The UK government has revealed its ambition to create two million green jobs by 2030 and has launched a Green Jobs Taskforce to help reach that goal as part of the government’s plan to build back greener and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. …
Enbridge Inc’s battle with Michigan escalated on the 13th November as the governor took new legal action to shut down a key pipeline which supplies Central Canadian refineries. Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a complaint in Ingham County Circuit Court seeking to “revoke and terminate” a 1953…
On the 12th November two Minnesota agencies announced their approvals of several permits for Enbridge Inc’s plan to replace its Line 3 crude oil pipeline. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued a Section 401 water quality certification under the Clean Water Act for the…
Canadian Solar Inc (the “Company”, or “Canadian Solar”), one of the world’s largest solar power companies, has announced that two of its projects in Japan have been awarded feed-in-tariffs under the 6th FIT Auction. The projects total 22 MWp and are located in the…
New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG) has provided an update on the Ironbark-1 well being drilled by BP in WA-359-P in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. As at 6:00 11 November 2020 (AWST) the Operator has advised that the Ironbark-1 well had reached…
Premier Oil has provided a Trading and Operations Update for the ten months to 31 October 2020. Highlights Proposed merger with Chrysaor announced, creating the largest London listed independent oil and gas company with a strong balance sheet and significant international growth opportunities…
BP and Ørsted have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to work together to develop a project for industrial-scale production of green hydrogen – a significant step in developing BP’s hydrogen business. Green hydrogen is made by the electrolysis of water using renewable power,…
ConocoPhillips reported on the 10th November a new gas condensate discovery 150 miles (241 kilometres) offshore Norway. Located in Production Licence 1009 in the Norwegian Sea 22 miles (35 kilometres) northwest of the Heidrun Field, the 6507/4-1 (Warka) discovery well was drilled to 16,355…
Dutch offshore vessel and services provider Royal IHC has decided to reorganise to be in line with “a realistic turnover ambition”. This means that about 300 jobs will be lost in the Netherlands and as many as 300 in other locations. In order to…
Germany’s gas demand is set to increase from its currently level just above 90 bcm/year (bcmy),to more than 110 bcm by 2034 but as future supplies from Norway and the Netherlands dwindle, new imports must be sourced. Russian gas through the Nord Stream 2…
