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Equinor plans to invest $1.3 billion in Hammerfest LNG upgrade and electrification
Norwegian energy player Equinor and its partners in the Snøhvit project have revealed plans to invest NOK 13.2 billion (around $1.3 billion) in upgrading the Hammerfest LNG (HLNG) plant at Melkøya with onshore gas compression and electrification.
read more... 21/12/2022
Daily (20.12.2022): European gas and power prices fell on Monday as cold weather eases
Crude oil prices increased on Monday amid renewed optimism of China easing Covid restrictions. The news that the U.S. will start to buy crude to fill their Strategic Petroleum Reserve has lent further support to oil markets. Hence, Brent crude gained about 1% to settle at $79.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, U.S. WTI crude rose by 1.2% cents to end at $75.19 a barrel.
read more... 20/12/2022
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EU countries agree gas price cap to contain energy crisis
European Union energy ministers on Monday agreed a gas price cap, after weeks of talks on the emergency measure that has split opinion across the bloc as it seeks to tame the energy crisis.
read more... 20/12/2022
German parliament approves windfall tax
Germany's Bundestag has approved the introduction of a windfall levy on excessive earnings from renewable energy generation as part of a package of measures meant to cap gas and electricity prices through April 2024.
read more... 20/12/2022
German pipeline firms say they will 'make hydrogen happen' in 2025
Germany's Gascade, Ontras and terranets have agreed to convert high-pressure gas pipelines to transport low-carbon hydrogen from the Baltic Sea all the way the south of the country by 2025, the companies said on Thursday.
read more... 19/12/2022