Tagged With Ian Lewis
30 March 2020
Firms regard the ambitious climate change targets and renewables investments of their European rivals as largely cosmetic
19 November 2019
Does electoral pledge indicate that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is finally being taken seriously?
15 October 2019
Oil firms may still able to raise billions of dollars for big upstream projects, but institutional investors are starting to demand emissions reduction measures
10 August 2018
Beijing's move to curtail solar power subsidies is far from terminal for the global market.
6 June 2018
London is stepping up its talks with Hitachi over the proposed Wylfa Newydd plant
1 June 2018
European carbon emissions aren’t falling fast enough, but carbon capture and storage projects still remain low on the priority list
14 March 2018
New renewable energy deals point to a fundamental shift in South Africa's energy investment priorities
8 September 2017
Plans are afoot to harness North African solar power to supply Europe, despite previous ill-fated efforts
26 June 2017
The sector must step up its investments in clean energy and efforts to mitigate climate change or risk being left with expensive, stranded assets, says a new report
8 February 2017
Oil's alternatives still thrived as crude prices fell and Opec's deal is likelier to help than hinder them
12 October 2016
Tullow Oil’s chief executive says his company is starting to emerge from a rough patch. New production will help, but the firm is still exploring
14 September 2016
Decommissioning the North Sea used to be something to worry about later. But the time to clean up the fast-declining province is nigh
24 August 2016
The economy has stalled and oil-output growth targets will not be met. Now the president has put his daughter in charge of the state company
19 July 2016
Relative stability and promising geology may yield another new frontier in the region
19 July 2016
After some offshore problems, the country’s upstream should see significant growth in the coming months
19 July 2016
Nigeria planned to clean up its oil sector and increase production, but the optimism is fading
2 June 2016
Even during a price slump, the threats to oil’s longevity are mounting
29 April 2016
There is still potential for offshore upstream around the world. Our series of articles investigates the challenges and opportunities in depth.
29 April 2016
Azerbaijan and Bulgaria are the main areas of European offshore activity east of the North Sea
29 April 2016
Politics have thwarted the region’s offshore promise so far, but the Zohr discovery has revived momentum
25 February 2016
Oil production will grow again in 2016, despite the downturn in prices
28 September 2015
The company have abandoned the multi-billion dollar drilling campaign after facing difficulty in the region
23 September 2015
The find of the Zohr field offshore Egypt has sharpened keen interest in the gas potential of the east Mediterranean
9 July 2015
Shale-gas drillers are struggling to cope with the cheap prices brought by their onslaught of supply
15 April 2015
The reserve potential in the shale-oil well in southern England has provoked excitement, but experts are urging caution
31 March 2015
These are tough times for all but the biggest US unconventional energy producers. For small firms, suddenly deprived of income following the fall in oil prices, expansion plans are evaporating and financing to tide them over the slump has been hard to find, forcing some to seek buyers
5 March 2015
Environmental concerns have hindered collecting data on UK shale-gas resources
26 February 2015
The emirate is at last moving ahead with the award of new upstream contracts. They will be critical to upstream expansion plans
26 February 2015
Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline are weighing their options following US president Barack Obama’s veto of legislation submitted to him by Congress, which would have cleared the way for the scheme to go ahead
13 February 2015
Relatively low operational costs should help East Africa's existing onshore oil exploration activities weather the storm caused by low oil prices
29 January 2015
Explorers in the UK’s nascent shale-gas sector face the prospect of tighter country-wide regulation, as well as a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Scotland, moves which will, at the very least, further delay the industry’s long-awaited take-off
16 January 2015
The North Sea's future is in the balance after falling oil prices and rising costs have threatened funding
12 January 2015
The decision of New York state governor Andrew Cuomo's administration in December to ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the state is unlikely to have a major impact on the state's upstream sector, but it is another weapon for anti-fracturing campaigners in the US and the rest of the world
6 January 2015
Negotiations are on track after the climate change summit in Peru
15 September 2014
Investment is still pouring into the unconventional gas sector and production continues to rise
15 September 2014
North America is still the world’s only significant producer. But explorers are stepping up activity elsewhere and a global business is emerging
26 August 2014
From China to Europe and Argentina, international services firms will be at the centre of new unconventional output
21 August 2014
From China to Europe and Argentina, international services firms will be at the centre of new unconventional output
21 August 2014
The continent has lots of shale gas, but development will happen more quickly in the south than the north
21 August 2014
Investment is still pouring into the unconventional gas sector and production continues to rise
21 August 2014
North America is still the world’s only significant producer. But explorers are stepping up activity elsewhere and a global business is emerging
25 July 2014
The potential of Australia’s coal-bed methane reserves will soon be realised and it could be home to one of the most prospective shale plays outside North America
8 July 2014
High costs and mature areas have not deterred investors from Australia's upstream
30 May 2014
Despite the sanctions and friction, Western investors aren’t ready to turn their back on Russia’s upstream
24 April 2014
The large discoveries seen in similar geology across the Atlantic in West Africa have yet to be repeated off South America’s northeast coast
20 March 2014
Encouraged by economic factors, renewable energy has seen considerable growth across the continent both at a large and much smaller scale
20 February 2014
Persuading the world that drilling in the Arctic can be done safely may be as difficult as the operating environment
20 February 2014
Arctic exploration is complex and expensive, meaning governments will probably have to join forces with companies to make it happen
30 January 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa holds known oil sands and shale oil resources, but politics make exploitation tricky
