Energy transition beyond Putin’s barbaric aggression
Energy is life – these days, Europeans are experiencing that first-hand. For far too long, Europe has depended on coal,
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Gas
Reliance on gas is a hard habit to break
Europe is in the grip of an energy crisis. Piped gas imports from Russia are 80% down on last year,
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The UK energy crisis: How prices became so high
According to government reports Britain’s new prime minister Liz Truss is planning to freeze household energy bills at broadly the
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New LPG initiative to reduce the pressure on electricity
The Department of Minerals Resources and Energy (DMRE) has launched its plan for The South African liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
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iGAS and CMG acquire 30% of the Rompco Pipeline from Sasol
Johannesburg – iGAS, a subsidiary of the Central Energy Fund (CEF), and Companhia Mocambiçana de Gasoduto (CMG), a subsidiary of
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Global commodities in a post-Ukraine-war world
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a geopolitical quake that will reverberate for decades. Europe is at the centre, its relationship
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GAS AND COAL: Europe goes on an LNG shopping spree
Despite the challenges, Europe has already dramatically reduced its dependence on Russia gas, as record gas prices trimmed demand and
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BHP merger completion and in specie distribution
BHP Group (BHP) has announced that the merger of BHP’s oil and gas portfolio with Woodside Energy Group Limited (Woodside)
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RePowerEU plan to cut Europe’s energy dependency on Russian gas
Ambitious European net zero targets, cutting dependency on Russian fossil fuel, regulatory change and growing investor confidence will unlock 42
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Is Putin’s war the fossil war?
Burning oil, gas and coal is causing warming and impacts we need to adapt to. And Russia sells these resources
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Fascist Russia demands rubble payments for its oil and gas
Western countries say Putin’s real aim was to swiftly topple Ukraine’s government, and that its failure is a strategic catastrophe,
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PUTIN’s WAR: the global risks to commodities
The geopolitical tensions caused by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine have had an immediate effect on the global economy and markets.
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Putin’s War: An expanded role for US LNG
For European countries wanting alternatives to Russian gas, the US is an obvious place to find suppliers. The US has
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Biden vs Putin: Gas, War, Gas and Gas again
The Biden administration has alleged that Russia is considering staging a fake attack on its own troops, to use as
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Rusatom and PJSC LUKOIL to produce and supply green hydrogen
Rusatom Overseas JSC (part of ROSATOM) and PJSC LUKOIL signed a memorandum of intent on the development of cooperation regarding
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2021 was a record-breaking year for Gazprom
In 2021, Gazprom produced 514.8 billion cubic meters of gas. This is the best result in the last 13 years. It topped the 2020 result by 62.2 billion
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US emerges as important gas supplier to the world
About 20 cargoes of US LNG are currently on their way to Europe, responding to soaring natural gas prices in
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LNG facility to sail for Rovuma natural gas field in Mozambique
The FLNG will be towed and moored at its operating site in the Rovuma basin offshore Mozambique. Production startup is
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How Asia can avert its growing gas supply crisis
Half-year ago, energy crises across the globe have served as a stark warning of the critical need for flexible and
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Glencore and Cheniere sign long-term LNG agreement
Glencore has announced that one of its subsidiaries and Cheniere Marketing, have entered a binding liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) sale
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ECA calls for the US to curb energy exports
Gas buyers in the US have been looking nervously at rising domestic prices. As gas prices have soared in Europe
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Russia should increase gas availability to Europe
The International Energy Agency, which is backed by developed countries including many of the world’s largest energy consumers, has suggested that Russia could “do more to
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Sasol and Central Energy Fund to accelerate gas development in SA
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Sasol and the Central Energy Fund (CEF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on
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The oil market rebalances, natural gas shows seasonal volatility
Oil prices increased by 39 percent between August 2020 and February 2021 on positive vaccine news and the rapid economic
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Woodside and BHP to create a global energy company
Woodside Petroleum and BHP Group have entered into a merger commitment deed to combine their respective oil and gas portfolios
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Rwanda to resume search for gas and oil in its volcanic lake
Rwanda will resume works to explore the prospects of oil in Lake Kivu soon after the project’s Rwf1.038 billion budget
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Newco to convert plastic waste into syngas
Kibo Energy has concluded its due diligence regarding the agreement with South Africa-based IGES to jointly develop a portfolio of
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Economic outlook for crude oil and LNG gas
The outlook for the short term remains uncertain, but with vaccine deployment underway, albeit with some uncertainty as to timing
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Sulphide stench fills the air in Gauteng. Why?
Gauteng residents have experienced a sulphide stench from early Saturday morning. The cause of the smell is not unknown as
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Moderate recovery for oil & gas industries in 2021
Oil & gas industries are expected to post modest demand gains in 2021, in particular during H2-2021 as the global roll-out
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