Oil rose on Friday after U.S. official said that an immediate Saudi oil output surge was not anticipated. Thus, Brent crude ended 2.1% higher at $101.16 a barrel and WTI rose by 1.9% to settle at $97.59 a barrel.
read more... 18/07/2022
Denmark’s government on Thursday agreed with a majority in parliament to put and end to all oil and gas exploration and extraction in the North Sea by 2050 as well as cancel its latest licensing round.
read more... 04/12/2020
The intervention comes amid growing scrutiny over the effects of shale gas extraction methods such as fracking and their impact on climate change through methane emissions, especially among U.S. producers.
read more... 23/10/2020
The British government has set a goal to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Electrification of oil and gas platforms on the UK continental shelf (UKCS) should play an important role in efforts to achieve this target, as a Rystad Energy analysis shows that UK oil and gas production will remain significant for decades to come. After a small decline over the next several years, output forecast to rebound to approximately 2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by around 2035. UK emissions from oil and gas production in the North Sea are the highest among the region’s producers, reaching 13.1 million tonnes of CO2 in 2019, according to Rystad Energy emission data. Extraction emissions account for 10.1 million tonnes of CO2, with flaring making up the rest.
read more... 21/09/2020
Georgia’s Oil and Gas Agency has granted oil and gas exploration and extraction licenses to Romanian oil company OMV Petrom, a member of the Austrian OMV Group, Bm.ge reported.
read more... 29/06/2020