Aberdeen-based offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has revealed an agreement with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries related to an option to buy a newbuild drillship. Stena Drilling informed on Tuesday it had entered into a purchase option agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries for a drillship, giving Stena “the possibility to offer the market a state of... Continue Reading →
Thermoplastic Composite Pipes Could Transport Hydrogen from Offshore Wind Turbines
Offshore wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has signed a collaboration agreement with Strohm, a company specializing in Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) construction. The duo said Tuesday it planned to develop hydrogen transfer solutions that improve the decentralized green hydrogen concept, where green hydrogen is generated in each wind turbine generator and transported to shore... Continue Reading →
Oil CEOs urge caution over energy transition policy
(Reuters) - Top energy executives this week urged a more cautious transition of energy policy away from oil and gas, but a U.S. Energy Department official said the industry has a moral obligation to address climate change and the economic opportunity it represents. Executives from Saudi Aramco, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, speaking at the World... Continue Reading →
Singapore’s Temasek Working with Portfolio Firms in Green Transition
Singapore state investor Temasek is working with its portfolio companies to help them become more green as advancing sustainability goals becomes the new normal, the firm's chief sustainability officer said on Thursday. Temasek, with a portfolio valued at S$381 billion ($278.81 billion) as of March, has committed more than S$2 billion this year to the... Continue Reading →
Chevron plans $15 billion spending budget for 2022
U.S. oil major Chevron Corporation has revealed its 2022 organic capital and exploratory spending programme of $15 billion, at the low end of its $15 to $17 billion guidance range and up more than 20 per cent from 2021 expected levels. The company also expects to increase its share buyback programme. As explained by Chevron on Monday, this capital programme... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil earmarks $15 billion for lower-emission spending over next six years
U.S. energy major ExxonMobil has finalized its corporate plans, which increase spending to $15 billion on greenhouse gas emission-reduction projects over the next six years while maintaining disciplined capital investments in its portfolio. Exxon has also increased its annual dividend payment for the 39th consecutive year. As explained by ExxonMobil on Wednesday, the plans support... Continue Reading →
Company Valuations and Climate Strategies are Poles Apart
Companies in the most polluting sectors that have invested in climate action often find themselves valued below peers that have been slower to do so, highlighting the difficulty of getting shareholders to back sustainability. Investors have poured more than $30 trillion into environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) strategies, data from the Global Sustainable Investment... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras boosts payouts and spending under new plan – analysts
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras loosened its dividend policy and raised capital spending projections in a new five-year strategic plan unveiled late on Wednesday that was cheered by analysts and investors. In a securities filing, Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA), as the company is formally known, said it was ending its previous dividend policy, which... Continue Reading →
Brazilian company BBF to build country’s first HVO fuel plant
(Reuters) - Brasil BioFuels will build the country's first plant to produce Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, a fuel known as HVO or 'green diesel'. The plant will be in the northern city of Manaus and will begin production in January 2025, demanding 1.8 billion reais ($322 million) in investments. The plant will have an annual capacity... Continue Reading →
New clean hydrogen production tax credit of up to $3/kg approved by US House, paving way for cheap green H2
A ten-year tax credit worth up to $3 per kilogram of “clean hydrogen” was approved by the US House of Representatives on Friday as part of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Bill. The cleaner the hydrogen produced, the higher the tax credit received by producers — a move that could make green H2 derived from... Continue Reading →