Category: Energy News Beat

Petronas, CNPC strengthen LNG ties

Energy News Beat Malaysia’s Petronas and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in various fields, including LNG. The two companies signed the MoU in Shanghai on November 6. According to a statement by Petronas, the MoU for strategic partnership will strengthen collaboration, among others, in the upstream […]

Far-right Vox urges centre-right PP to torpedo all Spanish socialist candidates in Brussels

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Minimum wage in Romania set to increase

Energy News Beat   Romania is ready to raise the minimum wage to 4,050 lei (about €800) from 1 January, following President Klaus Iohannis’ promulgation of the European minimum wage law on Wednesday, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Thursday. Ciolacu stressed that there were no electoral or other obstacles to implementing the wage increase […]

Slovak Interior Minister faces mounting pressure after police brutality incident

Energy News Beat   Slovak Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (leader of Hlas-SD/NI) has come under fire after the death of a detainee exposed cases of police brutality, despite claiming it was an isolated incident, while the opposition is demanding accountability, including his resignation. On 5 November, police in the eastern Slovak city of Košice […]

Fracking Boss Picks Up Endorsements to Be Trump Energy Secretary

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: Chris Wright is a class act and has the perfect mindset to be the best Energy Secretary the United States has ever had. His vision to end energy poverty has been a driving force in the industry and has had a tremendous impact on my podcast. Congratulations! We are […]

US LNG exports increase to 26 shipments

Energy News Beat The agency said in its weekly report, citing shipping data provided by Bloomberg Finance, that the total capacity of these 26 LNG vessels is 97 Bcf. This compares to 23 shipments and 87 Bcf in the week ending November 6. According to data from S&P Global Commodity Insights, average natural gas deliveries to US […]

UK pledges millions to help developing countries access clean energy

Energy News Beat At COP29, the UK committed £79 million to help developing countries adopt clean energy, pushing the global transition away from fossil fuels. This support package includes funding for projects to develop renewable energy, improve energy storage, and reduce industrial emissions in nations already hit hardest by climate change, including African and small […]

Venkatraman Sheshashayee: Sixty is the New Assassin

Energy News Beat AsiaMaritime CEO Shesh, or Venkatraman Sheshashayee, is a retired CEO living in Singapore whose first novel, Sixty is the New Assassin, will be made available to buy on Amazon come Monday. Armed with degrees in marine engineering and management, he first sailed across half the known world and then built businesses across […]

Höegh Autoliners renews long-term transport deals

Energy News Beat EuropeOperations Höegh Autoliners Norwegian car carrier player Höegh Autoliners has renewed several long-term contracts with a major international car producer for transport of cars in various trade lanes. The company said the duration of the contracts is three years and that it had already started to ship cargo under some of the […]

US sanctions Syrian tanker firm

Energy News Beat Washington.org The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned 26 companies, individuals, and vessels associated with the Al-Qatirji Company, a Syrian conglomerate responsible OFAC maintains for generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and the Houthis through […]