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Global gas squeeze highlights need for security of supply – report

Smart Energy International

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says global natural gas consumption rebounded by 4.6% in 2021, more than double the decline seen in the gas market in 2020. Last year closed with record high spot prices for gas in Europe and Asia, as the natural gas supply remained constricted.

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Operational clean hydrogen production projects set to double globally within the next five years

Envirotec Magazine

The Hydrogen Map divides clean hydrogen production projects into two categories on the basis of production method: blue denoting steam reforming of natural gas with carbon capture; and green denoting hydrogen produced via electrolysis of zero-carbon energy sources, such as renewables and nuclear. billion in 192 startups.

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Fossil Fuel Firms Use Permitting Loopholes to Fast-Track LNG Export Projects Near Black Communities

DeSmogBlog

Now, Ivor van Heerden , the former deputy director of Louisiana State University’s Hurricane Center, is concerned about the disastrous and potentially lethal consequences of a hurricane hitting a liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction south of New Orleans. But more than three-fourths of the U.S-produced

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For a livable future, 60% of oil and gas must stay in the ground

Grist

They found that in order to have a 50 percent chance of achieving this target, 58 percent of known oil reserves, 59 percent of natural gas reserves, and 89 percent of coal reserves cannot be extracted. This means that global oil and gas production must decline 3 percent on average every year until 2050. “I Nature (2021).

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Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

DeSmogBlog

Salmon is fed on other fish — small, oily, and nutritious pelagic species — which are harvested by the tonne off the West African coastline and pulverized into fishmeal and fish oil for export to Europe and Asia. In 2023, I will be watching what happens with oil and gas fields in Alaska, the Arctic, Africa, and South America.

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How the Fossil Fuel Industry Buys Goodwill

DeSmogBlog

Hassan Allam, an Egyptian private corporation with a mission of “ transforming the country into a regional hub for natural gas ” is a sponsor of the annual United Nations climate conference , known as COP27, being held this year in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Filling in For Governments.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

Maybe it’s going to be natural gas with CCS, maybe it’s going to be geothermal, whether conventional or unconventional (in the form of EGS or AGS). I would like to see that in South America, where there is only one large geothermal project (in Chile) , but many more untapped resources.