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Mexico's AMLO says his government is committed to reducing gas flaring

24 June 2022

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters last week that his government was committed to reducing associated gas and methane flaring.

Former energy minister casts doubt on Rowley’s predictions of rise in gas production

24 June 2022

Kevin Ramnarine, the former energy minister of Trinidad and Tobago, is sceptical about PM Keith Rowley’s recent prediction that natural gas production levels will start rising before the end of 2022.

Energía Argentina in steel pipe contract with Tenaris for Vaca Muerta gas project

24 June 2022

State-owned Energía Argentina has signed a contract with SIAT, a subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based steel pipe maker Tenaris, for the supply of welded pipes for the President Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline (PNKG) project.

EIB to invest in green energy in Mauritania

24 June 2022

The Mauritanian and EIB Presidents have signed a declaration on green hydrogen cooperation

Percussion reportedly puts Permian Basin acreage up for sale

24 June 2022

Private equity-backed Percussion Petroleum II is reportedly seeking buyers for acreage in the prolific Permian Basin that could be worth up to $1.5bn.

Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer: Trans Mountain pipeline no longer profitable

24 June 2022

The Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline is no longer profitable as a result of cost overruns and delays to its expansion project, according to a report released on June 22 by the country’s Parliamentary Budget Officer.

Biden calls for three-month suspension of federal gasoline, diesel taxes

24 June 2022

US President Joe Biden this week called for Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months amid soaring average gasoline prices that have reached close to $5 per gallon ($1.32 per litre) on a nationwide basis.

Reducing investment in fossil fuels can fund Europe’s energy transition

24 June 2022

Europe’s electricity system could become greener, more secure and more resilient while not requiring any funding if the right investments are made to replace increasingly expensive fossil fuels.

Coal investment remains major threat to green dream

24 June 2022

An 8% rise in global energy investment in 2022 to $2.4 trillion, driven by a 12% rise in clean energy spending, is still far from enough to tackle the energy crisis and to put the world on the path to a greener and more secure energy future.

World has moral responsibility to support vulnerable Africa’s green transition, says IEA

24 June 2022

The wider world has a moral responsibility drive forward the green transition in Africa, which has seen considerable slippage in growth rates since the COVID pandemic.

EDP receives second LNG shipment in El Salvador via ship-to-ship transfer

24 June 2022

BW LNG, a subsidiary of Singapore-based BW Group, reported last week that the Energía del Pacífico (EDP) joint venture had received its second shipment of LNG via ship-to-ship transfer in El Salvador.

China faces floods as impact of climate change is felt

24 June 2022

Parts of China are seeing their worst flooding in decades as 500,000 homes are damaged, roads collapse and some houses are swept away.

ACWA Power signs 1.1-GW wind project deal in Egypt

24 June 2022

ACWA Power aims to build a 1.1-GW, $1.5bn wind project in Egypt together with local developer Hassan Allam Holding.