Iran and Saudi Arabia discuss joint investment in oil, gas industry
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud have explored the possibility of joint investments in oil and gas industry.
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Peter Dutton ramps up nuclear power push and claims Labor down ‘renewable rabbit hole’
Opposition leader to tell Institute of Public Affairs that domestic reactors are natural next step from Aukus pactGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has ramped up calls for nucl…
Australian energy ministers to consider renaming natural gas to ‘fossil gas’ in law
Meeting to discuss updating national gas law to reflect fuel’s environmental impact as well as overhauling hydrogen strategyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian energy ministers meeting on Friday will disc…
Iran oil minister says $40bn worth of deals signed in less than two years
Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji says that the country has inked $40 billion worth of oil contracts with domestic and foreign companies over the past 20 months.
Shell boss under fire for saying cutting fossil fuel production is ‘dangerous’
Wael Sawan criticised by climate campaigners after comments defending continued reliance on oil and gasClimate campaigners have condemned as “cynical” suggestions by the boss of the energy company Shell that cutting the world’s oil and gas production w…
China accused of scores of abuses linked to ‘green mineral’ mining
Watchdog identifies 102 violations over past two years as country extracts ‘transition minerals’ for green-energy technologyA new report into China’s dominance in the green-energy market has identified more than a hundred allegations of environmental a…
Data show Iran has exported around 19 bcm of natural gas in 2022
Figures by the Energy Institute (EI) shows that Iran exported nearly 19 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas in 2022.
Iranian official says Baghdad has released $10 billion of Tehran’s blocked assets
Yahya Al-e Es’haq, chairman of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce, has confirmed that the Iraqi government has released all of Tehran’s frozen assets, amounting to $10 billion worth of energy debts.
Australia resists Japan’s lobbying for NT gas export project to be given special treatment
Australian government stands by safeguard mechanism’s design and indicates it will not change in response to lobbyingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe …
Minister: Iran to make 300 million dollars per annum by producing ethane
Minister: Iran to make 300 million dollars per annum by producing ethane