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U.S. oil industry group pledges to fight possible Biden fracking limits
-11/24/2020 5:21:47 PM
If U.S. President-elect Joe Biden tries to restrict development of oil and gas drilling on federal lands, the American Petroleum Institute (API) will use “every tool at its disposal” including legal action, chief executive Mike Sommers said in an interview.
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Asian spot LNG price may have seen winter peak amid steady demand
-11/24/2020 5:09:30 PM
The price of spot LNG in Asia may have already peaked for the winter demand season, with major buyers likely to have already purchased sufficient cargoes to meet their needs.
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Sempra develops plan to inject hydrogen into California natgas grid
-11/24/2020 5:00:57 PM
U.S. energy company Sempra Energy said that two of its California utilities were developing a program to use surplus renewable power to produce green hydrogen that can be injected into the natural gas grid to help to reduce carbon emissions.
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TÜV SÜD builds first mobile testing facility for hydrogen refueling stations
-11/24/2020 4:35:22 PM
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory has secured Government funding to build the UK’s first mobile primary standard facility for testing hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) to ensure they deliver the correct amount of fuel.
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S&B completes 300,000 bpd NGL fractionation project for Phillips 66
-11/24/2020 4:25:24 PM
S&B has announced the successful, on-time completion of two NGL fractionation plants for Phillips 66. The plants have a combined capacity of 300,000 bpd, quadrupling the processing capacity at the Phillips 66 Sweeny Hub.
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Venture Global LNG awards KBR EPC contract
-11/24/2020 3:50:17 PM
Venture Global LNG announces that KBR has been awarded the EPC contract as lead contractor for Phase 1 of the Plaquemines LNG export project currently under development in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
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Russia's Novatek starts LNG ship-to-ship operations in Murmansk
-11/23/2020 5:55:50 PM
Russian gas producer Novatek has started ship-to-ship loadings of liquefied petroleum gas from the Yamal LNG project near the northern port of Murmansk, shifting away from Norway, ship tracking data at Refinitiv Eikon showed.
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UN-led pact commits oil and gas firms to tackle methane emissions
-11/23/2020 5:53:43 PM
Dozens of oil and gas companies have committed to report more accurately on and, ultimately, reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane which is liable to leak from oilfields and pipelines.
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Ivory Coast's Foxtrot to invest $315 mln to boost gas output
-11/23/2020 4:22:58 PM
Ivory Coast-based energy firm Foxtrot International will invest $315 million to increase its gas output by a third by 2022 to meet the West African nation's growing power needs, the firm's general manager said.
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Siemens, Deutsche Bahn launch local hydrogen trains trial
-11/23/2020 4:09:22 PM
Siemens Mobility and Deutsche Bahn have started developing hydrogen-powered fuel cell trains and a filling station which will be trialed in 2024 with view to replace diesel engines on German local rail networks.
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General Electric, Vietnamese firm ink power plant MOU
-11/23/2020 3:52:09 PM
General Electric Co. and a Vietnamese company have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a LNG power plant, according to GE and a senior Trump administration official.
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Bangladesh seeks LNG cargo for December delivery
-11/23/2020 3:41:12 PM
Bangladesh's state-owned Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company is seeking one LNG cargo for delivery in December through a tender, two officials familiar with the matter said.
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EU denies gas plants a green finance tag, offers possible hydrogen loophole
-11/20/2020 6:58:47 PM
The European Commission has proposed that power plants fueled by natural gas would not be classed as a sustainable investment in Europe, although plants could possibly gain a green label by burning some hydrogen.
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Golar and Black & Veatch collaborate on FLNG, ammonia and other decarbonization projects
-11/20/2020 6:45:51 PM
Golar LNG Limited (“Golar” or “the Company”) announces that it has agreed with Black & Veatch Corporation (“B&V”) to expand on their long-standing FLNG relationship and enter into a collaboration agreement in the field of floating ammonia production, carbon capture, green LNG and hydrogen.
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Spain to channel $1.8B in EU rescue funds to 'green' hydrogen
-11/20/2020 5:39:04 PM
Spain will spend 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) from a European economic recovery fund over the next three years in developing "green" hydrogen production, which will use renewable power, prime minister Pedro Sanchez said.
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Argentina offers sweetener to firms investing in natgas
-11/20/2020 4:57:52 PM
Companies that participate in Argentina’s natural gas production plan will have free access to the official foreign exchange market, the central bank announced, opening a loophole in tight capital controls that have been in place for more than a year.
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Petronas steps ups investments in hydrogen as part of carbon-free energy goals
-11/20/2020 3:57:58 PM
Malaysia’s state energy firm Petronas said it is stepping up investments in hydrogen as part of a global push to produce carbon-free energy, even as the firm expands its portfolio in LNG and renewable energy.
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GLOBAL LNG-Asian spot prices slip on more supply from Malaysia, U.S.
-11/20/2020 3:18:43 PM
Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) slipped this week as supply from Malaysia returned after a brief hiccup, though traders were keeping an eye on potential demand during a colder-than-expected winter in Northeast Asia.
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China's Sinopec plans to produce over 30 Bcm natural gas in 2020
-11/19/2020 5:30:22 PM
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, said it plans to produce more than 30 Bcm of natural gas in 2020, marking an increase of just 1.1% from its output in 2019.
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Oil Search sees Total's Papua LNG advancing ahead of Exxon's P'nyang
-11/19/2020 5:22:01 PM
Oil Search Ltd said its stalled plan to expand gas output in Papua New Guinea would now focus on the Papua LNG project, led by Total SA, in a change of tack following political ructions in Papua New Guinea.
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EU failed to properly assess climate risk of gas projects, watchdog says
-11/19/2020 5:10:31 PM
The European Commission has granted priority status to natural gas projects without properly assessing their impact on climate change, the European Union's watchdog said in a decision.
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Blast strikes natural gas pipeline in Egypt’s North Sinai, witnesses say
-11/19/2020 5:04:38 PM
A blast struck the Al Arish-Al Qantara natural gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, three witnesses said.
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Linde triples production capacity for hydrogen refueling stations
-11/19/2020 4:28:11 PM
Linde and the Dalian Bingshan Group have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture company that will manufacture hydrogen refueling stations in Dalian, China (Liaoning province) to supply fuel cell-powered vehicles, starting in 2021.
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Venture Global delays Louisiana Plaquemines LNG export FID to 2021
-11/19/2020 3:30:58 PM
Sempra Energy’s Costa Azul LNG plant in Mexico will be the only North American LNG export project to go forward this year now that Venture Global delayed its plan to start on its proposed Plaquemines project in Louisiana until 2021.
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India aims to reduce diesel use with $1.35B LNG retail push
-11/19/2020 3:22:45 PM
Indian companies will spend 100 billion rupees ($1.35 billion) over three years on 1,000 LNG stations along main roads and industrial corridors and in mining areas, the oil minister said, to cut diesel consumption.
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