CF Industries and JERA Mitsui form a joint venture to build a $4 billion ammonia plant with low carbon emissions
CF Industries announced on Tuesday that it had formed a joint-venture with Japan's biggest power generator, JERA and trading house Mitsui & Co. to build one the world's most massive low-carbon ammonia plants for around $4 billion. Why is it important? The largest climate change legislation passed in the U.S. in history by former President Joe Biden in 2022 was meant to spark a boom in American energy development, including low-carbon emissions products.
CF Industries and a JV form a $4 billion low-carbon Ammonia facility
CF Industries announced on Tuesday that it has formed a joint-venture with Japan's biggest energy company, JERA, as well as investment firm Mitsui, to build a low-carbon ammonia plant for around $4 billion. Why is it important? The largest climate change legislation passed in the U.S. in 2022 was aimed at launching a boom of clean energy products in America, including those with low carbon emissions. Ammonia manufacturer…
Energy assets affected due to sanctions and standoff between Russia and the West
On Tuesday, the United States and Russia reached separate agreements to stop attacks on energy and maritime targets. Washington also agreed to press for the lifting of some sanctions against Moscow. In the event that a peace agreement is reached between Russia and Ukraine, the potential for a relaxation of U.S. sanctions and EU sanctions has led to the question of what will happen to the disputed assets which were affected by international sanctions.
Galp, a Portuguese company, is confident that it will find other markets in the event of US tariffs.
The Portuguese oil company Galp Energia is confident that it can find other destinations for its gasoline exports. Galp's Executive Board member Ronald Doesburg who is responsible for industrial assets said on Tuesday that the company will be able deal with a drop in demand from Americans due to higher prices resulting from proposed tariffs of 25%. Galp's Sines refinery produces approximately 2 million metric tonnes of gasoline each year.
Sakhalin LNG and oil production to decline in 2024
According to the local administration, production of LNG, oil and gas on Sakhalin, a Russian Pacific island, will decline in 2024. According to the administration's figures, production of LNG from Sakhalin Energy, a project led by Kremlin controlled Gazprom in Russia, decreased by around 2 percent to 10,2 million metric ton, or about a third of Russia’s total. The administration said that the oil and gas production at Sakhalin-1 project has fallen by 9.8% since 2023 without providing any figures.
ADNOC signs LNG supply contract with Japan's Osaka Gas
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company announced on Thursday that it had signed an agreement for 15 years to supply Japan’s Osaka Gas liquefied gas from the Ruwais Project. The agreement to supply LNG up to 0.8 mtpa is the fourth contract signed for the Ruwais LNG Project, where energy giants Shell, BP TotalEnergies, and Japan's Mitsui all have a 10% share. ADNOC stated in a press release that the LNG will primarily come from the Ruwais LNG Project, which is due to be completed in 2028.
ExxonMobil’s Esso, Mitsui and Woodside to Invest $200M in Gas Project Off Australia
ExxonMobil’s Australian subsidiary Esso Australia Resources and its partners have announced a nearly $200 million investment in the Kipper 1B project which will bring online additional gas supply from the Gippsland Basin.The project, which was approved by Esso Australia, and its co-venturers, MEPAU A (Mitsui), and Woodside Energy, will utilize the Valaris' jack-up rig VALARIS 107 to drill and install one subsea well into the Kipper field…
Mitsubishi charges $342 Million for Japan Offshore Wind Projects
Mitsubishi Corp., a Japanese company, announced on Thursday that it had taken an impairment charge of 52.2 billion yen (US$342.4 million) on its domestic offshore projects for the nine months ended in December. Mitsubishi led consortiums that won Japan's state-run auctions for wind farms in 2021. The projects include three offshore wind farms. The farms had a capacity of 1,76 gigawatts, and they were scheduled to begin operations between 2028-2030.
DeepSeek's "Sputnik moment" prompts investors to dump big AI players
Investors sent technology stocks like Nvidia and Oracle tumbling on Monday as the appearance of a Chinese artificial intelligence model that is low-cost cast doubts on Western firms' dominance in the sector.Startup DeepSeek launched last week a free assistant that it claims uses less data and costs a fraction of what existing models cost. This could be a turning point for the amount of investment required in AI.Futures for the Nasdaq 100 fell almost 4%.
Canadian, WTI Crude Prices to Asia Jump
Prices of Canadian and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil to Asia jumped after shipping costs rallied on concerns that wider U.S. sanctions on the Russian fleet are tightening ship availability, trade sources said on Tuesday.Asian refiners face a margin squeeze as their costs of crude and shipping have spiked since Washington earlier this month imposed sweeping new sanctions targeting Russian insurers, tankers…
Galp, a Portuguese company, plans to produce biofuels by 2026
Galp Energia, a Portuguese oil refiner and producer, announced on Thursday that it expects to produce biojet fuel and biodiesel from waste at an industrial scale unit being built in its Sines refinery by 2026. Galp and Mitsui, a Japanese company, entered into a joint venture last year to invest 400 millions euros ($415million) in a plant that will produce 270,000 tons of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). The green…
Ifx: Japan is the top buyer of LNG from Sakhalin 2 in Russia
Interfax reported that a senior manager of the Sakhalin 2 plant in Russia said on Thursday that Japan was currently the largest importer of LNG from Russia, accounting for 57.5% its exports. Since the beginning of Russia's conflict with Ukraine, Japan has decreased its imports from Russia but kept stakes on several fossil fuels projects in Russia. Interfax reported that the chief of marketing for Sakhalin 2 company…
TotalEnergies denies knowing about alleged torture and killings at Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas site
PARIS, September 26 - French oil giant TotalEnergies responded to a report in the media by saying that it was unaware of the torture and killings allegedly committed on site of the future Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas plant. Politico reported earlier Thursday that Mozambican soldiers working out of this site, which has not been completed, had rounded up 180 to 250 local men and locked them inside shipping containers. They then tortured them and killed the majority of them from July through September 2021.
ADNOC will supply Indian Oil with LNG over a 15-year period
Abu Dhabi Media Office announced on Monday that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company had agreed to a 15-year contract with Indian Oil for 1 million metric tonnes of liquefied gas per year. Government media said that the LNG will mostly come from ADNOC Ruwais LNG Project. ADNOC is a company with big ambitions. It has big plans for gas and LNG. Along with renewable energy, petrochemicals, and petrochemicals, it considers these as the pillars of its future growth.
Survival of the fittest: petrochemical manufacturers battle global glut
The survival mode of petrochemical producers is on in Europe and Asia. Years of capacity building in China, the top market for petrochemicals, and high energy prices in Europe have pushed margins down two years in a row. The weakness of the sector is concerning for an oil industry that looks to petrochemicals as a way to maintain profits in future years when transportation fuel demand will fall with the energy shift.
MAN ES: Moving Forward on Ammonia Engines
As shipowners ponder future fuels, MAN Energy Solutions is sailing full speed ahead optimizing dual fuel marine powerplants while preparing to start testing ammonia fueled engines in early 2023. Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President, head of two stroke business at MAN ES hosted Maritime Reporter & Engineering News in Copenhagen for a look behind the scenes at a cornerstone of its mandate to ‘Move big things to Zero.’Just 10 years ago…
Russia's Medvedev Says Oil Could Hit Up to $400 a Barrel if Japanese Proposal Adopted
Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday a reported proposal from Japan to cap the price of Russian oil at around half its current level would lead to significantly less oil on the market and could push prices above $300-$400 a barrel.Commenting on the proposal, which was reportedly put forward by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Medvedev said Japan "would have neither oil nor gas from Russia, as…
Japanese Trio Connects on Project to Reduce Methane Slip by 70%
As the global shipping industry is under the microscope to reduce emissions, three Japanese leaders in the maritime space: Hitachi Zosen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.(MOL) and Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd. (YPT), have targeted methane slip as an area of study via its "Development of Methane Slip Reduction Technology from LNG Fueled Vessels by Improving Catalysts and Engines", with Hitachi Zosen serving as the…
LNG: France Gets Its First LNG Bunker Vessel, Gas Vitality
The first LNG bunker vessel to be based in France has been named Gas Vitality at a ceremony held today at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, China.The 18,600-m³ newbuild bunker vessel is TotalEnergies Marine Fuels’ second collaboration with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd (MOL) and shipbuilder, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding following the signing of a long-term charter contract in November 2019. All three parties first collaborated in 2018 to successfully design and build her sistership…
Floating Solar: DNV Advises on Indonesian Floating Solar Photovoltaic Project
Floating solar photovoltaic (PV), initially considered a niche technology, is now the fastest-growing solar PV category, alongside ground-mounted utility-scale solar and rooftop PV. As of August 2020, more than 60 countries have actively pursued the deployment of floating PV, with more than 35 installing an estimated 350 operational floating PV systems, equal to a total 2.6 GW of installed capacity. DNV acted as the Lender’s Technical Advisor…
