Latest Energy News 22 May 2019 TOP STORY: ECLAC plans major energy investments in Mexico and Central America The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has presented a comprehensive development plan (Plan de desarrollo integral) for El Salvador,…
Latest Energy News 21 May 2019 TOP STORY: Colombia could have to boost LNG imports to meet rising gas demand According to the Ministry of Energy of Colombia, Colombia may have to raise its LNG imports between 2021 and 2023, as domestic gas…
Latest Energy News 20 May 2019 TOP STORY: Argentina awards offshore exploration permits in Malvinas West basin Argentina has awarded exploration permits in 18 offshore areas, located in the South Atlantic, near the Malvinas Island controlled by the United Kingdom but claimed by…
Alicia Barceinas Cruz & Santiago Izquierdo TortNexos, 13 de mayo 2019 El Plan Nacional de Desarrollo (PND) 2019-2024 fue presentado el 30 de abril para ser revisado por la Cámara de Diputados. Tanto en la controvertida versión resumen que se difundió en redes sociales, como…
Latest Energy News 16 May 2019 Does the Gas Boom in the US and China Change the Market? What’s Causing Rising Gas Demand in China and the US? This month, we examine the latest developments in gas markets, with a focus on the…
Ricardo Becerra Laguna, La Crónica de Hoy, 12 de mayo 2019 & Ricardo Becerra Laguna. La Crónica de Hoy, 26 de mayo 2019 I Somos 125 millones de seres humanos quienes habitamos México, los que vivíamos en su territorio hasta el año pasado. En la…
Latest Energy News 15 May 2019 TOP STORY: China will raise tariffs on US LNG imports to 25% in June 2019 The Ministry of Finance of China has decided to raise tariffs imposed on US LNG imports from 10% to 25% as of…
Latest Energy News 14 May 2019 TOP STORY: US third largest coal mining company Could Peak files for bankruptcy The United States third largest coal mining company Cloud Peak has filed for bankruptcy as it has been struggling to meet its loan payment…
Latest Energy News 13 May 2019 TOP STORY: Pemex will build the 340 bbl/d Dos Bocas refinery (Mexico) The state-owned oil company Pemex and the Mexican Energy Ministry have decided to move forward with the construction of the US$8bn new refinery, so-called Dos Bocas,…
Latest Energy News 10 May 2019 TOP STORY: CO2 emissions decrease by 2.5% in the EU According to Eurostat’s early estimates for the year 2018, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion decreased by 2.5% in the European Union (EU) compared to…
Latest Energy News 09 May 2019 TOP STORY: Anadarko favours Occidental and will cancel its merger agreement with Chevron The board of directors of the US oil and gas producer Anadarko has determined that the revised acquisition proposal from Occidental Petroleum constitutes a…
Reporte de la Plataforma Intergubernamental Científico-Política sobre Biodiversidad y Servicios Ecosistémicos (IPBES) De acuerdo con la Evaluación Global de la Biodiversidad y los Servicios Ecosistémicos (EGBSE), publicada este 6 de mayo por la IPBES, si el mundo no se transforma profundamente para salvaguardar la vida…
Latest Energy News 07 May 2019 TOP STORY: Canadian court rules federal carbon pricing plan constitutional The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (Canada) has ruled that Canada’s federal carbon-pricing plan is constitutional, rejecting a challenge from the Saskatchewan provincial government that claimed that the…
Latest Energy News 06 May 2019 TOP STORY: Occidental offers to sell Anadarko’s African assets to Total for US$8.8bn US oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum has revised its proposal to acquire Anadarko Petroleum, offering US$76 per share, including US$59 per share in…
El Secretario General alerta contra impactos del Tren Maya, nueva refinería y carboeléctrica Redacción Animal Político, 3 de mayo 2019. El secretario general de la OCDE, José Ángel Gurría Treviño, pidió al gobierno mexicano respetar los compromisos en materia de Cambio Climático ante el inicio de…
Latest Energy News 03 May 2019 TOP STORY: China’s solar PV additions fall by 46% to 5.2 GW in 1st quarter of 2019 According to the Chinese National Renewable Energy Center (NREC), solar PV capacity additions in the first quarter of 2019 declined by…
Latest Energy News 30 April 2019 TOP STORY: RWE cancels 1.1 GW BOAplus lignite-fired power project in Germany German energy group RWE has cancelled plans for the 1,100 MW BOAplus lignite-fired power project at the site of the existing Niederaussem coal-fired power plant in Germany….
Latest Energy News 29 April 2019 TOP STORY: Chinese companies acquire 20% interest of Arctic LNG 2 (Russia) Novatek has agreed to sell a 10% interest share in the Arctic LNG 2 project to CNOOC and another 10% interest share to China National Oil…
Latest Energy News 26 April 2019 TOP STORY: Brazil updates terms for October 2019 deepwater oil auction The Brazilian government has published some additional terms regarding the next auction oil blocks under the production sharing regime, scheduled to be held later in 2019. Expected to…
Latest Energy News 25 April 2019 TOP STORY: China will restrict new coal-fired power projects in 8 regions The Chinese National Energy Administration (NEA) has outlined plans to restrict new coal-fired power projects in eight regions across the country taking effect immediately until 2022…
Latest Energy News 24 April 2019 TOP STORY: KHNP starts up Shin Kori-4 nuclear reactor project (South Korea) South Korean power utility Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) has started up its new Shin Kori-4 nuclear reactor, the fourth unit of the Shin Kori nuclear…
Latest Energy News 23 April 2019 TOP STORY: US FERC clears Driftwood LNG and Port Arthur LNG export projects The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted authorisations to site, construct and operate two LNG production and export projects, namely Tellurian’s 27.6…
Latest Energy News 19 April 2019 TOP STORY: German TSOs submit draft power grid development plan for 2030 The four German power transmission system operators (TSOs), namely Amprion, TenneT, 50Hertz and TransnetBW, have submitted the second version of the future domestic power grid development…
Latest Energy News 18 April 2019 TOP STORY: US primary energy consumption increased by 4% in 2018 According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), US primary energy consumption increased by 4% in 2018 and superseded the previous record set in 2007 by 0.3%….
un trato injustificado y desproporcionado ARTÍCULO PUBLICADO EN LA REVISTA «ESTE PAÍS».Enrique Provencio & Julia Carabias, Este País, 3 de abril 2019 Introducción Los presupuestos expresan visiones nacionales, concretan en el gasto público las orientaciones de un programa de gestión o un curso de acción…
GLOCALFILIA || La Crónica de Hoy || 17 de abril 2019 Ir al Blog de Germán González Dávila México se cuenta entre los 183 países —entre las 193 Partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC)— que han ratificado (el Senado…
Latest Energy News 17 April 2019 TOP STORY: Saudi Aramco acquires 17% stake in South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Saudi Arabian state-run oil group Saudi Aramco has reached an agreement to acquire a 17% stake in the South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank for a total…
Latest Energy News 16 April 2019 TOP STORY: India plans to reach 227 GW of installed renewable capacity by 2022 India has raised its renewable energy capacity target for 2022, from 175 GW to 227 GW, considering that the current 175 GW target…
Latest Energy News 15 April 2019 TOP STORY: Chevron will acquire US oil and gas player Anadarko for US$33bn Global oil and gas company Chevron has entered into a definitive agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire all its outstanding shared in a major…
Latest Energy News 12 April 2019 TOP STORY: Morocco aims to attract US$30bn in its energy sector by 2030 The Moroccan government has announced that it expects to attract approximately MAD110bn (US$30bn) in the domestic energy sector by 2030 amidst plans to build…