(REUTERS) The share of fossil fuels in the world's total energy mix is as high as a decade ago, despite the falling cost of renewables and pressure on governments to act on climate change, a report by green energy policy network REN21 showed on Tuesday. Fossil fuel use has persisted amid rising global energy demand,... Continue Reading →
Neoenergia to develop green H2 pilot project in Brazil
(H2Tech) Neoenergia and the Pernambuco State Government signed an MOU to build cooperation for the development of a pilot project for green hydrogen production at the Suape Port - Complexo Industrial Portuário Governador Eraldo Gueiros. The initiative expects to find opportunities to enable demand for the product and prepare Suape Port to become a HUB for... Continue Reading →
Norway’s Equinor must lift its climate ambitions, minority investors say
(Reuters) Norwegian energy major Equinor (EQNR.OL) must set tougher near-term targets for reducing the company's climate impact when it presents a new strategy next week, minority shareholders said. Chief Executive Anders Opedal, who took the helm late last year with a promise to speed up the state-controlled firm's renewable investments, also faces demands for climate action from... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind Could Produce Affordable Hydrogen by 2035 , Siemens Gamesa says
Wind power could make it possible to produce hydrogen without emitting greenhouse gases as cheaply as is currently feasible with fossil fuel energy by 2030, turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said in a white paper released on Wednesday. Policymakers see green hydrogen, which is made with renewable power without emitting carbon, as a vital tool to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on scheduled stoppage of Mexilhão and Route 1
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it will start on August 15th the scheduled stoppage for 30 days of the Mexilhão platform and Route 1 pipeline, which outflows natural gas produced in Mexilhão and in other pre-salt and post-salt platforms in the Santos Basin. The intervention on Mexilhão platform and Route 1 gas pipeline... Continue Reading →
Port of Suape (PE), to receive US$ 3.8 billion in investment in a green hydrogen plant from Qair Brasil
(TNPetroleo) The government of Pernambuco began technical and economic feasibility studies for the implementation of a green hydrogen production plant at the Port of Suape. The project belongs to the company Qair Brasil, of French origin, whose main activity is the independent production of electricity from alternative sources. The initiative, named Pernambuco Green Hydrogen Plant,... Continue Reading →
Rystad: No more trillion-dollar oil & gas tax revenues as energy transition ramps up
Global petrostates can forget trillion-dollar from oil and gas tax revenues as the accelerating energy transition bites, according to a report by Rystad Energy. The global government income from oil and gas taxation fell to a multi-year low in 2020 of around $560 billion, as production and prices shrunk. Before Covid-19, oil and gas taxes... Continue Reading →
Karoon to more than double output rates with new project off Brazil
Australia’s Karoon has taken the Final Investment Decision to proceed with the development of the Patola project located offshore Brazil. Following the first production, expected in 2023, the project will more than double Karoon’s current production rates. The Patola field is located within the 100 per cent Karoon-owned and operated BM-S-40 Production Licence in the Santos Basin,... Continue Reading →
Lawsuit Challenges ExxonMobil’s Exploration and Production Activities in Guyana
(Reuters) A landmark lawsuit filed against Guyana's government, arguing that oil production fuels climate change, could bolster legal action as court cases involving energy companies and state authorities surge, according to lawyers and environmentalists. The constitutional claim - the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean - asserts that oil exploration and production led... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes the sale of Eólica Mangue Seco 2
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on February 26, 2021, informs that today it has concluded the sale of the totality of its 51% interest in Eólica Mangue Seco 2 - Geradora e Comercializadora de Energia Elétrica S.A. (Eólica Mangue Seco 2) to Mangue Seco Participações S.A., invested by Fundo... Continue Reading →