(Reuters) - Europe's top energy companies signalled confidence in a lasting recovery from the pandemic impact by drawing on higher oil prices to boost shareholder returns and reassure investors as they roll out risky climate strategies. After swiftly cutting spending and jobs in response to the unprecedented collapse in energy demand last year, executives from... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies and Technip to decarbonise LNG and offshore facilities
French energy major TotalEnergies and energy transition company Technip Energies have teamed up to decarbonise LNG plants and offshore facilities for the energy transition push. The companies signed a technical cooperation agreement that aims to accelerate the energy transition. Under the agreement, they will explore new concepts and technologies to cover LNG plants and offshore-type... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes posts 2Q loss despite signs of global economic recovery
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has reported a loss in the second quarter of the year regardless of the company posting an increase in orders and revenues. In its second quarter of 2021 report on Wednesday, Baker Hughes said that its orders in the quarter were $5.1 billion, up 12 per cent sequentially and up four per... Continue Reading →
Ports supplied by offshore wind are preferred models for green hydrogen in Brazil
(epbr) The investments announced for the construction of plants producing green hydrogen (H2V) in Brazil already total more than US$ 22 billion, all concentrated in ports — Pecém, in Ceará, Suape, in Pernambuco, and Açu, in Rio de Janeiro. These ports combine a series of strategic factors for the development of the new H2V chain,... Continue Reading →
Energy transition takes spotlight in Aker Solutions’ record orderbook
Aker Solutions reported an order intake of NOK 12.2 billion in the second quarter of 2021, said to be the strongest in several years, of which about 60% is related to energy transition work. Aker Solutions saw its orderbook go up almost 30% in Q2 2021 compared to the same period last year, equaling 1.8... Continue Reading →
Analysis: Big Oil keeps brakes on spending even with crude rally windfall
(Reuters) - Leading international energy companies are resisting the temptation to rush and spend an unexpected windfall from rallying oil and natural gas prices as they focus on longer-term energy transition challenges, executives and analysts said. Benchmark crude oil prices more than doubled in the second quarter of 2021 from a year earlier and have... Continue Reading →
Shell to reduce refinery portfolio by more than half
(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) plans to reduce its refining and chemicals portfolio by more than half, it said in July 2020 without giving a precise timeframe. The move is part of the Anglo-Dutch company's plan to shrink its oil and gas business and expand its renewables and power division to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sharply... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes to become net-zero company by 2050
Oilfield services major Baker Hughes has announced the release of its 2020 Report on Corporate Responsibility which outlines its corporate strategy for a sustainable energy future. Baker Hughes said on Thursday that it supported the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement, and it believes that the private sector has a crucial role to play in... Continue Reading →
Colombia to launch road map to develop hydrogen as fuel -minister
(Reuters) - Colombia will launch plans in September to develop the production and use of hydrogen as a long-term clean energy source, the Minister of Mines and Energy said on Tuesday, while voicing hope this year's oil and gas auction will be successful. The South American country will publish a road map to establish over... Continue Reading →
Chevron: No Plans to Shrink Oil & Gas Business
U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has no plans to shrink its oil and gas business for wind and solar energy unlike some rivals, Chief Financial Officer Pierre Breber said on Thursday, amid pressure from shareholders to lower carbon emissions. Major oil and gas producers are facing pressure from investors to lower greenhouse gas emissions and... Continue Reading →