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Dutch Court Dismisses Climate Ruling Against Shell

Nov 12, 2024

A Dutch court on Tuesday accepted Shell's appeal against a landmark climate ruling, dismissing the order for the oil and gas company to sharply reduce emissions.The original 2021 ruling ordered Shell to cut its absolute carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels, including those caused by the use of its products.The appeals court in The Hague dismissed the ruling, although it said Shell has a responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect people from global warming…

TotalEnergies Steps Up Methane Emissions Monitoring Efforts

Nov 14, 2024

TotalEnergies has announced plans to deploy real-time methane emissions detection equipment on all its operated upstream assets by the end of 2025.Since 2022, TotalEnergies has been pursuing its ambition to aim for near-zero methane operated emissions in 2030…

Canada Proposes 35% Oil and Gas Sector Emissions Cut By 2030

Nov 05, 2024

The Canadian government released draft regulations on Monday that would cap emissions of greenhouse gases from the oil and gas sector at 35% below 2019 levels by 2030, drawing condemnation from the industry that said it will force a production cut…

Energy Related Emissions to Peak in 2024 as Energy Transition Marks Progress, DNV Says

Oct 09, 2024

Energy related emissions are at the cusp of a prolonged period of decline for the first time since the industrial revolution and are set to peak in 2024, confirming that the energy transition is progressing on global scale with China at the forefront of decarbonization efforts…

Eni Strengthens LNG Ties with Japan

Oct 07, 2024

Eni and the government agency Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) have signed a memorandum of cooperation with the aim of collaborating in the gas and LNG field to increase diversification of supply sources.The memorandum…

Northern Lights CCS Facilities Set to Receive First CO2 Injection

Sep 26, 2024

TotalEnergies and its partners, Equinor and Shell, have completed the construction of receiving and storage facilities of the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) joint venture in Norway, which is now ready for its first CO2 injection…

Upstream Electrification Could Cut 80% of O&G Production Emissions, Rystad Finds

Sep 19, 2024

Oil and gas production facilities could reduce more than 80% of associated emissions if converted to run on electricity powered by renewables or natural gas that would otherwise be flared, according to a new report from Rystad Energy.Fully electrified…

SLB and Aramco Form Digital Alliance to Mitigate GHG Emissions

Sep 19, 2024

SLB and Aramco have signed an agreement with the aim of co-developing, commercializing, and utilizing digital solutions to help mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in industrial sectors.The agreement between SLB and Aramco establishes a…

Saipem Looks Into Nuclear Tech for Emissions-Free Oil and Gas Ops

Sep 09, 2024

Saipem and newcleo have signed a collaboration agreement to identify solutions for the offshore application of newcleo’s technology to produce nuclear energy, which could provide zero-emission electricity for oil and gas installations.The objective…

SubCtech, Mocean Energy Team Up for Zero-Carbon Solution for Subsea Applications

Sep 03, 2024

Mocean Energy and SubCtech have joined forces to explore how wave and solar generation can be coupled with batteries to deliver continuous low carbon power and communications to a range of subsea technologies.Scottish ocean energy pioneers Mocean…

Vattenfall to Power Salzgitter’s Green Steel Production with Offshore Wind

Sep 02, 2024

Energy company Vattenfall and steel producer Salzgitter have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the supply of clean power from the Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm for steel production from 2028.The PPA provides for a share of 75 MW of…

Ørsted Marks Green Transition with Final Coal Plant Shut-Down

Aug 29, 2024

On August 31, Ørsted will shut down its last coal-fired combined heat and power plant, Esbjerg Power Station, located in the Western part of Denmark.The yearly consumption of coal at Esbjerg Power Station has been approximately 500,000 tonnes…

Ammonia Fuelled Platform Supply Vessels to Cut GHG Emissions 70%

Aug 26, 2024

Eidesvik Offshore will refit its platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Energy with an ammonia dual fuel engine, targeting 2026 as the year that the vessel will operate on ammonia for Equinor, effectively cutting GHG emissions by 70% or more.Viking Energy will switch to ammonia operations…

SeaTwirl, Serica Energy to Explore Electrification of Offshore Assets with Floating Wind

Aug 12, 2024

Floating wind turbine developer SeaTwirl has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with offshore oil and gas operator Serica Energy to collaborate on exploring the feasibility of electrification of offshore assets and oil and gas activities with SeaTwirl's floating wind turbine…

Equinor's Platform Supply Vessel Set to Operate on Gasum’s bio-LNG

Aug 08, 2024

Gasum and Equinor have launched a series of liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) bunkering operations in Norway's Port of Dusavik, with bio-LNG being bunkered to Equinor’s chartered platform supply vessel Island Crusader.The first bio-LNG delivery was successfully carried out mid-July…

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