Top Indian Refiner Snubs U.S. Oil in Latest Tender
India’s top refiner, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IndianOil), has forgone buying U.S. crude at this week’s tender, instead opting for Middle Eastern and West African crude, sources in the oil…
Japan Considers Major Investment in Alaska LNG
Japan is exploring offtake agreements to buy LNG from the planned export project in Alaska as part of the Japanese pledge to buy $7 billion worth of U.S. energy products,…
Acorn Bioenergy opens AD facility in UK for biomethane and CO2
Acorn Bioenergy has opened an anaerobic digestion site in Winchester, southern England. The Three Maids Hill site is described as a ‘flagship’ project, with the launch attended by representatives from…
EU-funded pilot project claims hydrogen liquefaction breakthrough
An EU-funded project has launched the continent’s first magnetocaloric pilot plant which could reduce hydrogen liquefaction costs to below €1.50 per kilo. The pilot, developed with HyLical by Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf…
Ørsted Cuts Core Profit Guidance Amid Offshore Headwinds
Ørsted has lowered its guidance range for core earnings for 2025, due to lower wind speeds across the portfolio and a delay of a construction project in Taiwan, as the…
Uranium Shortage Jeopardizes Nuclear Renaissance
Tight supply of uranium could interfere with global plans for a boost in nuclear generation capacity growth, the World Nuclear Association has warned. According to the industry body, global uranium…
U.S. Biofuel Imports Slump After Blending Mandate Change
Biodiesel imports to the United States fell to their lowest in ten years over the first half of the year after the federal government axed subsidies for such imports at…
Linde set to supply industrial gases to Tata’s $11bn chip fab in India
Industrial gases major Linde is advancing plans for a new industrial gases plant in Dholera, India, to support the country’s first semiconductor fabrication facility and wider electronics sector. The Dholera…
Mission Zero launches DAC system for Canada’s Deep Sky
UK-based Mission Zero Technologies has switched on its third direct air capture (DAC) system at a carbon removal project in Alberta, Canada operated by the Canadian cleantech firm Deep Sky.…
Analysts Reveal OPEC+ Expectation
In a report sent to Rigzone on Wednesday by the Standard Chartered team, Standard Chartered Bank analysts said they expect OPEC+ “to continue focusing on compliance”. The analysts highlighted in…
