OIL

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Soil moisture plays biggest role in underground spread of natural gas leaking from pipelines
Nov 14, 2022 (SPX)
Pipeline operators need to factor how the amount of water found in surrounding soil affects gas movement when trying to determine the potential hazards posed by...
Climate activists challenge TotalEnergies CEO at COP27
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
As he was readying to join a conference, Patrick Pouyanne was confronted by a number of activists, forcing him to briefly take cover in the Guinean pavilion, an...
UN unveils satellite-based system to spot methane
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) was announced by the UN Environment Programme during the COP27 climate summit in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sha...
Germany pulls out of fossil fuel treaty
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
"We are consistently aligning our trade policy with climate protection and are withdrawing accordingly from the Energy Charter Treaty," said Franziska Brantner,...
US targets fossil fuel 'super-emitters' of methane
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
Methane, released from the oil and gas, waste and agriculture sectors as well as through natural processes, is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the global ...
US urges islands to set example for China, India on methane
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
Speaking at the UN's COP27 summit in Egypt, Kerry said 20 countries have yet to count methane as part of their pledges to cut emissions in global efforts to lim...
Surge of fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks: watchdogs
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
More than 600 lobbyists from some of the world's biggest polluters have registered to the climate talks in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, up 25 percent...
Dash for gas imperils 1.5C climate goal: report
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
Projected emissions from Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects under construction, approved and proposed up to 2050 would eat up a big chunk of humanity's carbon...
Nightmare Atlantic oil spill 'could happen again'
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
But 20 years after the oil tanker "Prestige" broke apart off northwestern Spain, covering thousands of kilometres (miles) of Atlantic coast with crude oil and k...
Oil and gas emissions up to three times what is reported: monitor
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
The new tool -- unveiled at United Nations COP27 climate talks in Egypt -- has pinpointed more than 70,000 sites spewing emissions into the atmosphere. The proj...
Island nations call for oil tax, anti-fossil fuel treaty at UN summit
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
Developing nations have pressed their case at the COP27 summit in Egypt for the creation of a "loss and damage" fund, arguing that rich nations are to blame for...
Indigenous group again seizes dozens aboard Peru boat
Nov 06, 2022 (AFP)
The unrest came two days after the group released some 100 tourists, several of them foreigners, whom they had taken hostage for a day to draw attention to the ...
Greenpeace UK activists cleared after Russian fuel protest
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
The environmental campaigners occupied a jetty in Grays, eastern Essex, in May, stopping the delivery of 33,000 tonnes of fuel from a Greek-flagged vessel. They...
Indigenous people free tourists taken in Peruvian Amazon
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
The group of detained tourists -- some 27 from the United States, Spain, France, Britain, Switzerland and 80 from Peru itself -- included several children. "The...
Europe could face gas shortage next year: IEA
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
The IEA said the shortfall would occur if Russia stops pipelines deliveries completely and China steps up its imports of liquefied natural gas, which Europe has...
Norway brings climate ambitions in line with EU
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
Just days before the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, the announcement is in line with commitments made by the centre-left coalition government when it took p...
Saudi Aramco posts 39 percent jump in profits
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
The announcement came as the OPEC+ cartel of oil producers was set to implement production cuts that have drawn the ire of the United States, which says the mov...
Saudi, UAE tout higher oil production, days before COP climate talks
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia's energy minister said the neighbouring Gulf countries were increasing production capacity, while a senior UAE official said the world's growing po...
Energy giant Repsol fined again after Peru oil spill
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
Almost 12,000 barrels of crude spilled into the sea off Peru on January 15 as a tanker unloaded oil at a Repsol-owned refinery. Peru said more than 700,000 peop...
Saudi, UAE say oil demand not going away, days before COP27 climate talks
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
Sultan Al Jaber, the head of UAE oil giant ADNOC, warned that under-investment could cause a shock to the world economy that would make recent convulsions look ...
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