Green hydrogen to help spin 2.2GW turbines? RWE ponders CCUS for Pembroke
Generation leviathan RWE has asked specialists engineers Fluor to size up the opportunity of retrofitting carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) equipment onto its...
Shell ‘sorry’ for Russian trade, pumps country’s profits towards Ukrainian refugees
Oil supermajor Shell today announced its intention to exit petrol retailing in Russia and cease trading in the country’s oil and gas, as its...
Regulator & watchdog react to British Gas’ suspension of prepaid meter contractor
Energy industry leaders and watchdogs reacted with repulsion today at a report that bailiffs hired by British Gas had rejoiced in breaking into at...
Equinor seeks Net Zero Hydrogen cash for Saltend H2H’s twin
Norwegian powerco Equinor this morning confirmed a bid application for its second blue hydrogen plant in England’s Humberside energy cluster. Its target is 1.2GW...
Sunak “deaf to science” on N Sea licences, so scientists write again
Rishi Sunak twice ignored warnings from nearly 700 leading climate scientists when he approved on Monday “over a hundred” new extraction licences benefitting oil...
Crisis latest: Windfall tax on oil majors, say Labour: Keep Net Zero measures & tax carbon,...
The ‘temporary’ energy price crisis of suspected No.10 party-attender and beleaguered premier Johnson has ground on into its fourth month, with an appeal from...
North Sea: Government’s 100 new licences to ‘drill, baby, drill’
Britain's oil and gas regulator this morning began delivering on the Truss administration’s enthusiasm for hydrocarbons, inviting interest towards its likely authorising of 100...
Every Shell director faces ‘world first’ legal suit over environmental risk
Environmental lawyers Client Earth are suing all 13 directors and non-executive directors of Shell, alleging personal and corporate breach of UK company law in...
BP leapfrogs Shell’s profits, spurs renewed calls for heavier windfall tax
BP today outdid Shell by declaring a sanctions-boosted doubling of profits for 2022, up to £23 billion.
The figure is a new record for the...
Competition watchdog finds ‘cause for concern’ in refineries’ pricing
Cartel-busters at the government’s arms-length Competitions and Markets Authority have reported to D-BEIS their ‘cause for concern’ in the trading margins posted by Britain’s...
BP chief Looney quits overnight
Bernard Looney, chief executive of BP since 2020, stepped down last night from the £10 million per year post, after confessing to inadequate candour...
Exxon-Mobil says it’ll reach Net Zero by 2050, but still won’t commit on most...
The global oil major with the longest history and the deepest pockets in covertly seeking to discredit climate science has apparently come in from...
HOP2 it: Oil industry pockets Holyrood’s £2m towards commercialising blue hydrogen
The British oil industry’s Net Zero Technology Centre has been awarded £2.12M from the Scottish government, in quest of a means to deliver commercially...
US to source 15 Bn cubic metres of LNG for EU this year, Biden...
Russian supplier Gazprom’s grip on European gas consumers weakened further this morning as US President Joe Biden confirmed to EU Commission head Ursula van...
Shell sued over dragging feet, sticking with fossil fuels
In what they claim is a first in British law, activist environmental lawyers Client Earth announced today they are suing oil leviathan Shell, accusing...
Pope backs worldwide call for ban on new pumping of fossil fuels
Pope Francis has given his backing for a global ban on new exploration of oil and gas resources.
In the run up to CoP27 in...
Shell’s 2021 profits quadruple
As 25 million British consumers awaited news this morning of a new Ofgem-sanctioned price cap set push energy bills up an eye-watering 50%, fossil...
Chaos follows MPs’ fracking debate: Tory whips “resign” then “un-resign”, after Rees-Mogg seeks clearer...
A Parliamentary vote on a Labour ban on fracking ended in chaos last night, amid allegations of ministers physically pushing their own MPs into...