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Africa's longest oil pipeline takes shape in Niger
Oct 13, 2022 (AFP)
At Gaya in southwest Niger, near the border with Benin, the longest oil pipeline in Africa is being built. With a projected length of nearly 2,000 kilometres (1...
Living in darkness: Poverty and pollution in oil-rich Congo
Oct 12, 2022 (AFP)
Yet these potent symbols of Congo's oil and gas bonanza mean little to the villagers who live in their shadow. When darkness falls, they have to fire up a gener...
Israel hails 'historic' sea border deal with Lebanon
Oct 11, 2022 (AFP)
Negotiations between the neighbouring countries, which are still technically at war, had suffered repeated setbacks since their launch in 2020 but gained moment...
Satellites detect methane plume in Nord Stream leak
Oct 11, 2022 (ESA)
With the unexplained gas release posing a serious question about the incident's environmental impact, a suite of complementary Earth observation satellites carr...
Measuring methane from the air and monitoring infrastructure from space
Oct 10, 2022 (SPX)
It is still unclear what proportion of the methane remains in the ocean and how much has escaped into the atmosphere. In cooperation with the United Nations Env...
Orbital Sidekick selected as partner for Intelligent Pipeline Integrity Program (iPIPE)
Oct 10, 2022 (SPX)
"Continuing this partnership with iPIPE is an important step for OSK as it enters its next phase of technological advancements for the oil and gas industry," sa...
Belgium sees fuel demand surge as French drivers flee strike
Oct 09, 2022 (AFP)
Frustrated French drivers are facing long waits at petrol pumps across the country, but especially in the northern Hauts-de-France region that borders Belgium. ...
Along US Gulf Coast, huge gas plants jostle for space
Oct 09, 2022 (AFP)
"It's our life they took here," says Travis Dardar from the doorstep of his camper trailer. An imposing LNG export terminal -- a massive facility that receives ...
World Bank spent almost $15 bn on fossil fuel projects since Paris deal: report
Oct 06, 2022 (AFP)
Though the multilateral lender pledged in 2018 to end financing for upstream oil and gas, and direct funding had declined, the move failed to include indirect f...
Israel to reject Lebanon's proposed changes to gas deal
Oct 06, 2022 (AFP)
A draft agreement floated by US envoy Amos Hochstein aims to settle competing claims over offshore gas fields and was delivered to Lebanese and Israeli official...
Oil giants' East Africa mega-project risks causing 'unacceptable' damage: report
Oct 05, 2022 (AFP)
Total and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) signed a $10-billion agreement earlier this year to develop Ugandan oilfields and ship crude throu...
Nord Stream leaked less methane than feared: atmospheric monitor
Oct 05, 2022 (AFP)
The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which connect Russia to Germany, had already been at the centre of geopolitical tensions for months as Russia cut back gas su...
US climate envoy asks DR Congo to ditch some oil blocks
Oct 04, 2022 (AFP)
The DRC's government launched bids for 30 oil and gas blocks in the impoverished central African nation in July. But the move was controversial, drawing critici...
Uganda minister slams EU criticism of oil project
Oct 04, 2022 (AFP)
France's TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation signed a $10-billion agreement earlier this year to develop Ugandan oilfields and ship th...
Shell CEO hints energy firms should pay more tax
Oct 04, 2022 (AFP)
Ben van Beurden, who leaves Shell at the end of this year, was addressing the Energy Intelligence Forum industry gathering. "You cannot have a market that behav...
Crude prices rally as top producers mull big output cut
Oct 03, 2022 (AFP)
WTI climbed 4.5 percent to $83.06 and Brent piled on 4.4 percent to $88.83 ahead of a meeting of the group this week in Vienna, with Bloomberg News saying offic...
Iraq's young covet govt jobs in headache for economy
Oct 02, 2022 (AFP)
The patronage systems that feed the public sector in the oil-rich but war-battered nation are so entrenched that even the outgoing finance minister has despaire...
Israel praises US proposal for Lebanon maritime border deal
Oct 02, 2022 (AFP)
The draft agreement floated by US envoy Amos Hochstein aims to settle competing claims over offshore gas fields and was delivered to Lebanese and Israeli offici...
Nord Stream blasts equal to several hundred kilos of TNT: report
Sep 30, 2022 (AFP)
"The magnitude of the explosions was measured at 2.3 and 2.1 on the Richter Scale, respectively, probably corresponding to an explosive load of several hundred ...
Gas flares vastly underperform, causing greater climate impact: study
Sep 29, 2022 (AFP)
The result is a far greater impact on climate change, with the warming potential between the stated and actual effectiveness of flaring across the United States...
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