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November 02, 2021
Signing the pledge, being released at the COP26 climate summit Tuesday, would amount to shared recognition of the problem posed by the potent greenhouse gas — not a “burden” to cut individual emissions, America’s climate envoy John Kerry said.
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November 02, 2021
ExxonMobil and Pertamina, the state-owned energy company for Indonesia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the potential for large-scale deployment of low-carbon technologies in Indonesia.
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November 02, 2021
Neptune Energy announced the completion of a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to measure methane emissions on a working UK offshore platform using advanced drone technologies.
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November 02, 2021
The Biden administration is launching an assault on methane Tuesday, advancing initiatives across government - and the globe - to keep the potent, heat-trapping gas from escaping landfills, oil wells and farms.
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November 02, 2021
As world leaders discuss the fight against climate change, global oil demand has bounced back above the key level of 100 million barrels a day last seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to BP Plc.
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October 29, 2021
Exxon Mobil Corp. will ramp up spending on low-carbon energy by a factor of four just months after activist investor Engine No. 1 replaced a quarter of the oil giant’s board.
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October 28, 2021
Bottlenecks in the global supply chain threaten to drive up renewable-power costs, reversing a decade-long trend that made wind and solar mainstream.
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October 28, 2021
TotalEnergies SE Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne said it’s “too early” for the French oil major to consider spinning off its renewable-energy business because that segment may triple in value by 2025.
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October 28, 2021
Executives from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell and BP were urged by U.S. lawmakers to abandon the leading oil-industry trade group, and cut off funds to any groups sowing doubts about climate science.
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October 28, 2021
The Biden administration is poised to unveil a crackdown on methane leaks from oil and gas wells that will be its most consequential action yet to reduce greenhouse gases -- but is still likely to disappoint climate activists.
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October 27, 2021
Activist investor Dan Loeb has built a position in Royal Dutch Shell Plc and is pushing for a breakup of the energy giant as it embraces renewable energy while continuing to pump oil and gas.
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October 26, 2021
Negotiations over the climate provisions in the Democrats’ spending bill have accelerated and are focused on a package of measures that could replicate the emissions reductions of a clean energy plan dropped from the draft legislation.
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October 22, 2021
Saudi Arabia said it would use one of the world’s biggest natural-gas projects to make blue hydrogen, as the kingdom steps up efforts to export a fuel seen as crucial to the green-energy transition.
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October 22, 2021
China aims to have non-fossil energy consumption exceed 80% of its total mix by 2060, when the world’s second-biggest economy plans to be carbon neutral, according to guidelines published by the official Xinhua News Agency.
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October 19, 2021
As Europe faces an energy crunch that’s pushed wholesale natural gas and power prices to record levels, French utility Engie SA is launching a trial of new contracts that would curb peak demand from households.
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October 19, 2021
The UK unveiled its net-zero strategy as it tries to showcase its green credentials ahead of key climate talks later this month. It will move taxes from electricity to gas, fund carbon-capture, and offer grants for cleaner home heating.
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October 18, 2021
Clariant’s Oil and Mining Services business has officially opened its new, state-of-the-art Eagle Ford Technology, Sales & Operations Center near San Antonio, TX.
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October 14, 2021
Honorees received awards in 18 categories, encompassing the full breadth of the upstream industry. Today’s innovations, many of which would have seemed far-fetched a generation ago, are enabling operators to find and produce hydrocarbons more safely, economically, and efficiently.
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October 13, 2021
Government climate policies and the transition away from fossil fuels are not to be blamed for the energy crisis ravaging Europe and Asia, according to the International Energy Agency.
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October 13, 2021
Donald Trump vowed to revive the coal industry, but it’s President Joe Biden who’s driving a big comeback of the dirtiest fossil fuel.
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October 12, 2021
BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said emerging economies need about $1 trillion a year over the next three decades for the world to achieve carbon neutrality.
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