Oil and Gas
Shell to pay 15 mn euros to Nigerian farmers over pollution
The Hague (AFP) Dec 23, 2022 - Shell said Friday it will pay 15 million euros to Nigerian farmers to compensate them for damage from pipeline leaks.
Oil and Gas
Iraq tells visiting Italy PM it seeks closer economic ties
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 23, 2022 - Iraq's prime minister appealed to visiting Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Friday for closer economic ties with his oil-rich country suffering from power cuts and decaying infrastructure.
Bio Fuel
Aston University to help power Indonesia with affordable energy made from rice straw
Birmingham UK (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 - Scientists at the Energy and Bioproducts Institute at Aston University are to start a project to convert Indonesia's unwanted rice straw into low-cost energy on a commercial scale. Each year t
Oil and Gas
Putin inaugurates key Siberian gas field for China exports
Moscow (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday inaugurated the Kovykta natural gas field in eastern Siberia that will allow Russia to increase its exports to China amid soaring tensions between Moscow and the West.
Energy Tech
UCF researchers create technology that harvests radio waves for energy
Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 - To meet the growing energy needs of the internet of things (IoT) and wireless communication systems, University of Central Florida researchers have developed a technology for converting radio freque
Energy News
Endless cycle of destruction and repair for Ukraine’s energy workers
Kramatorsk, Ukraine (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 - It has become a daily struggle for Ukrainian technicians: mending pipes damaged by Russian airstrikes in a desperate bid to keep the energy grid working in freezing temperatures, even as attacks continue.
Energy News
Ten flagship nature-restoring initiatives hailed by UN
Montreal (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 - Before a historic agreement to protect biodiversity was sealed at the COP15 summit in Montreal on Monday, the United Nations identified 10 flagship projects that have already been helping to restore nature across the world.
Energy News
EU reaches deal on major carbon market reform
Brussels (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 - EU member states and parliamentarians on Sunday announced an agreement for a major reform to the bloc's carbon market, the central plank of its ambitions to reduce emissions and invest in climate-friendly technologies.
Energy Tech
Country warming up to energy beneath the crust
Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 - China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec, the world's largest refiner by volume and the country's biggest geothermal developer, vows to further tap geothermal energy sources as part of the widespread ad
Energy News
Ukraine races to restore power after Russian missiles batter grid
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Dec 17, 2022 - Ukraine worked Saturday to restore electricity and water supplies after Russia's latest wave of attacks pitched multiple cities into darkness and forced people to endure sub-zero temperatures without heating or running water.
Energy News
S.African army deploys to guard power plants amid energy crisis
Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 17, 2022 - South Africa has begun deploying the military to protect the country's electricity plants as the long-running power crisis worsens, state-owned energy utility and the presidency said Saturday.
Energy News
At COP15, businesses urged to act for nature
Montreal (AFP) Dec 17, 2022 - Widely blamed for ravaging Earth's ecosystems, big businesses are nevertheless being turned to as key players in a deal to save nature at the COP15 biodiversity conference.
Oil and Gas
Moderate earthquake hits US oil region in west Texas
Washington (AFP) Dec 17, 2022 - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck an oil-producing region of west Texas on Friday, rattling structures but causing no apparent damage, US authorities said.
Energy Tech
Mitigating corrosion by liquid tin could lead to better cooling in fusion reactors
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 - Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and the National Institute for Fusion Science have clarified the chemical compatibility between high temperature liquid metal tin (Sn) and reduced activa
Energy News
Actor James Cromwell bashes world leaders for absence at UN nature summit
Montreal (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 - A high-stakes UN summit in Canada seen as vital to saving the world's biodiversity has failed to attract a single world leader beyond the host country's prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Oil and Gas
HSBC bank says to stop funding new oil and gas fields
London (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 - Banking giant HSBC on Wednesday said it would end financing for new oil and gas fields, a decision welcomed by environmentalists who nevertheless urged greater action from banks and government.