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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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An analysis of near-term spending plans on renewables by the biggest oil and gas companies shows that real investments in renewable energy will continue to pale in comparison to capex plans for greenfield fossil fuel projects. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects.

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Eni and Anadarko to coordinate development of gas reservoirs offshore Mozambique, jointly to develop major onshore LNG facility

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As a comparison, Qatar, the world’s largest LNG producer, has an annual capacity of some 79 million tonnes, with 42 million tonnes from Qatargas and 37 million tonnes from Rasgas. The FEEDs will develop an overall LNG park plan allowing the capability to produce approximately 50 million tonnes of LNG per annum (MMTPA) in future years.

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ABB charges into the future with Formula E

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Sometimes I use the comparison to Moore’s law,” said O’Shea. Just to give two examples, in June the company announced a deal to supply 2,000 AC charging stations to Austria’s postal service, and another to provide charging infrastructure for 1,000 electric buses in Qatar. It’s not the future anymore.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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This war will have many long-term consequences, but possibly none more important than its effects on the future of the European energy supply. In comparison, Soviet (Russian) gas was available in huge volumes, and it came from some of the world’s largest reservoirs, guaranteeing reliable long-term deliveries. Regardless, the E.U.

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Study finds well-to-wheels GHG emissions of GTL diesel lower than that of petroleum diesel when co-product displacement is considered

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The GTL pathway model they used is based on global current or imminent GTL production, representing “ an industrially relevant average ” of the GTL process (the model GTL facility is located in Qatar). Comparison of GHG emissions of GTL diesel and Petro diesel pathways using substitution and allocation methodologies, gCO 2 e/MJ.

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