The days of promoting liquefied natural gas as “freedom gas” or “molecules of freedom” have ended at the U.S. Department of Energy. During a Friday visit to Houston, U.S. Secretary of Energy…
Month: May 2021
This Time Is Different: Outside OPEC+, Oil Growth Stalls
(Bloomberg) — “This time is different” may be the most dangerous words in business: billions of dollars have been lost betting that history won’t repeat itself. And yet now, in the oil…
Exxon Mobil’s last-ditch attempt to stave off a climate vote coup
It was a stunning moment for Exxon Mobil Corp and the wider corporate world: a tiny activist fund had succeeded in changing the company’s board. But in the hours leading up to…
Spain to invest 1.5B euros in ‘green hydrogen’
Spain will spend 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) from a European Union recovery fund to develop green hydrogen production over the next three years, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday. Spain will…
Climate change goals: green art of the possible
By Daniel Gros/Brussels US President Joe Biden recently gathered 40 world leaders for a summit on combating climate change, a welcome sign of progress on forging a global strategy. But tackling global…
“يحق للبنان مراجعة حدود منطقته البحرية”… بارودي: على فريقَي التفاوض الانطلاق من نقاط جديدة
شهدت الجولة الاخيرة من المفاوضات غير المباشرة لترسيم الحدود البحرية الجنوبية تباينات في آراء الوفود المشاركة، حيث طالب الوفد الأميركي بان يكون التفاوض محصورا فقط بين الخط الإسرائيلي والخط اللبناني المودعَين لدى…
New Trends on the Global Market of LNG Carriers
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought new challenges for the global gas industry, with the LNG shipping market not being an exception. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the market witnessed a reduction in…
New QFC member set to become global portfolio manager of spot LNG
A Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) newcomer will establish its position as a global portfolio manager of spot LNG, or liquefied natural gas trades that will have immediate local knock-on effects, after Doha…
East Mediterranean Maritime Borders: Lebanon vs. Israel: Whatever talks achieve both Lebanon and Israel need to update Maritime Boundaries
Θαλάσσια σύνορα της Ανατολικής Μεσογείου Από τον Ρούντι Μπαρούντι Λίβανο VS Iσραήλ : Σε όποιες συνομιλίες και εάν καταλήξουν τόσο το Ισραήλ όσο και ο Λίβανος πρέπει να επικαροποιήσουν τα θαλάσσια σύνορα…
How an Oil Company Becomes a Renewables Company
Last week a raft of oil majors released their first-quarter results, with companies like Royal Dutch Shell Plc showing a return to pre-pandemic profit levels. At the same time, some of the majors…