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(Reuters) - The Brazilian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) will invest 3 billion reais ($565 million) in renewable energy in the country through 2025, executives said on Tuesday. Most of the capex is related to solar energy projects, the executives said. The head of renewable development for Latin America, Gabriela Oliveira, said Shell has 2GW of... Continue Reading →
Three companies are working on a project to convert existing jack-up drilling rigs into offshore green hydrogen production units in the North Sea. Offshore engineering firm Aquaterra Energy, renewable hydrogen producer Lhyfe and offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling have partnered up in the project called Project Haldane. The project envisions the development of an industrial-scale... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Deep in the Oman desert lies one of BP's more lucrative projects, a mass of steel pipes and cooling towers that showcases the British energy giant's pioneering natural gas extraction technology. The facility earned BP Plc (BP.L) more than $650 million in profits in 2019, according to financial filings reviewed by Reuters. Yet the oil... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces its ambition to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from operations under its control (scopes 1 and 2), and its intention to leverage its influence to achieve the same in non-operated assets, in a timeframe compatible with that established by the Paris Agreement. The decision is part of the... Continue Reading →
Investors managing more than $10 trillion on Wednesday published an ambitious blueprint for energy companies seeking to tackle climate change, including sharp cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and a winding down of oil and gas production. The unprecedented initiative - dubbed the Net Zero Standard for Oil and Gas - details 10 required standards to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Investors managing more than $10 trillion on Wednesday published an ambitious blueprint for energy companies seeking to tackle climate change, including sharp cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and a winding down of oil and gas production. The unprecedented initiative - dubbed the Net Zero Standard for Oil and Gas - details 10 required... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BP (BP.L) named Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, a former chief executive of RWE Renewables, to oversee the British company's rapid expansion into renewable energy following the unexpected departure of BP's head of low carbon and natural gas Dev Sanyal. Dotzenrath's appointment comes at a time when BP, under the leadership of CEO Bernard Looney, seeks to rapidly... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp (CVX.N) said on Tuesday it has tripled its low-carbon investment to $10 billion through 2028, as global oil companies rush to shift away from the fossil fuel due to the mounting pressure from investors and environmentalists. "With the anticipated strong cash generation of our base business, we expect to grow our dividend, buy... Continue Reading →
New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE) (“NFE”) announced today that it has executed definitive commercial terms with a subsidiary of Norsk Hydro ASA (“Hydro”) to supply natural gas to the Alunorte Alumina Refinery in Pará, Brazil for a term of 15 years. “We are excited to partner with Hydro to transition the Alunorte refinery to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oilfield service firms Schlumberger (SLB.N) and Baker Hughes (BKR.N) are counting on newer energy transition businesses like carbon capture and hydrogen fuel for growth, and expect these clean energy units to rival some of their more traditional units by the next decade, executives said on Wednesday. Schlumberger estimates that global investments for industries moving away from fossil... Continue Reading →
