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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

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Ukraine is launching a counteroffensive to retake occupied territory, including Zaporizhzhia. In a simulated fallout map produced by Ukraine’s national weather service and posted Sunday, a radiation plume spreads northwest and reaches Poland and Lithuania within 72 hours.

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Growth of wind and solar has saved the EU €12 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine

Electrek

Growth of wind and solar power has saved the European Union (EU) €12 billion in avoided gas costs since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember. more… The post Growth of wind and solar has saved the EU €12 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine appeared first on Electrek.

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UTM Offshore signs FEED agreement for Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility

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UTM Offshore signed an agreement for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for Nigeria’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility with engineering firms KBR, JGC Corporation and Technip Energies. The FLNG facility will have a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) nameplate production capacity of 1.2

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Ukraine state oil and gas company signs $3.656B credit agreement with China Development Bank to finance substituting natural gas with coal

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The Ukraine state oil and gas company Naftogaz signed a US$3.656-billion credit agreement with the state-owned China Development Bank to finance the program of substituting natural gas with locally produced coal. The program is aimed at improving Ukraine’s energy security and alleviating dependence on foreign natural gas.

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Shell to invest up to $800M into shale gas development project in Ukraine

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signed a new version of its cooperation agreement with Ukraine covering Shell’s involvement in shale gas extraction and diversification of energy resources mining in Ukraine. stipulates the future cooperation in the area of exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons in Dnipro-Donetsk basin, Central Ukraine.

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Biden's proposed gas-tax holiday has a lot of skeptics, from economists to environmentalists

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President Biden on Wednesday asked Congress for a three-month federal gas-tax holiday. Aimed at providing relief from high gas prices brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the policy is already drawing skepticism.

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Shell intends to exit equity partnerships held with Gazprom entities

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stake in the Sakhalin-II liquefied natural gas facility, its 50% stake in the Salym Petroleum Development and the Gydan energy venture. We are shocked by the loss of life in Ukraine, which we deplore, resulting from a senseless act of military aggression which threatens European security. —Shell’s CEO, Ben van Beurden.

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