- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 25, 2021
Natural Gas Replacing Nuclear, Despite What Cuomo and Others Say
germany … …[Editor’s Note: Cynical politicians are fond of saying “Watch what we do, not what we say.” Is that what’s happening with natural gas?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 15, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – May 15, 2021
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 4, 2021
Biden Plan for Offshore Wind Is Wildly Expensive and Wholly Stupid
germany … …[Editor’s Note: Joe Biden, a puppet being manipulated by the worst sort special interests, is pushing an offshore wind fiasco that will accomplish nothing.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 20, 2021
Wood Pellets Power Europe As Continent Takes A Giant Step Backward
germany … …[Editor’s Note: Europe’s focus on biomass in the form of wood pellets to produce electricity is a step backward on CO2 and shows green energy is anything but.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 1, 2020
Electric Vehicle Mandate in UK Really About Controlling All of Us
... … … [Editor’s Note: Boris Johnson has banned fracking and aims to force Brits into the electric vehicle they can’t afford, which means pushing them into cities.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 30, 2020
Novatek’s Q3 natgas production up 4.5%
Russia’s largest independent gas producer, Novatek, saw its production rise 4.5% year-on-year during the third quarter of 2020, despite a slight decline in total sales volumes, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 30, 2020
Equinor posts $2.12B loss in Q3
Norway’s Equinor posted on Thursday a net loss of $2.12 billion in the third quarter of 2020, hit by weak hydrocarbon prices but, mostly, impairment charges due to reduced future price assumptions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 30, 2020
Shell starts its new ‘era’ raising dividends
Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday it is starting a new era of dividend growth, as it announced a portfolio reshape to meet cleaner energy needs, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 29, 2020
Arctic LNG 2 inks 30-year charger agreements for LNG fleet
Novatek said on Wednesday Arctic LNG 2 has entered into long-term charter agreements on six Arc7 ice-class LNG tankers, three with Sovcomflot and three with Mitsui O.S.K.,- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 29, 2020
Eni looks forward to demand recovery, green transition
Italy’s Eni said on Wednesday it’s looking forward to a recovery in oil and gas demand, while continuing to pursue its energy transition plans, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2020
Gazprom opens Europe’s largest natural gas filling station in Moscow
Russia’s Gazprom continues to expand its natural gas vehicle (NGV) business both home and abroad, with of one of Europe’s largest gas refuelling stations opening in Moscow on Tuesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2020
bp sees 17% decline in gas production, prices in Q3
bp posted on Tuesday a 17% year-on-year decline in its natural gas production and realized gas prices during the third quarter of 2020, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 27, 2020
Iberdrola to operate 50-MW battery storage in Australia
Spain’s utility giant Iberdrola said Monday it will operate a 50-megawatt (MW) battery-powered energy storage system in New South Wales, Australia, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 27, 2020
Enagás, Edison to collaborate in small-scale LNG in Mediterranean
Spanish transmission system operator (TSO) Enagás has joined forces with its Italian counterpart Edison to develop small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Mediterranean, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 27, 2020
Total joins EV charging trade body in Europe
Total said Monday it has joined the ChargeUp Europe alliance, which claims to be the voice of the electric vehicle (EV) charging industry in Europe, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 23, 2020
Snam to study hydrogen for rail in Italy
Italian gas infrastructure operator Snam and state-owned rail network manager FS Italiane will investigate the technical and economic feasibility of hydrogen for rail transport in Italy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 23, 2020
Spanish natgas demand continues recovery: Enagas
Spanish natural gas demand continues to recover since a pandemic-induced collapse, and is expected to end 2020 higher than 2018 figures, according to grid operator Enagas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 23, 2020
Shell addresses safety concerns from trade union
Royal Dutch Shell has dismissed “major safety concerns” allegations brought up by the UK’s largest trade union, Unite, reassuring safety of its operations remain paramount, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 22, 2020
Texas wind project begins commercial operations
Partners Tri Global Energy and Denmark-based Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have started commercial operations at a 162-megawatt wind project in West Texas, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 20, 2020
PGNiG inks gas supply deal with Aker BP
Polish state oil and natural gas company, PGNiG, will supply Norweigan gas to Aker BP, under a contract starting this month, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
Equinor, Microsoft partner on Northern Lights CSS project
Equinor has partnered with technology giant Microsoft on a new carbon capture and storage (CSS) project for its Northern Lights development, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
Canadian company buys Spanish solar assets
Q-Energy has announced the sale of 73 solar assets in Spain to Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ), a global institutional investor, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
European EV market share to treble despite pandemic
Europe’s electric vehicles (EVs) market share is set to treble this year to 10%, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
Høglund joins concept development of wind/LNG-run vessels
Norway’s marine technology provider Høglund Marine Solutions has acquired a majority stake in Vindskip AS – a company developing a wind/LNG-powered vessel concept.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
EU sets actions to curtail methane emissions home and abroad
The European Union (EU) published on Wednesday its first strategy to tackle methane emissions since 1996, as part of its Green Deal and carbon-neutrality goals.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
Norway’s Hammerfest LNG to reopen in January
Norway’s Hammerfest LNG isn’t expected to resume operations this year, as operator Equinor continues to carry out an investigation into a serious incident late last month.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 14, 2020
NAM halves Groningen’s gas production in last gas year
Natural gas production at the Netherlands’ Groningen field has halved in the past gas year, which ran from October 2019 until September 2020, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 13, 2020
Gazprom hits new gas discovery in Yamal region
Russia’s state-owned natural gas giant, Gazprom, has made a new gas discovery in the Yamal region, Kallanish Energy learns from the company.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 12, 2020
bp awarded UK’s largest EV charging network contract
bp’s electric vehicle business has been awarded a £21 million ($27.2 million) contract to develop the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure for the Scottish Police, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2020
Naturgy, Sonatrach settle tensions with new gas agreement
Spain’s Naturgy and Algeria’s Sonatrach announced Thursday a natural gas supply agreement after five months of “tough” negotiations, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2020
UK grants CO2 appraisal license to Eni
Eni announced Thursday it was granted a CO2 appraisal and storage license by the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2020
Gazprom to appeal against Poland’s €6.46B fine
Russia’s Gazprom said on Wednesday it will “certainly” appeal against its €6.46 ($7.6) billion fine imposed by the Polish antimonopoly authority UOKiK, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2020
Total buys into emerging French floating offshore wind sector
Total announced Wednesday it has acquired a 20% stake in the EolMed floating offshore wind pilot project in France, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2020
EBRD backs Greece’s biggest renewable project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has backed Greece’s Hellenic Petroleum (HELPE) 18-solar farm project with a €75 ($88.2) million investment.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 7, 2020
Premier Oil agrees ‘reverse takeover’ with Chrysaor
London-based independent Premier Oil announced on Tuesday it will merge with UK-based E&P firm Chrysaor, Kallanish Energy reports. Premier will merger with Chrysoar through a “reverse takeover” announced on Tuesday with Chrysaor’s parent company, Harbour Energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 6, 2020
Engie appoints Catherine MacGregor as new CEO
French energy company Engie appointed on Monday Catherine MacGregor as its new chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2021, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 5, 2020
Vestas closes September with series of new contracts
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has finished out September with a series of new orders totalling more than 1.45 gigawatts, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 5, 2020
Transform Materials inks new gas, hydrogen technology deal
U.S.-based sustainable chemical company, Transform Materials, has signed a major global licensing agreement with Switzerland-based DSM Nutritional Products. Under the undisclosed deal, DSM will use Transform Materials’ patented technology to produce certain vitamins and nutritional ingredients, reducing its carbon footprint, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
Potential £6B savings from UK integrated offshore grid: National Grid ESO
A new report from UK grid operator National Grid ESO has found that an integrated approach offshore could save consumers approximately £6 billion ($7.7 billion) by 2050, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
GFG Alliance, Ignis to build 1.2GW of green energy in Spain
Global conglomerate GFC Alliance and Spain’s renewables developer, Ignis, announced Thursday a deal to build 1.2 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity in Spain.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
Construction begins at world’s largest floating offshore wind farm
Equinor started on Thursday the construction of the first floating offshore wind farm to power oil and gas installations, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 30, 2020
Shell ethane cracker in Pa. is about 70% done
The ethane cracker being built in western Pennsylvania by Royal Dutch Shell is about 70% complete, although it is unclear when the $6 billion petrochemical complex might begin operations, Kallanish Energy has learned.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 29, 2020
Vattenfall connects its first floating solar plant
Swedish green utility company, Vattenfall, announced Monday it has opened its first floating solar farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands. The 1.2-megawatt (MW) solar farm was built on the site of sand and gravel extraction company Netterden.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 29, 2020
Siemens to build green hydrogen plant in southern Germany
Siemens Smart Infrastructure and hydrogen specialist WUN H2 plan to build one of the largest green hydrogen production plants in Germany, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 28, 2020
France’s renewable capacity rises to 55GW
The total renewable energy capacity of France rose to 54.69 gigawatts (GW) by the end of the first half of 2020, driven by new wind and solar photovoltaic additions, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 27, 2020
Gasum secures new Finnish wind Power Purchase Agreement
Finnish state-owned gas company Gasum has agreed a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with ABO Wind to sell renewable wind power to the domestic market, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Biomethane may be route for decarbonizing Europe’s gas markets
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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Total to convert crude refinery to produce biofuels
French energy major Total announced on Thursday it will convert its Grandpuits crude oil refinery to produce renewable diesel and bioplastics, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Iberdrola to create green hydrogen business unit
Spanish utilities Iberdrola will create a dedicated green hydrogen business unit, as it aims to become a global leader in the technology, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
German, Scottish wind associations ink cooperation deal
German wind power association WAB and Scottish wind consortium DeepWind have signed a three-year cooperation agreement to develop a market for green hydrogen from wind power.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2020
Neste, Shell Aviation ink SAF supply agreement
Neste and Shell Aviation said Wednesday they have signed a supply agreement for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), anticipating increasing “desire” from airlines to reduce emissions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2020
Europe may boost state aid to green projects
Europe will need a huge amount of sustainable investment to achieve its green goals, and state aid limits may need to be boosted, according to the European Commissioner for competition.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2020
Shell, Microsoft allied to tackle carbon emissions
Royal Dutch Shell and Microsoft have announced a new alliance targeting the energy transition and need to reduce CO2 emissions, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2020
Netherlands ‘well-prepared’ to curb emissions: IEA
The Netherlands is “well prepared” to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and deliver a rapid transition to a carbon-neutral economy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2020
UK set to accelerate ban on fossil-fuel vehicles to 2030
UK’s government is expected to bring forward its ban on new fossil-fuel vehicles to 2030, in a move to reduce emissions in Britain’s highest polluting sector.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2020
UK’s Dogger Bank places record-breaking turbine order
The world’s soon-to-be largest offshore wind farm has broken a new record on Tuesday, placing the biggest turbine order for GE’s 13-megawatt (MW) Haliade-X model, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2020
Power of Siberia gas pipeline resumes flows
Natural gas flows in the Power of Siberia pipeline have resumed on Tuesday, following the completion of its scheduled maintenance, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2020
Gazprom orders extra transit capacity in Ukraine
Gazprom has boosted its Ukranian gas transit requirements in October, booking additional interstate capacity via auction platforms in Poland and Hungary, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2020