Thursday, December 19, 2024
BP merges offshore wind business in $5.8 billion joint venture with JERA- oil and gas 360

BP merges offshore wind business in $5.8 billion joint venture with JERA

(Oil Price) – BP has decided to merge all its offshore wind business into a new joint venture with Japan’s energy firm JERA, to which the companies will provide up to $5.8 billion for investments by 2030, the UK-based supermajor said on Monday as it shifts its focus back on oil and gas. BP has been seeking for months to offload spending

Canadian crude exports from US Gulf Coast largely unaffected by TMX startup- oil and gas 360

Canadian crude exports from US Gulf Coast largely unaffected by TMX startup

Oil Price Canadian crude exported from the U.S. Gulf Coast in June clocked in at 1500,000 barrels per day, only slightly lower than average despite the commissioning of the expanded 590,000 b/d Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX) in May. TMX has the potential to cut shipments from the U.S. Gulf Coast to India, China, and South Korea if more oil from Canada’s West

G7 nations discuss phasing out coal-fired electricity by 2035- oil and gas 360

G7 nations discuss phasing out coal-fired electricity by 2035

Oil Price The G7 group of the world’s most industrialized nations are discussing a common target to end their coal-fired power generation by 2035 at an energy ministers’ meeting in Italy, a source close to the talks told Reuters on Monday. The energy, climate, and environment ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States are meeting between Sunday

UPDATE 2-US and Japan announce joint partnership to accelerate nuclear fusion- oil and gas 360

UPDATE 2-US and Japan announce joint partnership to accelerate nuclear fusion

Yahoo Finance WASHINGTON – The United States and Japan announced a joint partnership to accelerate development and commercialization of nuclear fusion, the U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday. The partnership was announced as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in Washington for a summit with President Joe Biden. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk and the Japan Minister

Japan to boost investment role in upstream LNG projects- oil and gas 360

Japan to boost investment role in upstream LNG projects

Nasdaq TOKYO – Japan plans to step up its investment role in upstream projects for liquefied natural gas (LNG), to spur new development and boost fuel offtake by its companies, the industry minister said on Friday. Investment in new LNG development worldwide has dropped significantly as a global trend toward decarbonisation grows, although demand, especially in Asia, had risen, even

Fossil fuels in Japan's power mix should be less than half by 2030, lawmakers say-oil and gas 360

Fossil fuels in Japan’s power mix should be less than half by 2030, lawmakers say

Reuters TOKYO – Fossil fuels should account for less than half of Japan’s mix of power sources in 2030, a group of ruling party lawmakers proposed on Wednesday as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga aims to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. That would be sharply down from the 75.8% that fossil fuels such as coal

Japan launches energy policy review amid global push for greener power- oil and gas 360

Japan launches energy policy review amid global push for greener power

Reuters TOKYO – Japan on Tuesday launched its latest three-yearly energy policy review, with the country grappling with a need to cut greenhouse gas emissions even as the public remains wary over nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster. In its last review in 2018, Japan kept its targeted mix of power sources for 2030 in line with goals set three

Oryx Midstream Lands $550 Million from Qatar Investment Authority - Oil & Gas 360

Qatar May be Losing the Top Spot as World’s Biggest LNG Exporter

From CNBC Qatar will lose its title as the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) within the next year, as Australia ramps up production on a slew of multi-billion dollar export projects. “Australia and Qatar continued to jostle for the title of the world’s largest LNG exporter over the first five months of 2019,” the Australian government said

Tailwater-Backed Elevate Midstream Enters into Eight Year Agreement with Sabine Oil and Gas - Oil & Gas 360

Tailwater-Backed Elevate Midstream Enters into Eight Year Agreement with Sabine Oil and Gas

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Elevate Midstream Partners enters into eight year gathering and treating agreement with Sabine Oil and Gas Elevate Midstream Partners LLC, a private company based out of Houston, has entered into an eight-year gas gathering and treating agreement with Sabine Oil and Gas Corporation, an independent E&P operating exclusively in Texas. The

Australia Poised to Become World’s Largest LNG Exporter

From The Houston Chronicle Within the next 12 months Australia is likely to surpass Qatar as the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, the Energy Information Administration is forecasting. Australian LNG capacity reached 11.4 billion cubic feet a day this year, more than four times what it was in 2011 and surpassing Qatar’s capacity. Australia “exported more LNG than

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Chevron Starts Burying CO2 off Australia at Huge Gorgon Storage Project

From Reuters Chevron Corp (CVX.N) said on Thursday it has launched one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects, injecting CO2 into a deep reservoir under an island off Western Australia at its Gorgon LNG project. The carbon storage project was delayed by more than two years after Chevron discovered problems with valves and pipeline equipment during commissioning

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Japan LNG Buyers Talk Tough as Spot Prices Drop to 3-Year Lows

From Reuters An inexorable decline in spot market prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is pushing utilities in Japan to be more aggressive in price reviews built into traditional long-term contracts linked to oil prices, lawyers and analysts said. The utilities are also looking to buy more LNG on the spot market, where prices LNG-AS are plumbing three-year lows and