UK lawmaker panel plots course to 2050 carbon neutrality
The UK’s electricity sector is ahead of the curve when it comes to cutting carbon emissions, but the country still needs to raise its renewables capacity four-fold by 2050 to Continue Reading
France to delay cutbacks to nuclear power by a decade
France will delay by 10 years the shutdown of part of its nuclear power industry in order to fulfil President Emmanuel Macron’s aim of making the country carbon-neutral by 2 Continue Reading
Contaminated Crude Adds Insult To Injury For European Refiners
Last week the Trump administration announced that it will not be renewing six-month waivers granted to eight countries to continue buying limited quantities of Iranian oil, a move that shocked Continue Reading
The Beginning Of The End For British Shale Gas
Amid the ruckus of Great Britain’s reckless Brexit saga, one might not have noticed the ongoing environmental battle that could put a sudden end to shale gas development in the Continue Reading
Poland Taps Emergency Reserve After Contaminated Oil Forces Pipeline Shutdown
Poland has tapped into its emergency oil reserves in order to keep key refineries operating after contaminated crude oil forced the shutdown of the Druzhba oil pipeline carrying oil from Continue Reading
Full cleanup of Russian oil export crisis to take ‘months’ as Europe awaits clean flows
Highlights Full clean-up could take ‘several months’ Belarus estimates up to 5 million mt of oil affected Transneft to blend dirty oil for export at Novorossiisk Moscow — Efforts to Continue Reading
Russia Says Tainted Oil For Europe Was Deliberately Contaminated
The tainted oil that flew through the Druzhba oil pipeline from Russia to customers in Europe was “ deliberately contaminated ” at a private terminal, according Russia’s oil pipeline operator Continue Reading
“Ridiculous” Quake Rules Force UK Shale Gas Commissioner To Resign
Natascha Engel, UK’s shale gas commissioner of six months has handed in her resignation, calling the earthquake rules adopted by the government “ridiculous” and an effective “ban on fracking.” The Continue Reading
Russia says ‘clean’ crude to reach the port of Ust-Luga on May 7
Moscow — The Russian energy ministry said Monday that it expected normal quality crude to enter the port of Ust-Luga on Friday Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize Continue Reading
Russia’s Rusal first-quarter VAP sales down 44 percent due to U.S. sanctions
Russian aluminum producer United Company Rusal Plc has reduced its first-quarter sales of value-added products (VAP) by 44 percent from a year ago and by 22 percent from the last Continue Reading