The regular weekly Out Loud show sees journalists from Energy Voice come together to highlight and discuss the biggest stories of the week, and there are lots of other special series and in-depth episodes too. Appropriately enough, the show absolutely crackles with energy!
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Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
This week we explore the different exit routes pursued by Chevron and TotalEnergies in Myanmar following a brutal military coup last year. Significantly, the Energy Voice team ask whether the withdrawal processes underway in Myanmar can offer a glimpse into the divestment strategies of other big Western oil companies in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
Elsewhere, Andrew makes his debut on the pod and casts the spotlight on the UK’s efforts to boost energy security after Boris Johnson hosts oil and gas CEOs to discuss boosting supply from the North Sea. The team also ponders the Prime Minister’s cognitive dissonance as he jets around authoritarian regimes in the Middle East to shore up oil supplies.
And last, but by no means least, Ed, walks us through how miners in South Africa are cleaning up their act by moving towards LNG in their operations to replace coal-fired power, which dominates the country’s energy mix.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Western companies have fled Russia in droves, following the invasion of Ukraine. Japanese companies, though, are staying put, Damon explains this week, saying energy security concerns and a desire for governmental direction has staved off such departures.
The European Union is trying to come to terms with the energy security challenge. On the one hand, it needs gas – at least in the short term. On the other, relations with Russia have become increasingly frosty, if not frostbitten. North Africa looks like it could play a role, but it is clear that an unwillingness to opt for long-term LNG contracts is coming back to bite the EU on its regasification terminals.
Finally, at home, PM Boris Johnson has been talking a good game about more North Sea oil and gas production. This will go down well in the highways and byways of Aberdeen, but will do nothing for the next 12 months of high prices and resulting human misery.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Hopes are high around hydrogen, but shifting from the energy industry’s mainstay of oil and gas to this feedstock poses some particular challenges.
The UK has set some big targets, but concrete construction plans are largely still at the design phase. Abu Dhabi, meanwhile, has taken the plunge. The state has already sent a blue cargo to Japan, and its heavyweight energy companies are taking the plunge on demonstration plants.
In this episode of Bigger, Faster, Better, Richard Cockburn of Womble Bond Dickinson and Dr Alexander Ritschel of Masdar get together to talk about how the UK and Abu Dhabi measure up.
Meeting industrial demand is an obvious first step but the two also talk over innovations in supply and demand, including the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
About Bigger, Faster, Better and Womble Bond Dickinson
Womble Bond Dickinson is a transatlantic law firm with a keen focus on the energy sector. As part of its re:build Britain campaign, Womble Bond Dickinson is looking at the energy transition and its role in the UK achieving its net zero ambitions. This podcast series will explore how the UK performs in comparison to other countries in key renewable technologies.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
There’s only one place to go in the global energy conversation this week and that’s the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
The team get together to discuss interviews and coverage to date, including a Ukrainian whose family has had to flee Kharkiv, as well as further sanction steps which could be taken.
Hamish runs through the Big Oil exodus from Russia, and the arguments behind TotalEnergies retaining its investment.
And Ed discusses Nord Stream 2 and the implications of dependence of Russian gas for Europe and the wider world.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Allister and Hamish, feeling fresh after a few libations at the Subsea Expo Awards, are joined by Ed to chew the fat from the week’s events.
Russia’s actions in the Ukraine has led to oil crashing back through the $100 mark for the first time in years, sending analysts into overdrive.
In the North Sea Equinor has lined up an FPSO for its Rosebank project. But unless they can find a way to get the oil with in an environmentally friendly way, it could become the next Cambo.
And Scotland’s next offshore wind leasing round is on the horizon, with Crown Estate Scotland outlining the plans for INTOG. There’s talk too of Subsea Expo as the team (finally) get back to in-person events.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Battery storage is on the agenda as a very special guest – Ben Guest of Gresham House – joins The COP Shop.
Ben takes the team through the potential and importance of this technology for a UK energy system which is growing in reliance on intermittent renewables as it strives to reach net zero.
Joining him in the virtual pod booth is NatWest Head of Climate Change James Close and EV’s Europe Editor Allister Thomas, to discuss the challenges around financing and credit-risking new technologies, as well as reflections on COP26 now the dust has well and truly settled.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
For more information on how you can speak to those professionals across multiple platforms to build your brand and generate actionable business leads, visit energyvoice.com/content-services.
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Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Everyone’s talking about decarbonising through industrial hubs, but who is doing it best? The idea is simple. Gather together high emitters to capture carbon – and economies of scale. These plans can cover CCS, hydrogen and even more pioneering technologies.
The UK has taken a lead in these plans, picking out two hubs to take the first step, with investment decisions coming soon. The US administration has been keen to capture lost ground and is throwing significant quantities of cash into its pursuit.
In this first episode of the Bigger Faster Better podcast series, in paid partnership with Womble Bond Dickinson, their Matt Lewy joins Dave Edwards of Air Liquide to talk about how the UK and US measure up – and how to get to where we want to go on the Net Zero path faster.
About Bigger, Faster, Better and Womble Bond Dickinson
Womble Bond Dickinson is a transatlantic law firm with a keen focus on the energy sector. As part of its re:build Britain campaign, Womble Bond Dickinson is looking at the energy transition and its role in the UK achieving its net zero ambitions. This podcast series will explore how the UK performs in comparison to other countries in key renewable technologies.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
For more information on how you can speak to those professionals across multiple platforms to build your brand and generate actionable business leads, visit energyvoice.com/content-services.
For a 30 day free trial subscription to the Energy Voice website and app, visit energyvoice.com/subscriptions.
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
We get to grips with ‘carbon colonialism’ and ‘green washing’ accusations surrounding Santos’ proposed giant carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub offshore northern Australia in Timorese waters in this week’s Energy Voice Out Loud.
Meanwhile rumour has it that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has hired Liam Neeson to enforce IR35 contractor rules and hit the oil companies where it hurts.
Allister also walks us through a report that finds new oil and gas licensing is not compatible with the UK’s climate commitments and targets set out by the Paris Agreement. This has interesting implications for new fields and the incoming climate checkpoint system in the UK.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
For more information on how you can speak to those professionals across multiple platforms to build your brand and generate actionable business leads, visit energyvoice.com/content-services.
For a 30 day free trial subscription to the Energy Voice website and app, visit energyvoice.com/subscriptions.
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Beating up Big Oil for bumper profits is a politically tempting exercise, particularly when energy poverty is on the rise. BP, for one, has warned of lower investment just at a time when the UK – and the northeast – most needs it. The government seems unlikely to back a windfall tax but there are political points to be scored for its backers.
A fire broke out on a Nigerian FPSO recently, another chapter of poor maintenance in the country’s energy sector. The laws may have changed on the oil industry, offering companies new incentives for exploration and production, but enforcement continues to lag.
Would it be possible to have an episode of Energy Voice Out Loud without mentioning Cambo? Not this week, that’s for sure. Hamish talks us through the possibilities around reusing FPSOs and how the industry is missing a trick by focusing on purpose built vessels over recycled.
Net Zero Workforce
NZW is a hybrid event which will take place at the Chester Hotel, Aberdeen, 29th March 2022, and which will explore the opportunities and challenges in the great energy skills transition, and connect leading corporates, educators and innovators with the workforce of tomorrow. Sponsorship opportunities for the event, where you can project your leadership on energy skills transfer, and help set the just transition agenda, are now open. Email ryan.stevenson@energyvoice.com for details.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
For more information on how you can speak to those professionals across multiple platforms to build your brand and generate actionable business leads, visit energyvoice.com/content-services.
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Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
After a trip to rainy Abu Dhabi, Ed makes his glorious return to Energy Voice Out Loud. And he kicks off proceedings this week, talking us through Patrick Pouyanne’s trip to Africa where he flew the TotalEnergies flag.
There’s been changes at the top for two big North Sea hitters, with Harbour Energy and Spirit Energy both announcing new CEOs on the same day. That means that two energy chiefs are free agents, sparking imaginative ideas about what they could be up to next.
Rounding us off, Allister talks us through OGUK’s long-awaited announcement that has rebranded, becoming Offshore Energies UK.
About Energy Voice
Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
For more information on how you can speak to those professionals across multiple platforms to build your brand and generate actionable business leads, visit energyvoice.com/content-services.
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