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Natural Gas Expected to Play Key Role in UK Energy Mix Despite Plans to Increase Nuclear Power

Natural Gas Expected to Play Key Role in UK Energy Mix Despite Plans to Increase Nuclear Power

Natural gas imports will continue to play an important part in the UK’s energy mix despite a plan recently launched by the government for nuclear power assets to generate 25% of the country’s electricity by 2050.  The proposed targets of having up to 24 GW of nuclear power online by 2050 in the Civil Nuclear…

January 29, 2024

EU Agrees to Tax Carbon-Intensive Imports – The Offtake

The European Union has reached a preliminary agreement on a landmark plan to tax imports of carbon-intensive goods like aluminum, cement, electricity, fertilizers and hydrogen. It does not include commodities like natural gas.

December 13, 2022

India to Announce Shale Gas Regulations by March 31

India’s Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MPNG) on Tuesday told lawmakers in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the country’s Parliament, it will announce a new regulatory framework for shale gas development by March 31.

March 15, 2012

Gulf Blowout Prompts Canada to Take Hard Look at Current Laws

Canadian requirements for industry coverage of potential offshore well blowout costs are likely obsolete and “woefully inadequate,” says a report to Parliament that urges a thorough review of damage liability rules.

August 23, 2010