Tag: natural gas
Energy: Despite record oil prices: Big Oil is on austerity course
Despite billions in profits, the oil companies are reluctant to invest. But the thrift is likely to be short-lived. .source site
This is how investors benefit despite inflation and the energy crisis
Last year, the corona pandemic and the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia pushed the US oil price below zero. Now the prices for oil and gas are setting…
Climate hazard methane gas: companies plan to reduce emissions
Laying a natural gas pipeline in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Methane leaks cause massive damage to the climate. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Reducing CO2 emissions is the order of the day. This week…
Energy: The gas illusion: Why fewer gas power plants don’t mean more climate protection
Environmentalists are calling for natural gas to be phased out. Germany needs not fewer, but more gas-fired power plants – also with a view to the future hydrogen economy. .source…
Dispute over new natural gas pipelines
Natural gas pipeline The Eugal pipeline connects the natural gas receiving station in Lubmin near Greifswald with the gas pressure control and gas measuring system in Deutschneudorf (Saxony) near the…
Energy: The gas illusion: Why Germany needs more gas power plants
Environmentalists are calling for natural gas to be phased out. Germany needs not fewer, but more gas-fired power plants – also with a view to the future hydrogen economy. .source…
Climate conference wants to intensify the fight against methane emissions
Landfill in Indonesia Methane is produced, among other things, when plant parts are decomposed in the absence of oxygen. (Photo: action press) Brussels The public climate debate is usually about…
Climate conference wants to intensify the fight against methane emissions
Landfill in Indonesia Methane is produced, among other things, when plant parts are decomposed in the absence of oxygen. (Photo: action press) Brussels The public climate debate is usually about…
Macquarie buys gas network operator Thyssengas
Thyssengas The company operates a network with a length of 4400 kilometers. (Photo: Thyssengas) Frankfurt Macquarie is buying the German gas pipeline operator Thyssengas, as the Australian infrastructure investor announced…
Russia relaxes the gas markets – that will not solve the energy crisis
Berlin, Brussels It is the first sign of relaxation, but the European energy crisis has not yet been resolved: Russia’s announcement that it will deliver more natural gas to Europe…
Shell should give in instead of splitting off
Greenpeace protests against Shell in Rotterdam The British-Dutch oil company is under a lot of pressure. (Photo: AP) Daimler is doing it, RWE has already done it and Siemens has…
Russia relaxes the gas markets – that will not solve the energy crisis
Berlin, Brussels It is the first sign of relaxation, but the European energy crisis has not yet been resolved: Russia’s announcement that it will deliver more natural gas to Europe…
Putin orders increased gas supplies to Europe in November
Vladimir Putin (at the Digital East Asia Summit) Counteracts allegations that he artificially pushed up gas prices in Europe for his political goals. (Photo: AP) Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin…
High energy prices are the result of the energy transition
Coal power plant in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania High energy prices are the result of the energy transition, says Richard Koo. (Photo: dpa) Lately there has been a lot of talk about…
Nordstream 2 puts a strain on the traffic lights
Brussels, Berlin The energy crisis in Europe and the ongoing conflict over the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline threaten to become a burden for the future traffic light coalition.…
Gas price: EU countries argue over energy markets
High voltage line The power lines between the EU countries are not yet sufficiently developed. (Photo: dpa) Brussels France and Spain are putting the EU Commission under pressure to reform…
Where did the energy crisis suddenly come from?
Dusseldorf Electricity, gas and oil are becoming significantly more expensive – and not just in Europe, but all over the world. The energy crisis does not only affect us individually.…
Gas demand cannot be met: Moldova declares a state of emergency
Part of a gas pipeline Moldova sources gas either from Ukraine or Romania. (Photo: Reuters) Chisinau In the midst of a serious gas supply crisis, the Republic of Moldova, which…
High gas prices make Turkey and the EU rivals again
Natural gas dispute The operations of Turkish exploration ships in the Mediterranean cause displeasure. (Photo: dpa) Istanbul In the wake of rising oil and gas prices, tensions in the eastern…
Nine points on how Europe can use the crisis as an opportunity
. Power plants in the Netherlands Europe must change its energy policy on many levels if it does not always want to react too late to gas price crises. (Photo:…