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The economic war in energy transition, climate change
Sopuruchi Onwuka The prevailing movement for energy transition and the associated stringent measures to quicken the process hold up a flip side which reflects a silent economic war in which the world’s richest and most industrialized countries fight vehemently to…
Climate change: expert questions CO2 storage procedure, energy transition
Sopuruchi Onwuka Carbon capture and storage (CCS), one of the novel technologies that hold promise of diverting industrial emissions to artificial reserves, is yet to address the question of leakages. The question from Professor John Underhill of Heriot-Watt University in…
Energy transition: Africa to host 2 bn cars by 2040
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria and other developing economies of the world must brace to host about two billion vehicles that are fired with petroleum fuels as the industrialized nations that currently champion the global movement for energy transition plan total switch…
Climate change: Key factors COP26 ignored at Glasgow
By Dr Emmanuel Okoroafor The turnout at the recently concluded climate summit was impressive and loaded with declarations and pledges for net zero emissions. However, whether (and how fast) countries redeem their pledges has nothing to do with what their…
Nembe oil spill: Arewa youths accuse Diri of targeting Buhari
Sopuruchi Onwuka Northern socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Youth Movement, has chided the some Niger Delta groups for exaggerating the scale of oil spill arising from the unfortunate wellhead bow out at the Santa Barbara oil field in Nembe, Bayelsa…
AITEO enlists Boots & Coots in Santa Barbara well kill
Sopuruchi Onwuka Indigenous petroleum firm, Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), has declared intensified oilspill response and wild well control at its operated Santa Barbara oilfield, Bayelsa State. The company declared in a media statement it has enlisted the…
Seplat offers processing capacity for gas flare monetization
Diversifies into renewables Sopuruchi Onwuka Prominent indigenous energy company, Seplat Energy Plc, has thrown open processing services at its natural gas plants for players seeking opportunities in the domestic market. Managing Director, Mr Roger Brown, stated that the company’s huge…
Decarbonization must relate to national energy contexts __Orjiakor
In recognition of the challenges in achieving strategy consensus on energy transition, Chairman of Seplat Energy Plc, Dr. ABC Orjiako, has canvassed a global collaboration that recognizes country specific contexts. Dr Orjiakor who spoke at the 2021 Milken Institute Global…
COP26: Energy transition confronts oil resilience
Sopuruchi Onwuka The world would in the first week of November be in dilemma with dicey decision on the fate of fossil fuel as high energy prices spark off strong inflationary trends that hurt the economies of the rich industrialized…
Biodiversity gains action endorsement from over 100 countries
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports The United Nations Climate Conference in Kunming, China, has influenced over 100 countries of the world to commit to global biodiversity, entailing urgent actions that would protect endangered animal and plant species and curb extinction….
