(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell expects its fuel sales to fall or at best be broadly steady for the first quarter, the world’s biggest fuel retailer said on Wednesday, indicating fuel demand recovery has remained slow amid coronavirus restrictions. In a trading update, Shell said it saw refined oil product sales at 3.7-4.7 million barrels... Continue Reading →
Vitol $85 billion revenue hit offset by trading profits
(Reuters) - Global energy trader Vitol suffered an $85 billion fall in revenue last year, but its profits were boosted as trading plays offset the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oil demand and prices. Many traders benefited in 2020 from extreme oil price volatility and storage opportunities. In April last year, U.S. light sweet... Continue Reading →
Winds of Change: How Enel and Iberdrola Powered Up for the Energy Transition
Europe's biggest utilities Enel and Iberdrola saw the clean energy transition coming decades ago when others baulked at the high cost of producing energy from the sun and wind and instead stuck with coal and oil. Thanks to early decisions to buy power grids and build renewable plants, the once-staid utilities are now among a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes the sale of Mangue Seco 3 and 4
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on January 7, 2021, informs that today it finalized the joint sale with Wobben Windpower Indústria e Comércio Ltda (Wobben) of all its stakes (51% Wobben and 49% Petrobras) in the companies Eólica Mangue Seco 3 - Geradora e Comercializadora de Energia Elétrica S.A. (Eólica... Continue Reading →
Energy trader Gunvor to cut emissions by 40%, sets up renewables arm
(Reuters) - Energy trader Gunvor Group aims to cut its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 40% in absolute terms by 2025, the company said on Tuesday, and has set up a new subsidiary to invest in non-hydrocarbon projects. The Geneva-based firm, which is among the top five global oil traders, aims to cut emissions... Continue Reading →
Sinopec aims for carbon neutrality by 2050, plans pivot to hydrogen
(Reuters) - China’s Sinopec Corp, Asia’s largest oil refiner aims to be carbon neutral by 2050, with its near-term strategy focused on natural gas development and a long-term pivot to hydrogen, top executives said on Monday. As China’s largest hydrogen producer, Sinopec will focus on fossil fuel-based hydrogen production over the next five years and... Continue Reading →
James Fisher Launches Renewables Business
Offshore and subsea services company James Fisher on Monday launched a renewables business James Fisher Renewables, which sees consolidation of the group’s capabilities into what James Fisher said was "a comprehensive solutions provider." "Bringing together capabilities from across the group, JF Renewables will offer services through the project lifecycle including site preparation, UXO EOD, noise attenuation,... Continue Reading →
Enegix commissions Black & Veatch studies for 600 million kg/pa green hydrogen generation facility in Ceará, Brazil
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black & Veatch will undertake feasibility studies central to the development of the world’s largest green hydrogen plant. When operational, Enegix Energy’s Base One facility in Ceará, Brazil, will produce more than 600 million kilogrammes of green hydrogen annually. The highly ambitious new-build electrolysis facility will be powered entirely by renewable energy, initially 3.4... Continue Reading →
Fortescue and EIG-Backed Companies Sign MoU to Explore Joint Development of Green Hydrogen Plant in Brazil
(BUSINESS WIRE)--EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector, and Prumo Logística S.A. (“Prumo”), a private Brazilian company controlled by EIG, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) between Prumo’s subsidiary, Porto do Açu Operações S.A. (“Port of Açu” or the “Port”), and Fortescue Future Industries Pty Ltd (“FFI”). FFI... Continue Reading →
Invest $131 trillion in clean energy by 2050 to hit climate goals, agency says
(Reuters) - Planned investment in clean energy must increase by 30% to a total of $131 trillion by 2050 to avert catastrophic climate change, with the need to massively scale up hydrogen production particularly acute, according to a study here published on Tuesday. In its annual flagship report, the International Renewable Energy Agency underscored the scale and... Continue Reading →