French supermajor Total said Tuesday it’s starting a “new phase” with the purchase of London’s largest electric vehicle charging network, Kallanish Energy reports. Under the undisclosed deal, Total is acquiring the “Blue Point London” from the Bolloré Group, with over 1,600 on-street charger points. The network will be powered by 100% renewable electricity, supplied by
Read More...Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas company, SOCAR, said on Monday it has become the main natural gas supplier to Turkey, Kallanish Energy reports. “If a year ago Azerbaijani gas occupied the 4th-5th place in the Turkish market, now we are in the first place, which is very important for us and for Turkey, because gas
Read More...Banning fossil fuel infrastructure was the focus of one New York City Climate Week panel last week, and while that’s not surprising, the suggestion that the definition of this infrastructure should expand to include things like parking lots was just one of many “creative” polices that overlooked some greater considerations. Despite the emissions reductions attributed
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Joe Biden is busy trying to reassure some Pennsylvanians he might be fine with fracking but it’s not his call. When it is, he’s a big NO. Joe Biden was against fracking. Then, he told Pennsylvanians it was all a misunderstanding; he favored fracking. Then, after the usual
Read More...John Droz, Jr.Physicist & Citizen AdvocateAlliance for Wise Energy Decisions … John Droz effectively lays out the ugly nature of S.2657, an especially bad Senate bill epitomizing the smell of the Federal swamp. This is a simplified tale of how good intentions were cleverly hijacked by self-servingspecial-interest parties — with little publicity, and to the
Read More...Inter Pipeline and Pembina Pipeline, two Canadian midstream companies behind the country’s two biggest petrochemical projects, face a reality check after spending hundreds of millions in plans to go downstream by turning propane gas they traditionally only transported into plastic. × Inter Pipeline, halfway into a C$4-billion plant construction, struggles to find an equity partner
Read More...While President Trump and former Vice President Biden have visited the Appalachian Basin numerous times this election cycle, this week’s debate in Cleveland, OH will mark the first time the pair shares the stage to talk about the biggest issues facing our country today. The Shale Revolution has been a game-changer for the region where
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. The Energy and Policy Institute is a totally phony entity and it exists solely to project what it does onto others as a distraction. Projection is “the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense,” according to Merriam-Webster. It’s what leftists do to distract from what their
Read More...Oil and gas production in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays is expected to drop again next month, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In its monthly drilling productivity report, the agency stated that natural gas production across the Appalachian basin is projected to drop by 162 million cubic feet per day in October
Read More...Recycling is about to become really, really important in California where Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that will require plastic beverage bottles to hit 50 percent recycled content by 2030, creating what he termed the “world’s strongest recycled content standards.” The state Legislature approved the bill in August. The bill would apply to all plastic
Read More...George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas George Stark talks about the Shale Energy Alliance “I Fracking Voted” campaign and the need to get out the vote for energy development. As you already know, election day is right around the corner. In fact, today is National Voter Registration Day! What better time to share an exciting new initiative
Read More...U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips sees global demand returning to 100 million bbl/d and growing from there, with oil an “important part of the energy mix in any scenario” going forward, a senior executive said Sept. 24. The view stands in contrast to that of rival BP Plc, which sees the coronavirus pandemic leaving a lasting
Read More...Top asset managers Vanguard Group Inc. and BlackRock Inc. on Sept. 24 introduced new exchange-traded funds that exclude oil companies, coal producers and other industries that a growing number of investors want to avoid. The so-called ESG funds use environmental, social or governance criteria to pick investments. “In our conversations clients continuously bring up the
Read More...The shipping industry’s “grand challenge” of decarbonization will have to rely on a mix of fuels, rather than wait for the ideal solution to arrive, according to DNV-GL. The consultancy said in its Maritime Forecast to 2050 report that currently there are at least 16 different fuel types and 10 fuel technology systems in the
Read More...Biomethane can help decarbonize Europe’s gas markets, but continued growth depends on policy support, Wood Mackenzie said this week. According to analysts Graham Freedman and Nnenna Amobi, the carbon-neutral renewable gas can be directly injected into existing natural gas infrastructure and decarbonize the heating and transport sectors. That’s because biomethane is a purified form of
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