Sustainability

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September 21, 2021
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is proving it’s taking a different approach to the energy transition.
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September 21, 2021
The world’s biggest gas traders and producers are meeting in Dubai this week for the Gastech conference -- the first major in-person event for the industry since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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September 17, 2021
Europe is bracing for a tough winter as an energy crisis that’s been years in the making leaves the continent relying on the vagaries of the weather.
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September 16, 2021
An ambitious project aimed at capturing millions of tons of carbon emissions along the U.S. Gulf Coast in Texas garnered the support of some of the world’s biggest refiners and chemical manufacturers.
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September 16, 2021
House Democrats are investigating the role major oil companies and their trade groups are alleged to have played in misleading the public on the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming.
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September 16, 2021
Petrofac has signed an agreement with carbon capture technology company, CO2 Capsol, which enables collaboration on carbon capture projects.
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September 15, 2021
The study states that a lack of maturity in the US offshore wind supply chain currently translates to the need for a rapid expansion in products and services required to deliver projects on time and on budget.
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September 14, 2021
Chevron Corp. expects its $10 billion of investment on low carbon technologies through 2028 to offer double digit returns that are competitive with its main oil and gas business, Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth said.
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September 14, 2021
Barclays Plc and Deutsche Bank AG are among 17 banks accused by climate law activists of “hypocrisy” over work related to a controversial North Sea oil field.
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September 13, 2021
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin stands alone among his fellow Democrats, recognizing the long-term economic damage Biden's $3.5T liberal wish list would inflict on America’s ability to meet its own energy needs, and compete in the global economic arena.
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September 10, 2021
California is asking the federal government to declare an “electric reliability emergency” so the Golden State can lean more heavily on fossil fuels to avoid blackouts.
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September 10, 2021
Amid rising shareholder pressure on climate issues, Chevron is proactively forging climate-friendly joint ventures with an array of startups as well as corporate giants that include Caterpillar Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
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September 08, 2021
Aker Solutions, Siemens Energy and Doosan Babcock have formed a consortium which will see the three companies draw upon more than 450 years of combined experience to develop technology and solutions for the growing UK carbon capture, utilization and storage market.
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September 08, 2021
Focused on driving sustainability in the region through digital transformation, the partnership will help enable AVEVA to establish their largest digital hub, with an R&D capability, in the Middle East, headquartered in Saudi Arabia.
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September 08, 2021
Schlumberger New Energy announced an investment and collaboration agreement to deploy EnerVenue’s uniquely differentiated nickel-hydrogen battery technology, which is a key enabler of stationary energy storage solutions.
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September 07, 2021
Exxon Mobil Corp. will offer some of its Permian Basin shale gas for certification by a nonprofit that assesses methane leaks, a move that comes as the oil industry faces unprecedented pressure to clamp down on emissions.
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September 01, 2021
Global controls technology company Proserv Controls has received industrial sponsorship for its disruptive subsea cable condition monitoring system for the offshore wind segment, ECG, or Electro Cable Guard, from ScottishPower Renewables.
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September 01, 2021
A new forecast of the energy transition from DNV has warned that even if all electricity was ‘green’ from this day forward, the world will still fall a long way short of achieving the 2050 net zero emissions ambitions of the COP21 Paris Agreement.
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August 30, 2021
Sarawak Shell Berhad, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announced that it has taken a final investment decision on the Timi gas development project and, together with its partners PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd and Brunei Energy Exploration, look forward to delivering this for Malaysia.
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August 27, 2021
After mooring lines installation in June, towing and hook up in July, Bourbon Subsea Services completed the offshore installation of the 3,6 MW TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine at Metcentre Test site in Norway, by laying and connecting the power cable earlier this week. The wind turbine will be commissioned in the coming weeks.
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August 26, 2021
A new study concluded that more than 2 million metric tons (MT) per year of CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere and injected safely into the earth at two ethanol plant sites in California. The study was commissioned by Aemetis, Inc., a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company focused on below zero carbon intensity products.
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