Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Spotlight: Natural Gas

A United States Postal Service (USPS) collection box is pictured in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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States, environmental groups drop lawsuit over US Postal Service EV purchase plans

The lawsuit sought to block the U.S. Postal Service's plan to buy mostly gas-powered, next-generation delivery vehicles.

FILE - In this photo made with an Optical Gas Imaging thermal camera, a plume of heat from a flare burning off methane and other hydrocarbons is detected in the background next to an oil pumpjack as a cow walks through a field in the Permian Basin in Jal, N.M., Oct. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Harmful gas billowing from Texas and New Mexico comes mostly from smaller leaks, researchers say

The most productive oil and gas region in the world emits huge amounts of powerful greenhouse gas.

Vermilion Energy Inc. raised its dividend as it outlined a capital spending plan of $600 million to $625 million for 2025. The corporate logo of Vermilion Energy Inc. is shown. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Vermilion Energy raises dividend, plans $600M-$625M capital spending for 2025

The company will pay a quarterly dividend of 13 cents per share, up from 12 cents per share.

FILE PHOTO: Natural gas flares off at a production facility owned by Exxon near Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S. February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
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AI’s energy hunger fuels geothermal startups but natgas rivalry clouds future

Large data-center operators are racing to meet the energy needs of artificial intelligence.

A view shows wind turbines in front of a cow at Paradela's City Council, in Galicia, Spain September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/ File Photo
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Spain’s electricity demand edges up as renewables break records

Spain has set ambitious targets for renewables as part of its climate and energy plan.

Gold production shot up from 13 to 51 tonnes between 2012 and 2023 (AFP)
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Ivory Coast wants bigger share of its mining boom

Huge deposits of natural resources — including oil, gas and gold — have pushed the country's economy in a new direction.

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Woodside Energy Group's exhibition booth is seen at the World Gas Conference 2022 in Daegu, South Korea May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Tan/File Photo
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Chevron, Woodside in Western Australia LNG asset swap deal

Australian energy giant Woodside Energy is exiting the $34 billion Wheatstone LNG project.

FILE - Youth plaintiffs in the Held v. Montana climate case leave the Montana Supreme Court, on July 10, 2024, in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)
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Global warming can’t be ignored, Montana’s top court says, upholding landmark climate case

Montana's top court found a policy that prevented the state from considering the effect of GHGs in issuing permits for fossil fuel projects...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is seen on a large diameter pipe at Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant owned by ChelPipe Group in Chelyabinsk, Russia February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
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US issues fresh sanctions related to Nord Stream 2 pipeline

The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Russian entities linked to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, targeting its operator and associated vessels.

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