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• Shell's Big Strategy Shift In Egypt

  Published 15 November 2019 | viewed 17,248 times

  Oil supermajor Royal Dutch Shell has appointed investment bank Citi to run the $1 billion (£781.5m) sale of its oil and gas assets in Egypt’s…

• North Korean Hackers Hit Critical Indian Nuclear Plant

  Published 31 October 2019 | viewed 10,353 times

  The Kudankulam nuclear power plant was hacked using malware which is designed to extract data which has been linked to Lazarus Group, which is known…

• Goldman Sachs And Citi To Lead Saudi Aramco IPO

  Published 08 January 2018 | viewed 10,930 times

  U.S. investment banking giants Goldman Sachs and Citi are lined up to lead the initial public offering (IPO) of part of Saudi Aramco, according to reports.  …

• Will Oil And Gold Prices Rise This Year?

  Published 02 January 2018 | viewed 44,905 times

  Crude oil and gold prices both started the year on a firm footing, but are prices going to keep going up in 2018? Here's what…

• UK Smashes 13 Clean Energy Records In 2017

  Published 01 January 2018 | viewed 10,833 times

  You might be feeling a bit blue about returning to work, but the year is closing on more of a green note. It was a…

• Shell’s Latest Acquisition Is Big News For UK Utilities

  Published 25 December 2017 | viewed 11,527 times

  Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to take on the UK's Big Six energy suppliers after it announced today it would buy First Utility, a leading…

• Big Six Energy Firms Criticize UK Price Cap Plans

  Published 23 December 2017 | viewed 5,992 times

  Bosses at the Big Six energy firms today hit back at government plans for caps on energy tariffs, telling MPs the market had become increasingly…

• Richard Branson To Invest In Elon Musk’s Hyperloop One

  Published 12 October 2017 | viewed 7,822 times

  Richard Branson is jumping on the Hyperloop train, the transport concept which could reduce the time it takes to travel between London and Edinburgh to…

• How To Incentivize Purchasing Of Eco-Homes

  Published 04 September 2017 | viewed 3,909 times

  Two seemingly perennial challenges concerning the UK are; the urgent need (and legal obligation) to reduce the country’s carbon emissions by 80 per cent by…

• Is The Electric Car Boom Overhyped?

  Published 08 June 2017 | viewed 27,622 times

  The number of electric vehicles on the road surged to two million last year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Registered plug-in and battery-powered…

• UK’s Green Investment Bank Sold For $2.9B

  Published 22 April 2017 | viewed 6,373 times

  The UK government today confirmed the sale of the Green Investment Bank to Australian investment firm Macquarie for $2.9B. The deal process, kicked off by…

• Leaked Memo Sees Oil And Gas Sector As Low Priority For Brexit

  Published 10 February 2017 | viewed 6,194 times

  A leaked government document reveals securing the future of the steel and oil and gas sectors will be a low priority during Brexit negotiations. Officials…

• Saudi Arabia Surrenders To U.S. Shale

  Published 05 December 2016 | viewed 98,153 times

  “Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.” – PJ O’RourkeThe new OPEC deal to cut oil output – the cartel’s first since 2008 –…

• The Largest Threat To North Sea Oil

  Published 12 November 2016 | viewed 17,896 times

  The Brexit vote has not shaken up forecasts for North Sea oil and gas production, according to BMI Research, but a successful second bid for…

• BP Expands The Kazzan Gas Field In Oman

  Published 08 November 2016 | viewed 6,491 times

  BP and Oman Oil Company have signed an agreement with the government of Oman to extend their licensing agreement in Oman's huge Khazzan gas field,…

• Is A British Shale Boom Possible?

  Published 07 October 2016 | viewed 8,043 times

  Steve Elliott, chief executive of the Chemical Industries Association, says Yes. Concerns that UK energy is expensive, and may be insecure, undermine investment. We need…