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China lockdowns weigh on global oil demand: IEA
Sep 14, 2022 (AFP)
The deceleration of demand for crude is partly offset by a switch from gas to oil for power generation, as soaring gas prices have prompted countries to change ...
Iran says crew of seized Greek oil tanker replaced
Sep 14, 2022 (AFP)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the ships in the Gulf days after Greece said it would deliver Iranian oil it had taken from a Russian tanker to the...
UN urges EU against fossil fuels in response to energy crisis
Sep 12, 2022 (AFP)
Russia has reduced supplies of gas to Europe since its invasion of Ukraine, sending prices for the fuel soaring. "There is no room for backtracking in the face ...
UN chief says world paying 'horrific price' for fossil fuels folly
Sep 10, 2022 (AFP)
Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that covers a third of the country -- an area the size of the United Kingdom -- and has wiped out crops and destroyed ...
Pentagon combines sea drones, AI to police Gulf region
Sep 10, 2022 (AFP)
The year-old program operates numerous unmanned surface vessels, or USVs, in the waters around the Arabian peninsula, gathering data and images to be beamed bac...
New catalyst offers a more affordable way to produce hydrogen from seawater
Sep 09, 2022 (SPX)
Now researchers are reporting a significant advance, a two-electrode catalyst that relies on one compound to efficiently produce hydrogen and oxygen from both s...
US demands Venezuela release Marine veteran
Sep 09, 2022 (AFP)
"Today marks two years since US citizen and Marine veteran Matthew Heath was wrongfully detained in Venezuela," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a s...
Lhyfe and Plug to provide 50MW of PEM Electrolyzers for Green Hydrogen
Sep 08, 2022 (SPX)
With these electrolyzers of a total capacity of 50 MW (equivalent to up to 20 tons per day), Lhyfe aims to produce a renewable green hydrogen using primarily wi...
Energy majors exaggerating green performance: analysis
Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)
Campaigners say this "significant misalignment" between communication strategies and business plans could allow five of the biggest privately-owned energy firms...
Greenpeace blocks unloading of Russian gas in Sweden
Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)
"Activists climbed up on the loading arms at the terminal and they have boats in the water", a spokeswoman for terminal owner Gasum, Olga Vaisanen, told AFP. Sh...
Greece rejects Turkey's 'unprovoked' threats
Sep 07, 2022 (AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given controversial speeches recently to mark the 100th anniversary of Turkey's victory in a three-year war against G...
East Timor says China could help fund major pipeline project
Sep 07, 2022 (AFP)
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra, the president and Nobel peace laureate said "of course, China...
China to pay for Russian gas in yuan, rubles
Sep 06, 2022 (AFP)
"A transition was made to making payments for Russian gas supplies to China in the national currencies of the countries -- the ruble and yuan," Gazprom said in ...
Russia burning excess gas after Europe supply cut: EU energy chief
Sep 06, 2022 (AFP)
"Our satellites are registering the leak of natural gas or them flaring the natural gas and this is very polluting," European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Sims...
US calls Erdogan threats to Greece 'unhelpful'
Sep 06, 2022 (AFP)
"At a time when Russia has again invaded a sovereign European state, statements that could raise tensions between NATO allies are particularly unhelpful," a Sta...
Erdogan challenges Greece over airspace violations
Sep 03, 2022 (AFP)
The two uneasy NATO neighbours have long-standing sea and air boundary disputes which lead to near-daily air force patrols and interception missions mostly arou...
West, Russia trade pressure on energy as Ukraine goes on attack
Sep 02, 2022 (AFP)
The Group of Seven major industrial democracies vowed to move urgently to set a price cap on Russian oil imports, a crucial source of revenue for Moscow and its...
S.African court confirms Shell seismic exploration ban
Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)
The judgement was a major victory for environmentalists who had argued the technique would affect whales and other marine life. In a ruling seen by AFP, the hig...
Greening hydrocarbon separation and crude oil refining
Sep 01, 2022 (SPX)
Separation processes, such as distillation and evaporation, are central to the chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries, but they are also energy i...
UN raises alarm on Red Sea oil tanker 'time-bomb'
Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)
The decaying 45-year-old FSO Safer, long used as a floating storage platform and now abandoned off the rebel-held Yemeni port of Hodeida, has not been serviced ...
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