Oil and Gas
Greece, UAE agree to mutual defense pact
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 23, 2020 - Greece and the United Arab Emirates, countries opposing recent Turkish policy, agreed to a strategic partnership on Monday.
Energy News
Sweden’s LKAB to invest up to $46bn in fossil-free iron
Stockholm (AFP) Nov 23, 2020 - Swedish state miner LKAB said Monday it would invest up to 400 billion Swedish kronor ($46.6 billion, 39.2 billion euros) to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from its own processes and products by 2045.
Oil and Gas
Oil, gas companies agree to track, report, reduce methane emissions
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 23, 2020 - The world's biggest oil and gas companies have agreed to a track and report methane emissions with greater accuracy and transparency, according to an announceetnt by the United Nations Environmental Program.
Oil and Gas
US extends Iraq sanctions waiver until before Biden inauguration
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 21, 2020 - Washington has granted Iraq a shortened 45-day sanctions waiver to import Iranian gas that will expire days before US President Donald Trump's term ends, an Iraqi official said Saturday.
Energy News
Australia signals shift away from climate credit ‘cheating’
Sydney (AFP) Nov 20, 2020 - Australia's prime minister said the country may no longer rely on a much-criticised accounting tactic to meet its emissions targets, stepping away from an approach international partners had labelled cheating.
Energy News
Canada govt seeks carbon neutrality by 2050
Ottawa (AFP) Nov 19, 2020 - The government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday submitted draft legislation that it said would allow the country to be carbon neutral by 2050, but his opponents dismissed the initiative as smoke and mirrors.
Energy News
Powering through the coming energy transition
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 19, 2020 - Aiming to avoid the worst effects of climate change, from severe droughts to extreme coastal flooding, the nearly 200 nations that signed the 2015 Paris Agreement set a long-term goal of keeping glo
Energy News
Urban greenery plays a surprising role in greenhouse gas emissions
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 18, 2020 - Burning fossil fuels in densely populated regions greatly increases the level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The largest carbon dioxide sources are cars, trucks, ports, power generation, and
Oil and Gas
Australian arrested over Iraqi oil bribes worth US$78m
Brisbane, Australia (AFP) Nov 18, 2020 - Australian police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with US$78 million in bribes used to secure lucrative Iraqi oil contracts linked to an alleged international corruption ring.
Oil and Gas
Iraq, Saudi reopen land border after 30 years
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP) Nov 18, 2020 - Iraq and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday reopened their land border for the first time in 30 years, with closer trade ties between the two countries irking allies of Riyadh's rival, Tehran.
Wind Daily
NREL advanced manufacturing research moves wind turbine blades toward recyclability
Golden, CO (SPX) Nov 18, 2020 - A new material for wind blades that can be recycled could transform the wind industry, rendering renewable energy more sustainable than ever before while lowering costs in the process. The use
Oil and Gas
Public money guarantees ‘risky’ fossil fuel projects: experts
Paris (AFP) Nov 17, 2020 - Energy firms are undertaking financially risky natural gas extraction projects from the Arctic to Africa made feasible by government-backed loans and guarantees, jeopardising efforts to curb global warming, experts say.
Energy Tech
Chinese car battery maker eyes 2-bn-euro base in Germany
Berlin (AFP) Nov 17, 2020 - Chinese electric car battery manufacturer Svolt said Tuesday it will plough up to 2 billion euros into establishing a base in Germany, joining a race of Asian firms plugging into Europe's fast-growing e-mobility automotive market.
Energy Tech
Finland’s battery plans spark environmental fears
Sotkamo, Finland (AFP) Nov 16, 2020 - Lines of trucks carrying piles of rock crisscross Finland's rugged Terrafame mine, which sits 300km (186 miles) below the Arctic Circle and is Europe's largest source of nickel for electric car batteries.
Oil and Gas
Trump administration to seek bids on Arctic oil leases
New York (AFP) Nov 16, 2020 - The United States on Monday invited oil companies to choose arctic drilling prospects as President Donald Trump races to enact a controversial Alaska leasing plan in his final days in office.
Bio Fuel
Catalyzing a zero-carbon world by harvesting energy from living cells
Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2020 - The imminent environmental crisis calls for an urgent transition to a green economy. A team of scientists at Nagoya University, Japan, led by Professor Susumu Saito, has recently found an interestin