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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. Good case in point: Italian multinational oil and gas giant Eni S.p.A. 2 Total SA.

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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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Eni and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) establishing foundational principles for the coordinated development of common natural gas reservoirs in the offshore Mozambique.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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For natural gas, it is the world’s second largest producer , behind the United States and ahead of Iran, and its largest exporter. percent stake in the enormous Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development. Peter Kovalev/TASS/Getty Images So how did Europe become addicted to Russian fossil fuels, particularly natural gas?

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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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Gas-to-liquids (GTL) process systems boundary with co-product displacement. 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). Credit: ACS, Forman et al. Click to enlarge.

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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. This was really the focus in 2010 through 2013.