Gas

Gas power plant

GE and Azito Complete Ivory Coast’s Largest Gas Power Plant

GE and electricity provider Azito Energie have begun operations of Azito’s Phase IV simple cycle power plant in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, making the Azito power pl…

Oil Refinery

Fire at Norway’s Mongstad Oil Refinery Extinguished

The incident, which was reported at 5.46am yesterday, occurred in a section of the refinery that produces gasoline, leading to parts of the plant involved in pr…

Russian Federation

Putin Signs Decree to Seize Control of Project Partly Owned by Shell

Shell has a 27.5% stake in the oil and gas project

Australia

ConocoPhillips Adds to Aussie Offshore Exploration Portfolio

US operator adds to its position in south-east Australia where domestic gas demand is strong

LNG

UK’s LNG Imports Doubled in First Quarter

UK’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports in the first quarter of 2022 reached the highest level recorded over a decade.

Coal Price

Australia Forecasts Record Mining, Energy Export Sales for 2023

Australia's mining and energy export revenues are forecast to climb 3% to a record A$419 billion ($286 billion) in the year to June 2023, buoyed by surging coal…

Oil Price

Bezos Slams Biden’s Call For Gasoline Stations to Cut Prices

Jeff Bezos renewed his spat with the White House over the weekend, as the world's third-richest person criticized President Joe Biden for calling on companies r…

Oil Refinery

Production at Venezuela’s Largest Refinery Hit by Blackout

Production at Venezuela's largest refinery, which can process about 645,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), was halted late on Saturday by an electrical fault tha…

Oil Refinery

Strike Ends at Exxon Refinery in France

A workers' strike at Exxon Mobil's Esso refinery in Fos-sur-Mer in southern France stopped on Saturday and the halted units are being restarted, the company sai…

Global Energy Security at Risk as Recoverable Oil Drops

Global recoverable oil is estimated at 1.57 trillion barrels, 9% down from last year.

Natural Gas

What Is Renewable Natural Gas?

Renewable natural gas comes from a number of sources and goes by different names. Sustainable natural gas, biomethane, and biogas are all types of renewable nat…

LNG

Germany’s Energy Future

Few could have predicted the seismic changes to Germany’s energy policy over the past six months.

Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen: From Strategy to Delivery

Three weeks ago, Gastech and Energy Connects hosted a webinar bringing together senior executives from Baker Hughes, Siemens Energy, Technip Energies and McKins…

The G7 Has Paved the Way for Increased Oil and Gas Spending

G7 nations have acknowledged the need for increased investment in foreign gas projects.

Germany

King Coal Makes Comeback in Europe

Old King Coal could make a comeback in some of Europe's biggest power markets as governments ponder emergency measures designed to build up gas storage as Russi…