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AI’s energy hunger fuels geothermal startups but natgas rivalry clouds future

By Mrinalika Roy and Seher Dareen Dec 19 - Geothermal energy startups are on the upswing with Big Tech companies looking to feed their power-intensive AI data centers, but long-term investments remain uncertain as oil majors double down on natural gas. "We believe geothermal, along with abundant natural gas, can be part of the all-of-the-above energy mix we need to …

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4 weeks ago

OPEC Has Little Room to Revive Oil Supply, Iran Official Says

Live Mint

-- OPEC has little scope to reverse its oil production cuts, which have triggered a wave of rival supply from the US shale industry, Iran’s representative to the group said. “This strategy in support of prices has effectively encouraged higher supply outside the group, particularly on the part of the US,” Iranian OPEC governor Afshin Javan said of the curbs …

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1 month ago

Trump’s oil and gas donors don’t really want to ‘drill, baby, drill’

Live Mint

Donald Trump wants oil companies to “drill, baby, drill" on the first day of his presidency, but his fossil-fuel benefactors have a different agenda. Under President Biden, shale companies produced record amounts of oil and natural gas as crude prices rebounded from the pandemic’s depths and then soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But the industry is also confronting the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

India Poised to Lead Global Green Hydrogen Production and Exports: Hardeep Puri

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Union minister for petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that as India is on track to emerge as the hub for green hydrogen, the country is poised to lead the global hydrogen energy production and exports. “With projects like hydrogen blending in natural gas pipelines, localisation of electrolyzer-based technologies, and the promotion of bio-pathways …

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1 year ago

Despite climate goals US oil boom shows, ‘World wants for more energy, not less’

Hindustan Times

The world may be pushing for renewable energy and climate change action, but guess what? - Bob McNally, President of Rapidan Energy Group Surpassing Trump-era records Last month, weekly US oil production hit 13.2 million barrels per day, just edging past the previous record set during the Trump era. Despite geopolitical tensions affecting energy prices globally, America's oil is trading …

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1 year ago

Pokaran Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BJP's Pratap Puri wins Pokaran with 112925 votes

India Today

Live blog Pokaran Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BJP's Pratap Puri wins Pokaran with 112925 votes Pokaran, Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2023 Live News Updates: Voting in the five-state assembly elections over and now it’s counting time. Stay with us as we bring you live updates from the vote counting for the election results of Pokaran seat of Rajasthan.. 28 …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan Min Shale Mohammed claims Russia-Ukraine war disrupted his plans to resolve electricity crisis in viral video

Op India

A Rajasthan minister asserts that he was on the verge of resolving the state’s electricity problem, only to have his plans disrupted by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Shale Mohammad, Cabinet Minister of Minority Affairs and Waqf of Rajasthan, claimed that he was close to solving the chronic electricity crisis in the state but the Russia-Ukraine war threw spanners in the works …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Chevron buys Hess for $53 billion, 2nd megadeal in the oil patch this month as energy prices soar

Associated Press

Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge. While attacks on Israel do not disrupt global oil supply, according to an analysis by the U.S Energy Information Administration, “they raise the potential for oil supply disruptions and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Exxon Buys Pioneer in $60 Billion Deal to Create Shale Giant

Live Mint

Exxon Mobil struck a nearly $60 billion agreement Wednesday to buy Pioneer Natural Resources in the largest oil-and-gas deal in two decades, tying the energy giant’s future to fossil fuels. It cements Exxon’s status as the dominant player in the American fracking industry, now centered in West Texas, where Pioneer has more places to drill than almost all of its …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Exxon to buy shale rival Pioneer for nearly $60 billion in stock

Live Mint

Exxon Mobil said on Wednesday it would buy U.S. rival Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion that would make it the biggest producer in the largest U.S. oilfield and secures a decade of low-cost production. The deal would be Exxon's biggest since its $81 billion purchase of Mobil Oil in 1998, years before the shale …

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$Paediatricians sign joint letter urging NT government to withdraw Beetaloo Basin fracking support$

1 year, 6 months ago

Paediatricians sign joint letter urging NT government to withdraw Beetaloo Basin fracking support

ABC

Dozens of paediatricians are pleading for the Northern Territory government to withdraw support for a full-scale fracking industry, citing direct and indirect health risks. Key points: Paediatricians sign letter opposing an onshore shale gas industry in the Northern Territory The NT government approved a full-scale fracking industry in the Beetaloo Basin last month Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says the NT's …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Exxon, Chevron Near Deals to Drill in Gas-Rich Algeria

Live Mint

Exxon Mobil and Chevron are in advanced negotiations with Algeria on a deal that would allow the U.S. energy giants to drill for the first time in the gas-rich North African nation, according to the Algerian energy minister and people familiar with the discussions. The deals, which the energy minister said could be complete by the end of the year, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

How India can minimise the damage from OPEC+ production cuts

Live Mint

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its oil-producing allies such as Russia and Azerbaijan, collectively known as OPEC+, have decided to cut oil production by 1.15 million barrels a day. While OPEC takes the flak for higher oil prices with its publicised production cuts – the second since last October – another culprit escapes attention: US shale producers. While …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Opinion | A Himalayan blunder

The Hindu

The Himalaya is a fragile mountain range that is still rising as the Indian plate continues to push into the Asian plate. At over 6,000 feet, Joshimath sits on the side of an unstable ridge created largely from glacial moraine rock and shale in a rift valley. At the time of independence, 75 years ago, the Uttarakhand region had only …

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2 years ago

Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden will unveil gas supply agreement TODAY

Daily Mail

Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden will today announce a deal to keep the lights on in Britain – using gas produced by fracking in the US. As part of the major initiative, Downing Street said the US will aim to export at least nine to ten billion cubic metres of Liquefied Natural Gas to UK terminals over the next year …

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$Restoring fracking ban ‘beggars belief’, says Cuadrilla chief$

2 years, 1 month ago

Restoring fracking ban ‘beggars belief’, says Cuadrilla chief

The Independent

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$Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘delighted’ to have fracking in his own back garden$

2 years, 2 months ago

Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘delighted’ to have fracking in his own back garden

The Independent

Jacob Rees-Mogg said he would be “delighted” to have his own back garden drilled for shale gas as he defended the Liz Truss government’s push for fracking. I would be delighted – particularly if I get these royalties.” Mr Rees-Mogg said it was only “the socialists” and Green MP Caroline Lucas who oppose fracking, adding: “Well that makes my heart …

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$Truss claims fracking could produce gas in six months called in to doubt as firm warns of 18 month wait$

2 years, 2 months ago

Truss claims fracking could produce gas in six months called in to doubt as firm warns of 18 month wait

The Independent

Liz Truss’s claims gas from fracking could flow in six months has been called into doubt – with one company estimating it could take as long as 18 months. open image in gallery The Cuadrilla shale gas extraction site at Preston New Road, near Blackpool A spokesperson for Island Gas said it hoped to deliver gas from well pads in …

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$UK government lifts fracking ban despite opposition$

2 years, 3 months ago

UK government lifts fracking ban despite opposition

Associated Press

LONDON — The U.K. government confirmed Thursday that it’s lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country’s energy security amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Britain needs to “explore all avenues available to us through solar, wind, oil and gas production -– so it’s right that we’ve lifted the pause to realize any …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Fracking: Government to allow higher ‘seismic activity’, Rees-Mogg suggests

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Liz Truss’s government is set to allow higher levels of seismic activity at shale gas …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Fracking won’t solve energy crisis and could cause ‘serious’ damage, watchdog warns

The Independent

The return of fracking will not ease the UK’s energy crisis and could cause “serious” environmental damage, the head of a government watchdog is warning. Lord Deben, chair of the independent Climate Change Committee urged Liz Truss to “look at the facts” – just days before she is expected to give the go-ahead to drilling for shale gas in England. …

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$Scientists ‘no closer to predicting fracking earthquakes’ despite ban being lifted$

2 years, 3 months ago

Scientists ‘no closer to predicting fracking earthquakes’ despite ban being lifted

The Independent

The government is set to lift the ban on fracking despite a leaked scientific review that acknowledges that forecasting drilling-induced earthquakes “remains a scientific challenge”. Green MP for Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas described the government’s fracking plan as “climate-wrecking, manifesto-breaking and earthquake regulation-shattering” in light of the recent report. “Fracking is a dirty and dangerous distraction from the real solutions …

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$Liz Truss lifts ban on fracking in Tory manifesto U-turn$

2 years, 3 months ago

Liz Truss lifts ban on fracking in Tory manifesto U-turn

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Recent work has suggested that initial estimates by the British Geological Survey were too high, but until many wells …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Fracking: what is it, why is it controversial and will it lower bills?

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Assessment by the British Geological Survey suggested there are …

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AI’s energy hunger fuels geothermal startups but natgas rivalry clouds future

OPEC Has Little Room to Revive Oil Supply, Iran Official Says

Trump’s oil and gas donors don’t really want to ‘drill, baby, drill’

India Poised to Lead Global Green Hydrogen Production and Exports: Hardeep Puri

Despite climate goals US oil boom shows, ‘World wants for more energy, not less’

Pokaran Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BJP's Pratap Puri wins Pokaran with 112925 votes

Rajasthan Min Shale Mohammed claims Russia-Ukraine war disrupted his plans to resolve electricity crisis in viral video

Chevron buys Hess for $53 billion, 2nd megadeal in the oil patch this month as energy prices soar

Exxon Buys Pioneer in $60 Billion Deal to Create Shale Giant

Exxon to buy shale rival Pioneer for nearly $60 billion in stock

Paediatricians sign joint letter urging NT government to withdraw Beetaloo Basin fracking support

Exxon, Chevron Near Deals to Drill in Gas-Rich Algeria

How India can minimise the damage from OPEC+ production cuts

Opinion | A Himalayan blunder

Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden will unveil gas supply agreement TODAY

Restoring fracking ban ‘beggars belief’, says Cuadrilla chief

Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘delighted’ to have fracking in his own back garden

Truss claims fracking could produce gas in six months called in to doubt as firm warns of 18 month wait

UK government lifts fracking ban despite opposition

Fracking: Government to allow higher ‘seismic activity’, Rees-Mogg suggests

Fracking won’t solve energy crisis and could cause ‘serious’ damage, watchdog warns

Scientists ‘no closer to predicting fracking earthquakes’ despite ban being lifted

Liz Truss lifts ban on fracking in Tory manifesto U-turn

Fracking: what is it, why is it controversial and will it lower bills?