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UN chief calls for ending 'age of fossil fuels'
Jun 17, 2022 (AFP)
"The first duty of leadership is to protect people from clear and present dangers," Antonio Guterres said in a speech to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and...
Microfossils from early land plants hints at Australia's petroleum potential
Jun 16, 2022 (SPX)
The fossils were found as part of Geoscience Australia's Exploring for the Future program work in the Barnicarndy Graben, which aimed to understand the history ...
Iran says Iraq repaid $1.6 bn of gas debt
Jun 16, 2022 (AFP)
"After months of negotiations, $1.6 billion in arrears... for gas exports to Iraq have been received," Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said, quoted by Shana new...
Africa 'punished' by investment clamp on fossils, says Niger
Jun 15, 2022 (AFP)
The Group of Seven (G7) industralised democracies on May 27 pledged to phase out "new direct public support" for new investment in foreign oil, gas and coal pro...
NATO head urges Greece, Turkey to solve rows over Aegean
Jun 14, 2022 (AFP)
"Diverse views and debate are an essential part of our democracies," the head of the transatlantic military alliance told Greek news agency ANA. But, he said, "...
New method offers a promising alternative for upgrading natural gas
Jun 14, 2022 (SPX)
Natural gas is a critical source of methane; it consists primarily of methane with just a small volume of ethane (C2) and propane (C3) gas impurities. To meet i...
Climate: offshore methane gas leak spotted from space
Jun 12, 2022 (AFP)
The findings add a crucial tool to an expanding space-based arsenal for pinpointing previously invisible methane plumes from the oil and gas industry. Fossil fu...
Saudi offers $10m to prevent Red Sea oil spill disaster off Yemen
Jun 12, 2022 (AFP)
The decaying 45-year-old oil tanker known as the FSO Safer, long used as a floating storage platform and now abandoned off the rebel-held Yemeni port of Hodeida...
Earth-abundant solar pixels found to produce hydrogen for weeks
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
The findings, co-led by Dr Virgil Andrei, a Research Fellow at St John's College, University of Cambridge, with academics at Imperial College London, could help...
Greek shipowners, EU's top fleet, slam EU climate plan
Jun 10, 2022 (AFP)
The EU's "Fit for 55" package aims to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030. The head of the Union of Greek Shipowners, Melina Trav...
Climate: Africa's energy future on a knife's edge
Jun 10, 2022 (AFP)
As nations discuss the climate crisis at the UN's mid-year negotiations in Bonn, AFP spoke to Mohamed Adow, founder of think tank Power Shift Africa, about the ...
Methane emissions detected over offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico
Jun 10, 2022 (ESA)
Methane is the second most abundant anthropogenic greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide yet is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in ...
Iraq approves $17 bn to pay Iran gas debt and buy grain
Jun 08, 2022 (AFP)
Parliament, which has still not adopted its budget for 2022, approved the law relating to "food security and development" totalling 25 trillion Iraqi dinars, or...
Iraq intercepts microlight carrying million captagon pills
Jun 04, 2022 (AFP)
Captagon has been sweeping the Middle East for years, with large seizures reported weekly, particularly in the oil-rich Gulf Arab states which are its biggest m...
Light instead of electricity: A new kind of green hydrogen
Jun 01, 2022 (SPX)
However, it would be much easier if sunlight could be used directly to split water. This is exactly what new catalysts are now making possible, in a process cal...
Iraq faces further power cuts as Iran gas debt missed
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
Payment of the debt was a key requirement to ensure energy supplies for Iraq's power plants during the intense heat of the upcoming summer months, when electric...
Green ire for London as gas field off Scotland approved
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
"We're turbocharging renewables and nuclear, but we are also realistic about our energy needs now. Let's source more of the gas we need from British waters to p...
If plastic comes from oil which came originally from plants, why isn't it biodegradable
May 31, 2022 (SPX)
Petroleum contains a lot of a chemical called propylene. To make plastic, refiners heat the propylene together with a catalyst - a substance that speeds up chem...
Saudi Arabia names senior diplomat as 1st climate envoy
May 29, 2022 (AFP)
The appointment of Adel al-Jubeir, the minister of state for foreign affairs, to the envoy role was announced as part of a series of royal orders decreed by Kin...
Crews of seized Greek tankers 'in good health', not arrested: Iran
May 28, 2022 (AFP)
The crews have remained on board the two tankers after Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized them on Friday, days after Athens confirmed it would deliver to Washin...
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