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Oil and gas majors are decarbonising their businesses

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INTERNATIONAL

While the US oil majors are adopting strategies primarily based on decarbonising oil and gas production, European companies are also developing new businesses designed to…

Treaty will help to protect the seas globally

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INTERNATIONAL

The high seas, or international waters, account for around 60% of the world’s oceans. They have, until now, been a largely ungoverned space, exposed to unrestricted shipping…

Canadian oil sands production will rise despite risks

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CANADA

The global oil price crash has been particularly brutal to Canada's oil sands which have some of the highest costs in the industry. While existing projects are going ahead, the…

COP27 points to mixed progress on climate issues

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INTERNATIONAL

Issues of funding and accessibility were nevertheless left unresolved and efforts to phase out fossil fuels stalled. The latter issue looks set to become a major bone of…

Myanmar mining reforms will be long-term success

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MYANMAR

Mining sector and investment in Myanmar.

The Gulf will take on the energy transition challenge

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GULF STATES

The zero-carbon fuel, promoted as a way to assist a global energy transition away from oil and gas, is the focus of major planned projects in Oman and Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile…

Oman's gas sector will be prioritised over oil

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OMAN

Foreign investment in the last decade has helped to raise gas output and stabilise oil production, but the prospects for major new oil discoveries are slim. As its foreign markets…

Prospects for MENA green energy transition to 2030

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PROSPECTS 2030

High oil and gas prices have incentivised Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) hydrocarbon importers to accelerate their renewables build-outs, while exporters have deployed…

Economic goals of Dubai and Abu Dhabi will diverge

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Despite its promotion of an innovation ecosystem to attract start-ups, Abu Dhabi has overall made little progress in addressing the impact of the clean-energy transition on…

Saudi ACWA is set to dominate Morocco's renewables

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MOROCCO

Once completed, the Noor project will be the largest solar energy facility in the world, producing 580 MW. The expansion of renewable energy in Morocco is essential to reducing…