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Libya’s uphill struggle to attract oil investment
Politically divided Libya is trying to ramp up its petroleum output and draw foreign investors back to its vast oil fields.
17 January 2024
Politically divided Libya is trying to ramp up its petroleum output and draw foreign investors back to its vast oil fields.
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As its energy footprint grows, China is intent on maintaining a diversified supply, even with Russian flows increasing.
Some countries have a stranglehold on the materials the world needs to build a low-carbon economy…
In this interview given to Rami Chouchani from Al Mashhad TV in Dubai, Dr Carole Nakhle, CEO of Crystol Energy, comments on the EU’s climate
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Only a year ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) argued that there was no need for investment in new fossil fuel supply in its net zero pathway…
The EU imports a fifth of its uranium supplies from Russia, and sooner or later it will come under pressure to look for alternatives…
Recent geopolitical shocks could prompt China to become more risk-averse and renege on past climate pledges…
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Many technologies needed for the green transition exist, but there are still significant hurdles before they can be deployed at the scale needed to reach net-zero emissions in the coming decades.
Sir, You argue in your editorial (“Power Up”, Dec 28) that “supply constraints would not now be biting so hard if western governments had scaled up investment in new technologies”.