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EU gas companies prepare pipelines for hydrogen highway
While the heads of state and government were negotiating an agreement to slow down climate change last week, gas engineer Michele Ricciardi was grappling with a practical problem: How can thousands of kilometers of pipelines in Italy and Europe be safely …
U.S. natural gas producers face billions in losses through hedging in 2022
US gas producers will have to post billions in hedging losses in the next year because they secured most of their production for 2022 before the recent energy crisis shot gas prices soaring, an analysis by Rystad Energy shows.
Biden estimates that oil reserves are sufficient
US President Joe Biden said in a memo to the US State Department on Friday that there are enough oil reserves for other countries to reduce their purchases in Iran.
Shipping company under pressure to ship coal
Shipping companies shipping coal around the world are in the crosshairs of some financiers who are cleaning up their businesses in the absence of a truly global initiative by nations to cut the dirtiest fossil fuel.
USA addresses import duties on steel and aluminum
The United States said Friday it would start talks with Japan that could lead to easing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which have long been a nuisance in trade relations between the two allies.
Gas flows to Germany stopped again
The gas flows through the Yamal-Europe pipeline to the west to Germany have stopped again and flow in the opposite direction back to Russia, as data from the German pipeline operator Gascade showed on Saturday.
No prospect of reducing fuel costs
US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm hinted on Friday that the Biden administration has little chance of getting the country's oil producers to increase production in order to reduce rising fuel costs.
Great Britain declares the end of the coal era
At the UN climate conference on Thursday, the coal phase-out was supported by 23 other countries, but rejected by major users of the dirtiest of all fuels that cause global warming.
Ending the dispute over steel and aluminum tariffs?
The United States and the European Union have agreed to end the simmering dispute over the steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by former US President Donald Trump in 2018, removing a nuisance in transatlantic relations and a surge in EU To prevent retaliatory …
U.S. Court of Appeals implies support for Rio's Resolution copper mine
A U.S. appeals court on Friday questioned whether it has the power to override a law of Congress that Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) Ltd. Allocated land in Arizona for its Resolution copper mine, which was contested by Native American people. "It would be nice if …