Category: Energy News Beat

Daily Energy Standup Episode #270 – Shell’s Deals, Regulatory Challenges, and Global Geopolitics Unveiled

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Shell agrees to sell stake in two U.S.-based renewable energy projects December 12, 2023 Mariel Alumit Shell Wind Energy Inc. and Savion Equity, LLC, subsidiaries of Shell plc, have agreed to sell partial ownership stake in two U.S.-based renewable energy projects to InfraRed Capital Partners. Shell will sell 60% […]

Tesla recalls nearly all US vehicles over autopilot system defects

Energy News Beat News|Automotive Industry Tesla is recalling more than two million cars in the United States, nearly all of its vehicles sold there, after a federal regulator said defects with the autopilot system pose a safety hazard. In a recall filing on Wednesday, the carmaker said autopilot software system controls “may not be sufficient […]

Fed Holds Rates at 5.50% Top of Range, Sees Three Rate Cuts in 2024, QT to Continue

Energy News Beat Lowers GDP growth projections and PCE inflation projections for 2024. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The FOMC voted unanimously today to keep its five policy rates unchanged, with the top of its policy rates at 5.50%. It was the third meeting in a row when the Fed held its policy rates, after the rate hike […]

Bitumen beyond combustion: how to triple oil sands value, reduce emissions, and create an advanced material industry for 2% of a battery plant’s subsidies

Energy News Beat What if some phenomenally large energy/materials breakthroughs were right here in front of us, vastly more accessible than experimental aspirations, but held back by an image problem? To help ponder that question, it is necessary to share with you one of the best (meaning funniest), most explosive miscalculations in modern science; the […]

Japanese refineries close as the country’s petroleum consumption falls

Energy News Beat  December 13, 2023 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, December 2023 In our Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast the lowest annual petroleum consumption in Japan in 2024 since at least 1980, in part due to its aging and declining population. Japan’s reduced consumption is already affecting its refining industry. […]

When Climate Ambitions Meet Energy Realities

Energy News Beat In what is simultaneously receiving praise for being a historic achievement and criticism for not being ambitious enough, nearly 200 countries closed COP28 by agreeing to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. The agreement calls for a tripling of renewable energy capacity and expanded use of carbon capture and other low and […]

OMV Petrom awards drilling contracts to Transocean, Halliburton for Black Sea natural gas project

Energy News Beat (WO) – OMV Petrom has made significant progress in developing the Neptun Deep project. The company has signed an agreement with an estimated value of $350.45 million for the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents for a minimum period of one and a half years. Additionally. a contract of approximately $150.94 million was signed with […]

Neptune Energy makes Norwegian natural gas discovery with fast-track potential

Energy News Beat (WO) – Neptune Energy, along with partners Wintershall Dea, Pandion Energy, Aker BP and DNO, announced a new discovery at the Kyrre prospect and confirmed the volumes for the Ofelia appraisal well, both located in the PL 929 license, close to the Gjøa field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. […]

US approaching end of Ukraine aid – Biden

Energy News Beat Russian President Vladimir Putin is “banking” on Washington failing to deliver for Kiev, the US leader claimed Washington is approaching the end of its ability to provide military aid to Kiev amid its conflict with Moscow, US President Joe Biden has said, again urging lawmakers to approve more assistance for Ukraine before […]

NTS launches LNG-powered bulker for EPS

Energy News Beat China’s New Times Shipbuilding has hosted a launching ceremony for one LNG-powered bulk carrier it is building for Eastern Pacific Shipping. NTS floated out the 210,000-dwt LNG dual-fuel bulk carrier, Mount Gower, on December 9 for Idan Ofer’s EPS. The Chinese yard is building in total eleven 210,000-dwt LNG dual-fuel bulk carriers for EPS. […]