Nature Energy – The First of Many or One of One?

Nature Energy – The First of Many or One of One?

The announcement, in late November 2022, that Shell was to purchase 100% of Nature Energy Biogas A/S (Nature Energy) for nearly $2 billion capped off a year where biogas/biomethane had cemented itself as part of the mainstream gas industry and no longer a cottage...
COP 27 and the Carbon “Race to Dubai”

COP 27 and the Carbon “Race to Dubai”

The 27th Conference of Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt at the end of November 2022, saw the usual flurry of activity and intensive negotiations as many parties endeavoured to make...
The Great British Energy Idea

The Great British Energy Idea

In 1976, the Labour Party government of Harold Wilson created the British National Oil Corporation, BNOC. The Yom Kippur war in 1973 and OPEC’s subsequent oil embargo had caused consternation in the Western world and led to Governments scrambling for oil supply....