A consortium of industry leaders has called on the European Commission to phase out new diesel and petrol cars and vans no later than 2035.
read more... 28/04/2021
Last year, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Saudi Aramco sent shockwaves through the natural gas markets after it announced that it was kicking off the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States. Saudi Aramco said it plans to spend $110 billion over the next couple of years to develop the Jafurah gas field, which is estimated to hold 200 trillion cubic feet of gas. The state-owned company hopes to start natural gas production from Jafurah in 2024 and reach 2.2 Bcf/d of sales gas by 2036 with an associated 425 million cubic feet per day of ethane.
read more... 24/03/2021
Oseberg production available for sale of 25.7mn m³/d in January was the highest for any month since gas sales began from the field in September 2000. The field's gas blowdown process has begun, which involves a shift to gas production rather than gas reinjections as it approaches the end of its economic oil-producing life.
read more... 22/03/2021
Adding 162 GW of wind and 253 GW of solar capacity over 10 years, boosting electric vehicle (EV) sales and speeding up coal power plant retirements would result in a reduction of 53% in Europe’s emissions by 2030, but the bloc needs to do more to reach its 55% goal.
read more... 23/02/2021
Sales of battery-electric vehicles in Germany increased three-fold to more than 194,000 units in 2020, the country's road-traffic regulator said on Wednesday, citing the appeal of a more diversified product offering and of more reliable technology.
read more... 07/01/2021