Oil – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:06:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Saudi Arabia’s new energy diplomacy https://energytransition.org/2023/02/saudi-arabias-new-energy-diplomacy/ https://energytransition.org/2023/02/saudi-arabias-new-energy-diplomacy/#respond Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:00:20 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27867 There has been no shortage of news about Mohamad Bin Salman, more commonly known as MBS, the 35-year crown prince of Saudi Arabia. A controversial figure, he has been hailed as a reformer, but also criticized for corruption and human rights abuses. He came to power at a time when Saudi Arabia’s geopolitical prowess as an energy giant may be threatened by the energy transition. This year...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/02/saudi-arabias-new-energy-diplomacy/feed/ 0 Why Southern Africa needs to work together on the energy transition https://energytransition.org/2023/01/why-southern-africa-needs-to-work-together-on-the-energy-transition/ https://energytransition.org/2023/01/why-southern-africa-needs-to-work-together-on-the-energy-transition/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:55:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27835 In Southern Africa the population is growing at a much faster pace than the rate at which the region is developing. This is putting pressure on resources, in particular, on energy provision. Less than half the region’s population is connected to grid electricity, meaning many rely on wood fuel despite its dire impacts on the environment. Countries including Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa face a...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/01/why-southern-africa-needs-to-work-together-on-the-energy-transition/feed/ 0 2022’s energy winners: Oil and Gas companies https://energytransition.org/2022/09/2022s-energy-winners-oil-and-gas-companies/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/2022s-energy-winners-oil-and-gas-companies/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:00:22 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27223 In 2022, there are wins to be celebrated for climate policy. The recent US legislation is the first time in 40 years that the government has managed to pass any meaningful climate policy. The invasion of Ukraine has shaken Europe to accelerate the move away from Russian oil and gas. However, it is hard to celebrate wins for the climate without addressing the elephant in the room – the thriving and...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/2022s-energy-winners-oil-and-gas-companies/feed/ 0 Hunting Methane in the United State’s #1 oil and gas producing Permian Basin https://energytransition.org/2022/02/hunting-methane-in-the-united-states-1-oil-and-gas-producing-permian-basin/ https://energytransition.org/2022/02/hunting-methane-in-the-united-states-1-oil-and-gas-producing-permian-basin/#respond Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:00:29 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26115 Methane emissions from oil and fossil gas facilities are skyrocketing, potentially accelerating the severity of climate change. Nowhere is the problem worse than in the United State’s Permian Basin, the biggest oil and gas field in the now world-leading petro-carbon producing nation. Stretching from Texas into New Mexico, satellites are detecting worsening levels of methane pollution.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/02/hunting-methane-in-the-united-states-1-oil-and-gas-producing-permian-basin/feed/ 0 Chevron’s political prisoner: Steven Donziger and the denial of environmental justice https://energytransition.org/2021/12/chevrons-political-prisoner-steve-donziger-and-the-denial-of-environmental-justice/ https://energytransition.org/2021/12/chevrons-political-prisoner-steve-donziger-and-the-denial-of-environmental-justice/#respond Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:00:24 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25493 More than a decade has passed since human rights attorney Steven Donziger helped win an unprecedented $9.5 billion judgment on behalf of 30,000 indigenous Ecuadorians against the oil giant Chevron that demonstrated how the company had dumped billions of gallons of oil waste into the Amazon’s forests and streams. But in 2016, a New York judge invalidated the verdict, claiming “shocking levels of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/12/chevrons-political-prisoner-steve-donziger-and-the-denial-of-environmental-justice/feed/ 0 Threatening Africa’s Eden – Oil and gas plans loom over the world’s largest nature conservation area https://energytransition.org/2021/10/threatening-africas-eden-oil-and-gas-plans-loom-over-the-worlds-largest-nature-conservation-area/ https://energytransition.org/2021/10/threatening-africas-eden-oil-and-gas-plans-loom-over-the-worlds-largest-nature-conservation-area/#respond Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:00:20 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24919 Environmental disasters and global warming severely threaten global biodiversity. Few wild places can boast diverse ecosystems that are largely intact. One such area – Kavango Zambezi Transfontier Conservation Area ( KAZA) – is being threatened by plans by the oil and gas industry. Andy Gheorghiu reports on the fight to prevent oil and gas extraction in Southern Africa that is threatening our...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/10/threatening-africas-eden-oil-and-gas-plans-loom-over-the-worlds-largest-nature-conservation-area/feed/ 0 The oil trap – Ecuador’s quest to clean up its energy mix https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-international-oil-trap-ecuadors-quest-for-energy-transition/ https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-international-oil-trap-ecuadors-quest-for-energy-transition/#respond Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:00:06 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24063 Climate change and international decarbonisation efforts led Ecuador to expand its renewable energy capacities. Given its significant potential for renewable energies, why is the nation unable to shake off its dependency on oil and move to a clean energy mix? Kathrin Meyer explores the factors at play in the South American country. Renewable energies in Ecuador – License: Public Domain Credit: ©...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-international-oil-trap-ecuadors-quest-for-energy-transition/feed/ 0 Shock at oil-gas prospecting plans for Okavango Delta and Kgalagadi https://energytransition.org/2021/01/shock-at-oil-gas-prospecting-plans-for-okavango-delta-and-kgalagadi/ https://energytransition.org/2021/01/shock-at-oil-gas-prospecting-plans-for-okavango-delta-and-kgalagadi/#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:00:27 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23783 The window of opportunity to keep the average global temperature from breaking through the ceiling of 2°C — or preferably 1.5°C — as set out in the UN’s Paris Agreement is closing fast. But for parts of the Kalahari, a vast semi-desert in southern Africa, the battle to stabilise the regional temperature is already lost. Botswana is expected to reach an average warming of 2°C in less than five...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/01/shock-at-oil-gas-prospecting-plans-for-okavango-delta-and-kgalagadi/feed/ 0 CCS Seduction IV: A new dawn for the oil industry goes Nova https://energytransition.org/2021/01/ccs-seduction-iv-a-new-dawn-for-the-oil-industry-goes-nova/ https://energytransition.org/2021/01/ccs-seduction-iv-a-new-dawn-for-the-oil-industry-goes-nova/#respond Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:00:48 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23819 Though increasingly framed as a key way to slow climate change, for most commercial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) operations, selling the carbon they capture to produce more fossil fuels through Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) production is the only way they can ensure profits for investors. According to a count by the Global CCS Institute, of the 28 currently operable CCS complexes worldwide...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/01/ccs-seduction-iv-a-new-dawn-for-the-oil-industry-goes-nova/feed/ 0 Seduction Pt III: Carbon Capture’s expensive failure to capture carbon https://energytransition.org/2021/01/23809/ https://energytransition.org/2021/01/23809/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:00:15 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23809 As many nations develop net-zero carbon plans both to honor the Paris Climate Agreement and address the climate crisis, many are leaning heavily upon unproven and misunderstood Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) technologies. Despite billions of dollars spent in research and development, it’s unclear how much environmental progress is actually achieved by CCS. Not only is there little accurate...

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