Category: Energy News Beat

India’s Russian Oil Imports Helped Prevent A Global Polycrisis

Energy News Beat Many Global South states were already struggling to deal with COVID-connected debt problems prior to the West’s anti-Russian sanctions worsening their food insecurity, so an energy price crisis on top of that could have pushed them over the edge into an uncontrollable polycrisis that would have also destabilized the West. A representative […]

Visualized: Inside a Lithium-Ion Battery

Energy News Beat The following content is sponsored by the EnergyX What’s Inside a Lithium-Ion Battery? Winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2019, the lithium-ion battery has become ubiquitous and today powers nearly everything, from smartphones to electric vehicles. In this graphic, we partnered with EnergyX to find out how these important pieces of technology work. […]

Update: Cheniere says it is not reducing Sabine Pass LNG expansion plans

Energy News Beat US LNG exporting giant Cheniere now plans to build two instead of three liquefaction trains as part of the Sabine Pass expansion project in Louisiana. Cheniere said the company is not reducing its growth ambition at Sabine Pass, and with this move it would achieve similar production with an optimized unit/cost footprint. […]

Novatek develops ammonia production tech

Energy News Beat Russian LNG exporter Novatek was granted Russian patents for a large-scale ammonia process and a large-scale pure hydrogen process based on ammonia cracking. The low-carbon ammonia process, which Novatek developed in cooperation with Russian design institutes, is based on steam reforming of natural gas, according to a statement by Novatek. Novatek said […]

Eni’s Congo FLNG gets first gas supplies

Energy News Beat Italy’s Eni has introduced the first gas into its Tango floating LNG (FLNG) facility moored in Congolese waters. Eni said in a statement on Thursday that gas introduction had been achieved in record time– only twelve months after the final investment decision. Following completion of the commissioning phase, Tango FLNG would produce […]

Chinese tech giant rebounds from US sanctions

Energy News Beat Huawei’s chipset subsidiary HiSilicon has become world’s fifth largest chipmaker, with a 3% share of the global chipset market, according to the latest analysis published by technology market-research firm Counterpoint. The research, based on third-quarter results, shows the ranking led by Qualcomm products, which account for about 40% of the entire chipset […]

3 Podcasters Walk in a Bar – Episode 42 with Dr Ed Ireland

Energy News Beat 3 Podcasters Walk in a Bar – Episode 42 with Dr Ed Ireland Highlights of the Podcast: 02:02 – The international energy transition and then the energy question 02:54 – The Brant Natural gas expected to generate half of U.S 03:47 – The Supreme Court voted down 04:38 – The reduction of […]

Biden’s crazy rush to green energy will push us to endless blackouts

Energy News Beat The “rush-to-green” policies of the Biden administration and congressional Democrats are based on a false premise that intermittent power generation can meet energy demand in the United States. This belief, and its forced reliance on China for the components necessary to implement the policy, is detrimental to Americans’ standard of living as well […]

Are Chinese Companies Complying With The US’ New Sanctions Against A Russian LNG Project?

Energy News Beat Absent official confirmation of those Chinese companies’ decision, the veracity of Kommersant’s claim can only be speculated upon, but it was noteworthy that RT raised awareness of this report among their global audience. RT reported on Monday that Russia’s reputable business daily Kommersant claimed that “French TotalEnergies, Chinese CNOOC and China National Petroleum […]

Williams to Buy Gas Assets for $1.95 Billion in LNG Bet

Energy News Beat Pipeline operator Williams Cos. agreed to buy natural gas storage assets from an affiliate of Hartree Partners LP for $1.95 billion in a bet on demand growth for the fuel in the US and in overseas markets. The deal includes six underground storage facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi, Williams said Wednesday in a statement. The company will […]