Thursday, 6 February 2025

Spotlight: Natural Gas

The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen on an oil tank at TotalEnergies fuel depot in Mardyck near Dunkirk, France, January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/ File Photo
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TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading to pay $48 million for attempted market manipulation

The U.S. regulator fined TOTSA $48M for attempting to manipulate European gasoline futures by flooding the market.

Tysvaer, Norway, August 24, 2024. Jan Kare Ness/NTB via REUTERS
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Greta Thunberg, activists block Norwegian gas processing plant, media reports say

Climate activist Greta Thunberg and campaigners from the environmental group Extinction Rebellion have blocked the Kaarstoe plant.

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Which future? Japan’s net zero vision for the region boosts gas and threatens green exports in Australia

Opinion: Japan's net-zero vision for Asia-Pacific means decarbonisation, but done slowly and with a longer role for coal, oil and gas.

Onshore wind turbines at Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm operate beside electricity pylons in Dungeness, Britain, July 10, 2024. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe/File Photo
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Extreme weather and geopolitics to send UK energy bills up 10%

Price cap for average household UK energy bill jumps over analysts' forecasts as market fails to stabilise following impact of Russian conflict.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a section of a gas platform in the North Sea, June 17, 2024. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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UK faces legal action over new North Sea oil and gas licences

Oceana UK is challenging Britain’s new oil and gas licenses in court, arguing they endanger marine life and conflict with net-zero goals.

FILE PHOTO: A fish lies dead in oil from an oil spill on Grand Terre Island, Louisiana June 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Celano/File Photo
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US must do more to protect species from Gulf of Mexico drilling: judge

District judge rules federal agency's assessment on drilling impact on endangered species as flawed, orders new review.

FILE PHOTO: An oil field is seen in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani/File Photo
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BP-Iraq deal on Kirkuk fields to use profit-sharing model

Iraq and BP have signed a preliminary deal to develop Kirkuk's oil fields on a profit-sharing basis, marking BP's return after five years.

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who swept to victory in March on a promise of radical reform, has declared an audit of the oil, gas and mining sectors (AFP)
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Senegal sets up commission to review oil and gas deals

Prime Minister announces commission to 'rebalance' fossil fuel contracts 'in the national interest', after promises made before March election.

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One killed in offshore natural gas pipeline explosion in Louisiana

An offshore natural gas pipeline that exploded near Venice, Louisiana, on Saturday night, killing one person, was owned by Whitney Oil and Gas,...

FILE PHOTO: Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reaching surface of the Baltic Sea in the area shows disturbance of well over one kilometre diameter near Bornholm, Denmark, September 27, 2022.  Danish Defence Command/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Russia complains to Germany over Nord Stream sabotage probe

Russia has complained to Germany over its investigation into the 2022 explosions that ruptured the Nord Stream gas pipelines: RIA state news

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