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June 17, 2022
Energy Workforce & Technology Council submitted comments to the SEC regarding the proposed rules that require expanded greenhouse gas reporting from publicly and some privately traded companies.
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June 15, 2022
Solstad Offshore, DeepOcean Group and Østensjø Group have joined forces to fast-track the adoption of remotely managed services to drive down operating costs and emissions for the marine and offshore industries.
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June 15, 2022
Gulf Energy Information, producer of the Carbon Intel Forum, is pleased to announce that Aramco Americas will be Host Sponsor for the 2022 event to take place September 28 – 29 in Houston, Texas.
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June 14, 2022
In a move strongly endorsed by Offshore Energies UK it has launched the UK’s first-ever carbon storage licensing round, offering 13 areas of the seabed as potential sites for permanently storing millions of tons of CO2.
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June 14, 2022
The NSTA has launched this carbon storage licensing round in response to unprecedented levels of interest from companies eager to enter the market.
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June 13, 2022
Fairfield Energy announced the end of an era with the removal of the topsides from Dunlin Alpha. This is the latest milestone in the decommissioning of the four fields which make up the Greater Dunlin Area.
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June 08, 2022
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s plan to auction oil exploration blocks next month threatens to disrupt some of the world’s most important carbon sinks and could jeopardize a $500 million forest preservation agreement.
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June 03, 2022
Energy Workforce & Technology Council CEO Leslie Beyer responded to House Republicans' six-part energy strategy, saying they applaud the House Energy, Climate, and Conservation task force for bringing the focus back to an 'emissions reduction' strategy.
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May 27, 2022
How the UK government finds itself mounting a tax raid on the oil and gas industry, while simultaneously breaking a promise not to offer fossil fuel producers incentives to drill more, shows how the invasion of Ukraine has turned the world of energy on its head.
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May 25, 2022
A Nigerian lawyer warned that international oil companies divesting from the West African country will abandon their obligations to compensate and clean up communities polluted by decades of crude production.
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May 23, 2022
The OU team designed and proposed a system to repurpose six abandoned oil and gas wells in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to provide clean, renewable geothermal energy for more than 730,449 square feet of educational and municipal buildings.
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May 23, 2022
Energy companies will need to provide updates each quarter on how they’re boosting clean energy investments in order to avoid a UK windfall tax on their surging oil and gas earnings, British government minister Alok Sharma said.
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May 23, 2022
Billions of pounds of investments aimed at building the UK’s net zero energy infrastructure could be diverted to other countries if politicians keep threatening to impose windfall taxes, the chief executive of Offshore Energies UK warns.
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May 20, 2022
The former chief of BP Plc warned that investors are pushing environmental, social and governance concerns aside as fears about energy security and mounting costs take precedence.
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May 16, 2022
African nations should resist pressure from “powerful interests” to hastily abandon fossil fuels to avoid hurting their economies, Angola’s President Joao Lourenco said.
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May 13, 2022
The North Sea Transition Authority, formerly known as the UK Oil & Gas Authority, published its Corporate Plan outlining how it will support the industry for the next five years.
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May 12, 2022
The drive to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 has taken a sizeable step forward with the award of two carbon storage licenses in the Southern North Sea.
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May 11, 2022
A wind energy auction lease sale drew competitive winning bids from two companies - TotalEnergies Renewables USA and Duke Energy Renewables Wind - totaling approximately $315 million.
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May 11, 2022
A London-based startup that makes small, modular units to capture carbon emissions from smokestacks has raised $150 million from investors that include the venture arms of Chevron Corp., Saudi Arabian Oil Co., and Samsung Group.
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May 10, 2022
Responding to the Queens’s speech, Offshore Energies UK said the proposed Energy Bill must create the predictability needed to attract the long-term investment crucial to boosting the nation’s energy security.
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May 10, 2022
Neptune Energy announced it will spend more than $1 billion over the next five years securing energy supplies for the UK and speeding the transition to net zero.
