Alexander Medvedev
“In Gazprom’s view natural gas can and must play a key role in Europe’s shift to a low-carbon economy. Gazprom has presented its vision of how natural gas can contribute to European climate neutrality by 2050”
WECA – Key Takeaways
Markets are stronger than expected giving rise to new projects although breakeven prices do need to be reviewed; there is a trend towards a hybrid structure as well as Reserve Based Lending but complimenting RBL are alternate sources including senior and junior debt. The future continues to be bright for the industry, with key factors of success being securing finance, reducing production costs and lowering emissions.
Newswire: Clean Energy in Latin America – January 2019
The top headlines from January 2019 from the Latin America Clean Energy sector
Bifacial is the Future
The real game-changing innovation in utility-scale PV is bifacial. Bifacial (literally: two faces) modules, which generate energy from both the front and back side of the module, can deliver up to 44% more lifetime value
Seapulse Press Release
Seapulse Limited (“Seapulse”), the recently launched global oil and gas exploration vehicle, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Maersk Drilling A/S (“Maersk Drilling”). The alliance plans to drill 12 offshore oil & gas exploration wells over the next two years targeting over four billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe).
Women in Energy – Fiona MacAulay
Without diversity, the oil and gas industry will lack the innovation required to both capitalise on the opportunities which exist at present that will help us navigate the eventual shift to a low carbon economy in the future.
John Rocha, Project Manager, Energy/Gas, NEPAD Business Foundation
The new gas discoveries and the flurry of ongoing exploration activity along the Mozambican coast has certainly elevated the debate around local content to the top of the agenda.
Newswire: Clean Energy in Latin America – October 2018
The top headlines from October 2018 from the Latin America Clean Energy sector
Viv Shorleson, Arthur D Little
I think all the energy sector has to do is advertise the incredible diversity of experiences that it covers more widely, using women who have had amazing careers within it.
Latin America: Competitive landscape will mitigate policy volatility
Drilling down to specific performance drivers shows two clear camps though. Colombia and Mexico have higher risks in the Threats pillar, while Brazil and Argentina are characterised by their weaker operating environments.
Due Diligence: the devil is in the detail
Rockflow Resources have provided expert multi-disciplinary teams to perform technical due diligence on a large number of assets throughout the world. More often than not, our work unearths problems that are not evident in the vendor’s sales case, or even the in dataroom, often resulting in a decision not to make a bid on an asset
Nicola Adams, BP
The biggest challenge is for the decision makers who are in the senior roles now to identify these individuals and support them in development – putting resources or reputation at risk to do so.