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Informed articles from the go-to people in the oil and gas industry
“Will Nord Stream 2 be up and running at full capacity by the end of 2019? It is time to find out in January””
“We need a transformation towards a carbon neutral economy, and this will require the development of more renewables as well as a transformation within fossil energyard of Appeal”
“In Gazprom’s view natural gas can and must play a key role in Europe’s shift to a low-carbon economy. Gazprom has presented its vision of how natural gas can contribute to European climate neutrality by 2050”
Markets are stronger than expected giving rise to new projects although breakeven prices do need to be reviewed; there is a trend towards a hybrid structure as well as Reserve Based Lending but complimenting RBL are alternate sources including senior and junior debt. The future continues to be bright for the industry, with key factors of success being securing finance, reducing production costs and lowering emissions.
The top headlines from January 2019 from the Latin America Clean Energy sector
The real game-changing innovation in utility-scale PV is bifacial. Bifacial (literally: two faces) modules, which generate energy from both the front and back side of the module, can deliver up to 44% more lifetime value
Seapulse Limited (“Seapulse”), the recently launched global oil and gas exploration vehicle, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Maersk Drilling A/S (“Maersk Drilling”). The alliance plans to drill 12 offshore oil & gas exploration wells over the next two years targeting over four billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe).
Without diversity, the oil and gas industry will lack the innovation required to both capitalise on the opportunities which exist at present that will help us navigate the eventual shift to a low carbon economy in the future.
My government career has been anchored in economics and finance portfolios in the UK Treasury. The role that took me into energy was leading a team of international economists covering commodities markets, as well as the regions of the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.