In 2022, Europe raced to fill gas storage with LNG imports; now its focus must turn to next year’s winter, top executives at Commonwealth LNG and Chesapeake Energy said Feb. 1 during a panel discussion at the NAPE summit in Houston.
Policymakers should underpin future demand reduction targets by encouraging a structural shift away from gas, says Bruegel.
Amid differences with Baghdad, TotalEnergies has asked its foreign employees in Iraq to leave the country and local staff to work from home.
British and Dutch wholesale gas prices were mixed on Feb. 2 on cold weather forecasts, reduction in gas storage and Norway outage, although strong flows of LNG were lending some support.
Spain and France have agreed to explore the possibility to build a pipeline to ship green hydrogen between Barcelona and Marseille.
The British company's record earnings, which more than doubled from a year earlier, mirror those reported by U.S. rivals earlier this week and are certain to intensify pressure on governments to further raise taxes on the sector.
Like other leading European energy companies, Shell is aiming for rapid expansion of its low-carbon and renewables business as part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades.
The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine includes a global movement away from imported fossil fuels toward domestically produced renewables, BP said in its annual Energy Outlook.
According to Refinitiv data, Russian gas exports to Europe dropped to a new post-Soviet low in 2022, but its total LNG exports rose to approximately 33 million tonnes, with more than half of it going to Europe.
UniCredit will strengthen its advisory services for companies in carbon-intensive sectors, as well as boost sustainable lending.