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Oil and gas

Head and shoulders photo of Michael Tholen

8/10/2025 Comment / Michael Tholen

Policy, not geology, will decide the North Sea’s future

Although North Sea oil and gas is in a natural decline, premature closure of existing infrastructure makes no sense on several grounds, argues Michael Tholen, Director of Policy and Sustainability with Offshore Energies UK (OEUK).

Carbon emissions

View of chimney emissions at a power plant at sunset

8/3/2023 News

Global carbon emissions rose less than initially feared in 2022

The risk of runaway emissions growth resulting from a shift to coal amid the global energy crisis failed to materialise last year as growth in clean energy (renewables, electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps, efficiency etc) offset much of the impact of greater coal and oil use, according to the latest analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

COP

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22/11/2023 Comment / Damilola Ogunbiyi

COP28 Perspective: My hopes and fears ahead of UN Climate Summit

COP28 could be the moment when the world goes beyond commitments and starts taking meaningful action for a clean energy transition; although, equally, it may not be. Damilola Ogunbiyi HonFEI, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, previews the event.

Methane

Close up view of tree bark

31/7/2024 News

Trees reveal climate surprise – bark removes methane from the atmosphere

While trees have long been known to benefit the climate by removing CO₂ from the atmosphere, new research has revealed an additional climate benefit. Microbes hidden within tree bark can absorb methane – a powerful greenhouse gas – from the atmosphere.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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25/2/2026 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Renewables and efficiency, yes, but fossil fuel use has to fall

What have 30 years observing the energy industry taught Steve Hodgson FEI, Editor-at-Large at New Energy World? That increasing green energy is not enough; the world also has to begin an exit from fossil fuels to prevent a climate catastrophe that has already started.

Research and development

Rock core samples with injection platen

18/9/2024 News

Plug and abandonment innovation aims to seal 100,000 methane-leaking wells by 2034

Rockit, a cleantech initiative from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, has unveiled ambitious plans to help seal 100,000 methane-leaking wells within the next decade using new chemical injection technology. Meanwhile, a new study by the North Sea Transition Authority suggests that increased well interventions could offer cheaper, easier and cleaner oil and gas production from the UK Continental Shelf.

Oil and gas

Head and shoulders photo of Steve Hodgson, Editor-at-Large, New Energy World

23/11/2022 Comment / Steve Hodgson

It’s all downhill for fossil fuels now – RMI

While negotiators at COP27 were struggling last week to reach an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a new report from the US suggests that a successful energy transition is already inevitable and will be rapid. New Energy World’s Editor-at-Large Steve Hodgson takes a look.

Oil and gas

Offshore oil platform at sunset

28/9/2022 News

First ever global registry of fossil fuels launched, while North Sea emissions continue to fall

Transparency on fossil fuel supply has taken a major step forward as what is claimed to be the first public database of emissions from production and combusting reserves worldwide is published. Meanwhile, the North Sea oil and gas industry is reportedly on track to meet early emissions reduction targets, according to a separate report.

Fossil fuels

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22/3/2023 Comment / Bob Ward

Fossil fuel companies must become part of the solution instead of part of the problem

The fossil fuels industry needs to demonstrate greater leadership and should be at the forefront of a rapid but orderly transition to a net zero energy system in the UK and around the world, argues Bob Ward FEI, Policy and Communications Director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Oil and gas

Close up of offshore platform

13/9/2023 News

UK North Sea emissions down three years in a row

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from UK offshore oil and gas production were cut for the third consecutive year in 2022 as the sector continued its drive to reach net zero by 2050, according to the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). Meanwhile, Norway and the UK are reportedly ‘on course to achieve significant milestones’ following increased investments, exploration success and production.

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