coast, in Marseille. The Thassalia power station will pump seawater from the Port of Marseille into...

OGCI Announces $1 Billion Investment to Accelerate Development and Deployment of Innovative Low Emissions Technologies

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) announced an investment of $1 billion over the next ten years, to develop and accelerate the commercial deployment of innovative low emissions technologies. OGCI Climate Investments...

Dong Energy Considers Sale of Oil and Gas Assets to Focus on Windfarms

The biggest windfarm operator in the UK is considering selling its oil and gas business, four decades after it was set up to manage Denmark’s North Sea oilfields. Dong Energy, which is majority...

More Northeast Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity Brings Questions

Led by the surge in Appalachia’s Marcellus and Utica plays, U.S. natural gas production has increased over 50% since 2005 and related infrastructure to move the gas has become short. This is...

Onshore Windfarms more Popular than Thought, UK Poll Finds

Public support for onshore windfarms is far higher than widely believed, according to a new opinion poll, even in rural areas. Wind turbines are also far more popular than fracking or nuclear power,...

Annual Implementation Report 2016: Contracting Parties Put into Action Energy Union Objectives

The Secretariat’s Annual Implementation Report published today outlines the progress achieved by the Energy Community Contracting Parties in implementing the acquis communautaire under the Energy Community Treaty. The current state of implementation...

Shell Starts Production at Stones in the Gulf of Mexico

Shell announces recently  that production has started from the Stones development in the Gulf of Mexico. Stones is expected to produce around 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day  when fully ramped...

Gazprom Neft acquires two new licences in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegaz and Gazpromneft-Yamal, subsidiaries of Gazprom Neft, have won recent tendering rounds for subsoil usage rights to the Yuzhno-Noyabrskoye and Kamennomysskoye (onshore) fields, both located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in close...

The Pollution-free Benefits of Cooking without Power

No one likes to be stuck in a sweltering kitchen on a hot sunny day. When the weather is gorgeous, summer evenings should be spent outside, not slaving away over air-polluting kitchen...

IEA Executive Director on Official Visit to Republic of Korea

Dr. Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director, was in Korea on an official visit on 1-2 September 2016. He met with Mr. Joo Hyunghwan, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, with their discussions concentrating...

Blame Oil: Nigeria Slumps into Recession, Norway Stalls

Nigeria slumped into recession and Norway's economic growth slowed to a standstill in the second quarter. Both countries rely on oil for a big chunk of their exports and have been hit...

Adapting to a Drier World

Water, which covers more than two-thirds of the planet’s surface, is fundamental to life. It is also essential to energy production. Water is critical to pumping oil and natural gas out of the...

Transport is now biggest part of U.S. carbon emissions, first time in 40 years

Transportation is a major contributor to carbon emissions, but historically it has not been the largest source. However, that has apparently changed. Transportation-related sources now account for the largest share of U.S....

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