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
8 December 2016
Electric vehicles are either a fad or a big problem for the oil industry, depending on who you speak to. But the sector should beware of complacency
29 November 2016
After a rough couple of years, new pockets of demand and new methods of consumption will lift prospects for gas exporters
10 November 2016
The economy is struggling, investors are nervous and a ceasefire in the Delta seems to be over, threatening production
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
10 October 2016
LNG's brightest potential, for now, is on the seas
10 October 2016
Long range opportunities for LNG as a road fuel may lie in the truck market
10 October 2016
CNG is still making inroads in developing markets
10 October 2016
Natural gas is slowly making its way into the transportation sector, although the marine-fuel segment looks most promising for now
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
A recent IPP deal suggests Abuja may have a way to come good on promises to provide power to the people
19 July 2016
Nigeria’s government is pressing on with plans to liberalise key parts of the economy. The downstream is a priority
19 July 2016
Nigeria planned to clean up its oil sector and increase production, but the optimism is fading
13 July 2016
Slow-moving legislation, political risks and the weak oil price have damaged West Africa as an investment destination. Senegal may be the exception
3 June 2016
The development is moving ahead, but Russia’s broader LNG-export plans are off course
2 June 2016
Even during a price slump, the threats to oil’s longevity are mounting
1 June 2016
East African producers now have a timetable for exports. Their oil will reach the sea by 2020
25 May 2016
Fresh violence in Nigeria’s oil heartland is cutting output and threatening upstream investment
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
4 April 2016
Hit by sanctions and with big pipeline-export projects to digest, Russian LNG supply will grow more sedately than once planned
4 April 2016
From Cyprus to the Niger Delta, developers hope to add lucrative new LNG capacity. The timing is bad
4 April 2016
Diversification and a drive to cut coal use should increase Europe’s LNG regasification capacity, making it a sink for spare cargoes
4 April 2016
The market slowdown means floating LNG isn’t moving ahead as quickly as its proponents thought it would
4 April 2016
Cheap oil is stalling LNG’s growth in transport. But the opportunity remains great
25 February 2016
Oil production will grow again in 2016, despite the downturn in prices
23 February 2016
As LNG growth plans fade, improving the domestic market is the priority for Nigeria to make use of its abundant gas reserves
3 February 2016
Cut off from Western financing, the Russian gas firm is relying on Chinese and Russian backers to fund its export project
1 December 2015
The UN-backed global climate change talks, which have just started in Paris, are highly unlikely to produce an agreement that includes robust mandatory carbon emissions reductions targets that would heap further short-term financial pressure on oil and gas producers already dealing with global oversupply and low oil and gas prices, writes Ian Lewis
4 November 2015
Ghana could be the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to play host to a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)
20 October 2015
The approaching COP 21 talks in Paris have focused the minds of Europe’s energy producers and consumers on future regulations and their own competitiveness
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
11 August 2015
Producers and investors could be sitting on billions of dollars of unspent funding because of the current industry downturn
9 July 2015
Shale-gas drillers are struggling to cope with the cheap prices brought by their onslaught of supply
2 July 2015
Drivers, builders and refiners are gorging on cheap oil and making the most of the market