Asia’s CCS prospects face cost and technical barriers for investors, governments, report warns

Published 08:47 on December 13, 2021  /  Last updated at 08:47 on December 13, 2021  / /  Asia Pacific, China, International, Japan, Other APAC, South Korea

The deployment of CCS in key Asian economies will fall short of expectations due to financial and operational hurdles remaining for several decades for this widely touted low carbon technology, a report released on Monday claimed.

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Marubeni delivers world’s first “carbon neutral” ethylene cargo in deal with Taiwan’s CPC

Published 04:22 on December 13, 2021  /  Last updated at 04:22 on December 13, 2021  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Japan, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Japanese global trading house Marubeni and Taiwan’s national oil company, CPC, will complete the world’s first “carbon neutral” ethylene cargo delivery, the two companies have announced.

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Australia pivots for hydrogen export boom, models renewables build for “superpower” status

Published 08:31 on December 10, 2021  /  Last updated at 00:58 on December 23, 2021  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia has the potential to become one of the world’s largest suppliers of hydrogen by the end of the decade if the country’s project pipeline is completed on time, a report from the Australian government released on Friday has claimed.

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Trafigura joins Australian hydrogen rush with A$750 mln project

Published 07:13 on December 9, 2021  /  Last updated at 07:44 on December 9, 2021  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, International, Other APAC, Shipping

Global commodity trader Trafigura has added to the growing hydrogen project pipeline in Australia with plans to develop a A$750 million ($540 mln) facility that will be integrated with a large smelter, the South Australian (SA) state government announced on Thursday.

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Woodside announces $5 bln outlay by 2030 in bid to build low carbon portfolio

Published 08:30 on December 8, 2021  /  Last updated at 08:30 on December 8, 2021  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Climate Talks, International, Other APAC, US, Voluntary

Australian LNG player Woodside will spend $5 billion in “emerging new energy markets” by 2030 as it seeks to position the oil and gas company to support the decarbonisation goals of its customers, CEO Meg O’Neill announced in an investor update on Wednesday.

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ExxonMobil pledges net zero emissions by 2030 from Permian basin assets

Published 07:54 on December 7, 2021  /  Last updated at 07:54 on December 7, 2021  / /  Americas, US

US oil and gas major ExxonMobil will target net zero GHG operational emissions by 2030 from its operated assets in the US Permian basin, a prolific oil and gas-producing region in Texas and New Mexico, the company has announced.

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Australian steelmaker to collaborate with energy major Shell on renewable hydrogen

Published 05:38 on December 7, 2021  /  Last updated at 05:38 on December 7, 2021  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, International

Australia’s Bluescope has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with oil major Shell to explore renewable hydrogen projects in the state of New South Wales, the company announced on Tuesday.

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ANALYSIS: How big oil seeks shortcuts in climate target ‘arms race’

Published 10:57 on December 6, 2021  /  Last updated at 19:44 on December 6, 2021  / /  Americas, EMEA, International, US, Voluntary

Oil majors’ climate targets are littered with loopholes but still fall short of Paris Agreement goals, according to assessors struggling to make sense of the piecemeal efforts of one of the most significant sectors for the low-carbon transition.

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ExxonMobil sets Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity targets for 2030

Published 07:02 on December 2, 2021  /  Last updated at 02:40 on December 3, 2021  / /  Americas, International, US, Voluntary

US oil and gas major ExxonMobil has for the first time set emissions targets for 2030, extending a commitment that it made last year to cut the emissions intensity of its operations by 2025.

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Steel can go green by 2050 with $278 bln spend, report says

Published 09:16 on December 1, 2021  /  Last updated at 09:18 on December 1, 2021  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, China, International

Steel can be produced with almost no carbon emissions by 2050 if $278 billion in investment to decarbonise the industry is made over the next three decades, a report released on Wednesday claimed.

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