Day: November 20, 2023

Europe’s Petrochemical Industry Is Heading for Death Row – And dragging their prosperity behind.

Energy News Beat The last time European petrochemical plants processed so little of their favorite feedstock, Sweden’s ABBA was the most popular band on the continent, and the Fall of Saigon had marked the end of the Vietnam War. It was 1975, and the region was still licking its wounds after the first oil crisis. […]

Congressional Efforts Grow To Deport Visa Holders Who Support Hamas

Energy News Beat The US State Department confirmed this week that it has the authority to revoke the visas of foreign nationals who express support for Hamas while living in the US. The announcement said it has “broad authority under the INA [Immigration and Nationality Act] to revoke visas” – contained in a letter issued […]

Work starts on new CMA CGM’s LNG-powered giant

Energy News Beat China’s Hudong-Zhonghua has kicked off the construction of a new series of 23,000-teu LNG dual-fuel containerships for French shipping giant CMA CGM. The shipbuilder held the steel cutting-ceremony on November 17 for the vessel with a working name H1904A on November 17. Hudong-Zhonghua said this is the first of four 23,000-teu vessels […]

Gaz-System’s second Gdansk FSRU fails to secure sufficient capacity bookings

Energy News Beat Poland’s Gaz-System said it had not received binding capacity orders at a “sufficient level” to proceed with the implementation of the second FSRU as part of the LNG import project in Gdansk Bay. In July this year, Gaz-System launched a binding season for capacity bookings at the planned second FSRU with a […]

China’s LNG imports climb in October

Energy News Beat China’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports rose in October compared to the same month last year, according to customs data. Data from the General Administration of Customs shows that the country received about 5.17 million tonnes in October, a rise of 29.5 percent compared to the same month last year. LNG imports in […]

All The Metals We Mined In One Visualization

Energy News Beat In 2022, 2.8 billion tonnes of metals were mined throughout the world – while major industries that directly consume processed mineral materials contribute 14% of the US economy. As Visual Capitalist‘s Bruno Venditti details below, here’s each metal’s contribution to the total: More via Visual Capitalist: Iron Ore Dominance Iron ore dominates […]

Cheney, Kinzinger, And “Sham” J6 Committee Under Fire After Friday Footage Dump; GOP Senator Calls For Investigation

Energy News Beat Ever since Friday’s release of more than 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 Capitol Police security video, dozens of clips debunking the Jan. 6 committee’s ‘violent insurrection’ narrative have been floating around X. Mike Lee raises questions In response to the exculpatory footage that the Jan. 6 committee never showed the American public, […]

Dutch Central Bank Admits It Has Prepared For A New Gold Standard

Energy News Beat By Jan Nieuwenhuijs, of Gainesville Coins In a recent interview the Dutch central bank (DNB) shares it has equalized its gold reserves, relative to GDP, to other countries in the eurozone and outside of Europe. This has been a political decision. If there is a financial crisis the gold price will skyrocket, […]

Pakistan launches tender for one spot LNG cargo

Energy News Beat State-owned Pakistan LNG has released a tender inviting firms to submit bids for one spot LNG shipment for delivery in January. Pakistan LNG is seeking one 140,000 cbm cargo on a delivered ex-ship (DES) basis and the delivery window is January 8-9, 2024, according to a document released on November 20. Also, […]

Commentary: Despite Maine defeat, public power still on the agenda in the U.S.

Energy News Beat ​ This commentary was submitted by Holly Caggiano, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, and Sara Constantino, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Psychology Department and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University. See our commentary guidelines for […]