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Daily (21.03.2024): Forward gas prices dropped sharply on Wednesday amid ample storage levels and strong Norwegian flows
On Wednesday, oil prices fell as the dollar weakened after the Fed announcement, while investors took advantage of recent price spikes amidst worries about possible supply disruptions in Russia. As a result, Brent crude oil fell by about 2% to settle slightly below $86 a barrel, while WTI crude declined by around 3% to stand at $81.27 a barrel.
read more... 21/03/2024
Norway’s Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea
Norway has big plans to pump waste carbon from oil and gas operations and heavy industry under the seabed of the North Sea to be stored safely underground. It believes this method will be key to decarbonizing its fossil fuel activities in the coming years and supporting a green transition. However, some fear that this process cannot be done safely without risk to the environment. Others believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is merely a band-aid on a bullet wound and that countries should be fixing their carbon problem at the source rather than mitigating the effects of fossil fuel production. Nonetheless, so long as the world relies on oil and gas, companies will be looking for ways to produce lower-carbon fossil fuels through innovative methods, such as CCS technology.
read more... 14/03/2024
Germany to expand carbon capture and storage
Germany will change its CO₂ storage law to accommodate carbon capture and storage (CCS) for certain industrial sectors that were previously unable to use the technology.
read more... 29/02/2024
Berlin launches ‘milestone’ strategies to capture and remove CO2 permanently
Germany will change its CO2 storage law to facilitate gas transport and is eyeing carbon capture in industry and the power sector while taking steps to become an emission-negative country past 2050.
read more... 27/02/2024
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Italy awaits EU clearance on $5.2 bln tariff to cover gas storage costs
Italy's energy authority is awaiting clarity from the European Union on whether a planned tariff to cover costs of gas storage filling, potentially worth 4.8 billion euros ($5.18 billion), is in compliance with the single market rules, two sources said on Thursday.
read more... 16/02/2024