Friday, 7 February 2025

Spotlight: Natural Gas

Jordi Zonneveld poses for a portrait at Plug Power where they produce green hydrogen in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, Friday, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Dad concerned about climate change shifts company away from oil and gas — towards green hydrogen

Jordi Zonneveld transitioned from oil and gas to green hydrogen, leading Frames Group's pivot towards clean energy innovation.

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How Australia’s clean energy boom is driven by its states and territories

Australia is now leading the world in per capita renewable energy deployment, with much of the progress happening at the regional level.

Energy firms are joining the Scottish Government on a new working group to look at creating a new social tariff (Jacob King/PA)
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Energy firms to work with Scottish govt on social tariff

Ministers are working with E.On, EDF Energy, Scottish Gas (Centrica) and consumer organisations on a new group that aims to design the tariff

FILE PHOTO: A man cycles past a chimney giving off emissions in an industrial area of Singapore January 5, 2016. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/File Photo
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Upstream electrification can cut oil and gas production emissions by more than 80%, report says

Researchers say fully electrified oil rigs and other fossil fuel assets emit 86% less carbon dioxide per barrel.

Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from a well heads as wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Calgary, Alta., on Sunday, May 12, 2024. Oil and gas production hikes and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, but a new report says the country was still able to make a modest cut to its planet-warming emissions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canada makes small emissions cut in 2023, but must ramp up to hit key targets: report

New estimates published by a leading climate policy institute show Canada cut emissions by about one per cent last year compared to 2022.

People gather outside American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) as more than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, according to a security source, in Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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Energy execs say they believe VP Kamala Harris is indeed open to fracking

Top natural gas executives say they trust Kamala Harris's pledge to keep fracking, citing energy price concerns.

FILE - A massive pipeline fire burns after a vehicle drove through a fence along a parking lot and struck an above-ground valve near Spencer Highway and Summerton on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in La Porte, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Flame from furious pipeline fire near Houston subsides but continues burning

A pipeline explosion in Deer Park, Texas, caused by a vehicle striking an above-ground valve, led to a fire, evacuation, and ongoing investigations.

Chevron CEO Michael Wirth gives the keynote address as top energy executives and ministers meet in Houston for the annual Gastech conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
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Chevron CEO hits Biden’s natural gas policies, says fuel is crucial for AI

Chevron CEO Michael Wirth criticized President Biden’s policies as "attacks on natural gas,” urging support for gas in AI growth.

Figures show the UK oil and gas industry met its 2027 target for reducing overall ‘upstream’ emissions four years ahead of schedule (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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Oil and gas sector has made ‘significant progress’ on emissions – industry body

A report says the UK’s oil and gas industry has made “significant progress” in emissions reduction targets

FILE PHOTO: An LNG tanker is guided by tug boats at the Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG export unit in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, U.S., April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Marcy de Luna/File Photo
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Low gas prices, LNG demand in spotlight at Gastech conference

Energy executives, experts and politicians to meet in Houston for Gastech conference as US surpasses Qatar as world's largest exporter of LNG.

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