Climate-change protesters disrupted central London for a fourth straight day, continuing demonstrations that have seen activists inundate several of the capital’s landmarks and more than 400 people arrested. Extinction Rebellion, Continue Reading
ConocoPhillips is exiting the oil exploration and production market in the U.K., the latest move by the company to refocus its portfolio. The company said Thursday it reached a deal Continue Reading
Police on Wednesday night appeared to be moving in strength to contain the thousands of environmental protesters who have been blocking key London thoroughfares since Monday. Dozens of officers moved Continue Reading
Extinction Rebellion protesters are carrying out a global day of action Climate change protesters have blocked roads across central London sparking traffic disruption. Extinction Rebellion campaigners parked a boat at Continue Reading
London — The UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has set out its aim to increase renewables generation 75% from 2018 levels by 2035, with the expectation that Continue Reading
In a survey of 2,000 adults across the UK, Nissan’s research found that only 1 in 3 were aware of the Ultra Low Emission Zone ( ULEZ ) going live Continue Reading
London’s ULEZ: What you need to know The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has come into force in central London. Drivers of older, more polluting vehicles are being charged to Continue Reading
You’ve seen the news headlines about global warming and how carbon-based fuels like oil are a huge piece of the problem. That’s not hyperbole. That’s scientific fact. If environmentalists had Continue Reading
Forty-odd years ago, about to graduate from university, I received my first job offer, from BP. I accepted instantly. Oil was the industry of the moment. North Sea oil and Continue Reading
Speed limiting technology looks set to become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022, after new rules were provisionally agreed by the EU. The Department for Transport said Continue Reading
The UK is widely seen as a climate leader. Its Climate Change Act , which passed into law ten years ago, is the envy of the world. It has targets Continue Reading
The UK is on track to import this month its highest volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) since October 2015, as a wave of new global LNG supply and muted Continue Reading
The UK’s crude oil loadings remained below 800,000 bpd for the third month in a row in February, while authorities expect Britain’s crude oil production to decline through at least Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell has set its first-ever short-term goals to cut the carbon footprint of its operations and product sales as the oil and gas industry is under intense investor Continue Reading
The risk of a no-deal British exit from the EU increased Tuesday following the defeat of Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal in parliament, boosting the potential impact on Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas groups, is aiming to become the largest electricity company by the 2030s, as it prepares for a fundamental shift Continue Reading
If the UK were to roll out fracking at its shale gas reserves, it could nearly eliminate its net gas imports by the early 2030s, industry group United Kingdom Onshore Continue Reading
The UK has announced a new target to source a third of its electricity from offshore wind by 2030 , but faces criticism for not setting more ambitious goals to Continue Reading
Great civilizations are not murdered. Instead, they take their own lives. This article is part of a new BBC Future series about the long view of humanity, which aims to Continue Reading
If anyone in the Netherlands is happy about Britain jilting the European Union, they keep that sentiment to themselves. The country has been built on trade, with huge volumes of Continue Reading
Britain’s government has no plans to review regulations for fracking gas in the country, it said on Thursday, following calls from industry to revisit the rules. Chemical giant Ineos and Continue Reading
Now that Japanese giants Toshiba and Hitachi have walked away from UK nuclear power projects that had previously been abandoned by others, it has forced the government to reassess the Continue Reading
Tests of the first shale well at Cuadrilla’s site in northwest England show a rich reservoir of high quality and recoverable gas, the British firm said on Wednesday, adding that Continue Reading
The UK’s CO2 emissions peaked in the year 1973 and have declined by around 38% since 1990, faster than any other major developed country. Here, Carbon Brief presents detailed analysis Continue Reading
BP joined its competitors in posting a strong 2018 performance, with a doubling of profits driven by strong growth in oil and gas output following a large U.S. shale acquisition. Continue Reading
UK’s oil, gas, and chemicals group Ineos called on the UK government on Monday to either lift the seismicity limit on fracking from a currently “unworkable” and too-low ceiling, or Continue Reading
BP on Friday announced it has accepted one of two shareholder proposals for greater transparency of the company’s efforts to combat climate change. Photo courtesy of BP Feb. 1 (UPI) Continue Reading
Decommissioning the offshore platforms that have reached the end of their productive life will cost UK taxpayers some US$31.46 billion (24 billion pounds) over the next 45 years, a new Continue Reading
Crude oil demand this year will grow by 1.4 million bpd, BP has estimated, despite growing worry about where the global economy is headed, which would affect demand for the Continue Reading
Britain could safely raise the limit for tremors at gas fracking sites, two seismologists said on Tuesday. Fracking at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in Lancashire, northwest England was halted Continue Reading
For decades, the North Sea has been delivering much of the oil and gas to the world’s global supply of fossil fuels. As technologies advanced and climate change concerns increased, Continue Reading
Japanese technology giant Hitachi on Thursday Jan 17 announced it was suspending all further work at its Wylfa Newydd nuclear project in Anglesey, north Wales. This decision by Hitachi’s Board Continue Reading
Britain has rejected the case for a relaxation of fracking regulations despite warnings that the current system is “strangling” the industry, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Fracking, or hydraulic Continue Reading
Cuadrilla has halted fracking operations for a fourth time in the last two months as yet another tremor was recorded near the shale gas company’s Preston new Road site in Continue Reading
Brexit: stage one in Europe’s slow-burn energy collapse The Brexit fiasco and French riots are accelerating symptoms of Europe’s earth system crisis Nafeez Ahmed Dec 11 Riots in Paris Everyone’s Continue Reading
Talks about a possible asset swap deal between Royal Dutch Shell and Gazprom have been suspended, Kommersant business daily reported on Wednesday, citing Cederic Cremers, head of Shell’s business in Continue Reading
A team at the University of Stirling in the UK has found new evidence of the link between air pollution and cancer as part of a new occupational health study. Continue Reading
Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco ( TSCO.L ) and German car maker Volkswagen ( VOWG_p.DE ) have teamed up to develop an electric vehicle charging network in the UK, they said Continue Reading
It’s the latest sign of a mini renaissance in the region’s oil industry, as major divestment programs by big oil companies have attracted new players and investment. Meanwhile, giants like Continue Reading
The UK’s Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt is visiting Tehran this week to discuss, among other things, the nuclear deal that Iran agreed to sign with six world powers back in Continue Reading
Toshiba, the troubled Japanese electrical and electronics conglomerate and former owner of the bankrupt Westinghouse, Corp., decided last week cancel its Moorside nuclear project in the UK. If completed, this Continue Reading
The UK’s draft withdrawal agreement for leaving the European Union lacks clarity, which could be damaging to the UK oil and gas industry with increased costs for retaining skilled workers, Continue Reading
The introduction of the low emission zone (LEZ) in London, UK, has only contributed to modest reductions in exposure to NO x from diesel vehicles, and these improvements appear to Continue Reading
Sales of used hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK jumped by 28.6 percent annually in the third quarter of 2018, the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Continue Reading
Cuadrilla extracted its first shale gas from its site in northwest England, it said on Friday, after it began fracking operations there just over two weeks ago. Cuadrilla said the Continue Reading
BP’s third-quarter profits rose to a five-year high, boosted by higher oil prices as the $10.5 billion acquisition of BHP Billiton’s U.S. shale business was set to complete this week. Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil Corp. , Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC are all due to report their results later this week. Years of cost-cutting caused by the slump in oil Continue Reading
For the second time in two weeks since Cuadrilla started fracking at an exploration site in northwest England—resuming hydraulic fracturing in the UK for the first time in seven years—the Continue Reading
The UK’s Energy Minister Claire Perry had a private meeting with oil and gas firms in May, months before fracking resumed in the UK earlier this month for the first Continue Reading
Trains powered by hydrogen could be a reality in the UK by the “early 2020s”, according to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling. They’re seen as a cleaner – but pricier – Continue Reading
