(Reuters) Royal Dutch Shell’s climate change strategy does not go far enough and investors should advise against it at an upcoming meeting, a UK pension funds group said on Wednesday. Shell has asked investors to vote on its energy transition strategy, although the vote is advisory only. read more Its plans call for reaching net zero... Continue Reading →
Who Will Pay for the Energy Transition?
(Reuters) The transition from a fossil-fuel dominated energy system to one with zero emissions would require trillions of dollars of investment in new production, distribution and consumption equipment worldwide. New investments could support millions of new jobs in construction and manufacturing, but policymakers are struggling to decide whether to recover the costs from consumers or... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies buys its own shares from TechnipFMC
Energy transition company Technip Energies has agreed to buy €20 million (approx $24.2 M) equivalent of its own shares from TechnipFMC. In February 2021, TechnipFMC and Technip Energies were separated as two independent, publicly traded companies. Technip Energies deals in LNG, hydrogen, and ethylene as well as blue and green hydrogen, sustainable chemistry, and CO2 management,... Continue Reading →
BP to resume share buybacks as profit soars on strong oil, gas trading
Energy group BP (BP.L) said on Tuesday it expects to have hit its $35 billion net debt target in the first quarter of this year, sooner than expected and paving the way for it to deliver on its promise of buying back shares. "This is a result of earlier than anticipated delivery of disposal proceeds combined with... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Schlumberger names new executives to energy transition business
(Reuters) Top oilfield services firm Schlumberger NV (SLB.N) on Monday named new executives to energy transition units, according to a memo seen by Reuters, a move that signals its growing commitment to lower carbon businesses. Sebastian Pages, formerly in the Well Construction group, was appointed as New Energy finance director. Kahina Abdeli-Galinier, previously the marketing director for... Continue Reading →
Total Declares Force Majeure on $20B Mozambique LNG Projectd After Attacks
(Reuters) Total declared force majeure on its $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique and confirmed it had withdrawn all staff from the construction site following insurgent attacks last month. Dozens of civilians were killed in the Islamic State-linked attacks in the coastal Mozambique town of Palma, near gas projects that are worth... Continue Reading →
In focus: Energy and shipping sectors in symbiosis for net-zero
Offshore Energy continues with its new In focus weekly feature, spotlighting the latest energy transition developments, after our first edition went online on 16 April. Following last week’s news on the U.S. oil giant Chevron’s entrance into the offshore wind market and note that the company has not yet announced its net-zero agenda, its Norwegian counterpart Equinor – which... Continue Reading →
2020: A year like no other with a Mixed Outlook for Subsea
On many levels, 2020 was a pretty horrific year, “a year like no other”, according to Mike Beveridge, managing director of energy investment firm Simmons Energy, a division of Piper Sandler. It’s easy to see why. A dip into a negative WTI contract prices, Brent troughing at $23/b – the indicators were all pretty grim.... Continue Reading →
OPT’s PowerBuoy Deployed Offshore Chile
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) said Thursday that Enel Green Power (EGP) has deployed OPT's PB3 PowerBuoy off the coast of Las Cruces, Chile to support the country’s transition to clean energy. OPT’s PB3 PowerBuoy converts wave motion into electricity to supply continuous and autonomous power and enable secure collection and transmission of data from... Continue Reading →
U.S. deepens emissions target at climate summit, goal called ‘game changing’
(Reuters) The United States on Thursday pledged at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, a target it hopes will spark other big countries to raise their ambition to combat global warming. The United States, the world’s second-leading emitter after China, seeks to reclaim... Continue Reading →