Friday, July 4, 2025
Saudi Aramco advances plan to build large-capacity CCS facility- oil and gas 360

Saudi Aramco advances plan to build large-capacity CCS facility

(World Oil) – Saudi Aramco is moving closer to building a giant carbon capture and storage project at its main refining and chemicals hub at Jubail, on the kingdom’s Gulf coast. The oil producer signed a shareholders’ agreement with partners Linde Plc and SLB to develop the facility, which aims to capture and store 9 million tons of carbon dioxide

COP 29 sends Santa its list- oil and gas 360

COP 29 sends Santa its list

(Oil & Gas 360) – With slightly less than a month left before his annual global night of magic, Santa received a lengthy Christmas list after this year’s COP 29 climate action conference in Azerbaijan. The group and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have cited five key areas.  They look to triple renewable energy capacity while doubling energy efficiency. Another major

University of Oklahoma awarded $18.7M grant by DOE for subsurface carbon storage- oil and gas 360

University of Oklahoma awarded $18.7M grant by DOE for subsurface carbon storage

(World Oil) – A team of researchers from across the University of Oklahoma Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, with industry partners, have been awarded an $18.7M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate commercial subsurface storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project, the Oklahoma Carbon Hub, will investigate three separate sites in Osage

World’s largest climate fund sees few investment opportunities- oil and gas 360

World’s largest climate fund sees few investment opportunities

(Oil Price) – Alterra, the world’s largest private climate investment fund of $30 billion launched by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last year, sees a lack of investment opportunities in the energy transition and has only spent a small part of its money, the fund’s chief executive Majid Al Suwaidi told Bloomberg. There aren’t attractive investment deals in the clean energy sector

Major companies bet on biofuels with over 40 projects planned by 2030- oil and gas 360

Major companies bet on biofuels with over 40 projects planned by 2030

(World Oil) – Under increasing pressure to decarbonize and shift away from traditional fossil fuels, the world’s leading oil and gas companies are ramping up investments in the biofuels sector. Major players such as BP, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Eni are incorporating biofuels into their broader energy transition strategies, recognizing the growing global demand for sustainable fuel sources. According to

Analysis-Trade demands clash with climate agenda at COP29 talks- oil and gas 360

Analysis-Trade demands clash with climate agenda at COP29 talks

(Investing) – BAKU – Trade tensions are flaring at the COP29 climate summit, with China, Brazil and a host of developing countries complaining that perceived trade barriers, such as the European Union’s carbon border levy, will undermine climate efforts, according to U.N. documents and negotiators. Nearly 200 countries are wrangling at the climate talks over a deal to provide hundreds of

What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit?- oil and gas 360

What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit?

(Investing) – BAKU- World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Wednesday.   Here are the latest comments: ALBANIA PRIME MINISTER EDI RAMA “I decided to leave aside my well prepared speech because …yesterday I was watching the silent TV in the leaders’ lounge, where the organizers have thoughtfully added green plants above the comfortable couches. “People

Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter publishes baseline report to track progress on emissions reductions- oil and gas 360

Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter publishes baseline report to track progress on emissions reductions

(World Oil) – The Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC) has published its Baseline Report, setting a foundation to help prioritize and track progress on emissions reductions made by the 54 oil and gas companies — representing almost 45% of the global oil production, that have signed up to the Charter’s ambitions. These ambitions include to work toward net-zero operations by

Trump worries and leader absences cloud COP29 climate summit in Baku- oil and gas 360

Trump worries and leader absences cloud COP29 climate summit in Baku

(BOE Report) – The annual U.N. climate summit began on Monday with some prominent leaders planning to skip the event ahead of tough talks on finance and trade, after a year of weather disasters that have emboldened developing countries’ demands for cash. Delegates gathering in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, hope to resolve the COP29 summit’s top agenda item – a deal

COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?- oil and gas 360

COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?

(Investing) – This month’s U.N. climate summit – COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan – has been dubbed the “climate finance COP” for its central goal: to agree on how much money should go each year to helping developing countries cope with climate-related costs. That discussion could be tough following Tuesday’s re-election of former U.S. President Donald Trump, a climate denier whose

The TotalEnergies French connection-U.S. LNG- oil and gas 360

The TotalEnergies French connection-U.S. LNG

( Oil & Gas 360) – TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne has cautioned that Europe is facing a new energy reality and “must find a way to restore its energy competitiveness.” The head of the French oil giant based his assessment of the continent’s energy squeeze on the loss of Russian gas from its war with Ukraine and steep production drops from