As companies around the world identify ways to combat climate change and mitigate their environmental impact, hydrogen is becoming a staple in many industrial and commercial industries. The use of hydrogen in the production of fuels and other industries has more than tripled since 1975,…
The Kremlin said on the 22nd July that it disagreed with some statements in an agreement between the United States and Germany on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, insisting that Russia had never used energy as a tool of political pressure. Under the agreement announced…
The European Union reiterated on the 22nd July that the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany was “not of common EU interest” but will discuss a deal between the United States and Germany agreed to this week. “We will discuss this with EU…
France is pushing back against the European Union’s proposal to launch a new carbon market for heating and road transport, a move which worries some other EU nations and which is quickly becoming the most controversial part of a new climate plan. Days after…
An advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has said that nearly half of the country’s oil exports go to China, making China the number one market for Iraqi oil. Speaking on the 22nd July, Mazhar Muhammad Salih said that China accounts for about…
UK oil and gas company EnQuest has received approval from the UK authorities for its decommissioning programme for the Heather platform topsides, located in the UK North Sea. EnQuest filed its decommissioning programme for the Heather Alpha platform topsides to the country’s authorities in…
Independent Oil & Gas (IOG) has drilled Elgood well 48/22c-7 in Block 48/22c in the UK Southern North Sea. The well is the first in the Core Project-Phase 1 development of three fields: Southwark, Blythe, and Elgood. The well was drilled horizontally through the…
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has granted a subsidy to the PosHYdon project in the Dutch North Sea, said to be the world’s first offshore green hydrogen pilot on a working platform. RVO’s award comes under its Demonstration Energy and climate Innovation (DEI+) scheme,…
La Gan Wind Power Development Corporation (La Gan Wind), owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Asiapetro and Novasia, has awarded an offshore geotechnical contract to a consortium led by Vietsovpetro, PTSC G&S and Fugro. The award is part of CIP’s development plan for the…
On the 21st July the United States and Germany unveiled an agreement on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under which Berlin pledged to respond to any attempt by Russia to use energy as a weapon against Ukraine and other Central and Eastern European countries….
