(Oil & Gas 360) – The oil and gas industry is moving from intention to action. With a focus on sustainability and operational advancements, this sector is investing in groundbreaking technologies to meet new demands. Find out how the Oil and Gas Decarbonisation Congress (DECARBON) 2026 is driving this transformation and reshaping the global energy landscape. The oil and gas sector
(Oil Price) – UK energy company Low Carbon has raised as much as $1.45 billion (£1.1 billion) from CVC Capital Partners and other investors as private equity firms are increasingly backing renewables operations. CVC Capital Partners and Low Carbon’s existing shareholder Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company participated in the funding, which will see CVC Capital Partners become the majority owner of
(Oil price)– The COP30 climate summit is ditching an earlier draft of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels, according to the latest draft of negotiating texts at the global gathering in Belem, Brazil. Many countries at COP30 have mobilized and supported a so-called “roadmap” to transition away from fossil fuels. But the latest draft document of the summit has
(Oil Price) – Norway’s $2.1-trillion oil fund is looking to invest in renewable energy assets in the U.S. and expand its clean energy portfolio in Europe, a senior executive at the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund told Bloomberg in an interview published on Monday. The fund has recently hired three people in New York, Harald von Heyden, global head of energy and infrastructure
(Oil Price) – The new government’s Climate Competitiveness Strategy, outlined in Budget 2025, will prioritize effective carbon markets, enhanced methane regulations, and technologies such as carbon capture and storage as the primary means to reduce oil and gas emissions. Canada’s federal government is signaling it plans to scrap the previous cabinet’s controversial emissions cap plan, which had put former PM Justin
(Investing) – ABU DHABI -Executives at two of Europe’s top gas suppliers, ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy, on Monday warned they could stop doing business with the European Union if it does not significantly loosen a sustainability law that could impose fines of 5% of their global revenue. Exxon CEO Darren Woods told Reuters on the sidelines of the ADIPEC meeting in Abu Dhabi
(Investing) – WASHINGTON -The U.S. will not send any high-level officials to the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil, a White House official told Reuters, alleviating some concern among world leaders that Washington would send a team to scupper the talks. Brazil will host a high-level leaders’ summit next week before the two-week UN climate negotiations begin in the Amazonian city
(Oil Price) – Saudi Arabia has awarded one wind power and four solar power projects in the country worth a total estimated investment of $2.4 billion (9 billion Saudi riyals), the official Saudi Press Agency reports. Saudi Power Procurement Company, the principal buyer of the projects, awarded the five projects with a total capacity of 4.5 gigawatts (GW), as part of the
(Oil Price) – Google has signed the first U.S. corporate power purchase agreement involving natural gas with carbon capture, marking a major shift in how Big Tech plans to fuel the data-hungry future of artificial intelligence. The deal centers on the Broadwing Project, a 400-megawatt gas-fired power plant planned for Decatur, Illinois, developed by privately held Low Carbon Infrastructure. The plant
(Oil Price) – The United States and Qatar have joined forces for a fresh warning to Brussels that its corporate sustainability directive risks LNG imports from two of the world’s biggest exporters at a time when the EU is trying to ban all Russian gas imports. Per a joint letter cited by the Financial Times, Washington and Doha are concerned that the directive
(World Oil)– Greenhouse gas emissions from the Permian Basin have declined nearly 20% since 2022 even as oil and gas production increased, according to a new analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights. The report highlights significant progress in methane detection and mitigation technologies across one of the world’s most productive hydrocarbon regions. Between 2022 and 2024, total Permian emissions fell
(Investing)– The U.S. government is considering canceling billions of dollars in funding for clean energy programs, including awards for auto manufacturing and carbon capture, according to a list of targeted projects seen by Reuters. Projects on the list include two major direct air capture hubs that received billion-dollar awards from former President Joe Biden’s administration, including one that involves oil
