Faced with mounting pressure over planet-heating pollution, Gulf Arab energy giants are turning to humble tech start-ups as they search for ways to remove emissions while keeping oil flowing.Oil producers have for years touted capturing carbon before it goes into the atmosphere as a potential global warming solution, against criticism from climate experts who say it risks distracting from the urgent goal of slashing fossil fuel pollution.
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U.S. Drilling Rigs Swing To Annual Loss For First Time In Years
The all out number of absolute dynamic penetrating apparatuses in the US fell by 11 this week, as per new information from Bread cook Hughes distributed Friday, subsequent to falling by 17 last week. The all out rig count tumbled to 720 this week — 8 apparatuses beneath this time the year before. It is the main year-over-year misfortune in the quantity of dynamic penetrating apparatuses in the US since April 2021. The ongoing count is 355 less apparatuses than the apparatus count toward the start of 2019, before the…
Read MorePower Firms Seek To Extract Rs50bn
Amid inflation already rising at the highest rate in half a century at 36.4 per cent, one of the key contributory factor — the electricity costs — continue to sustain spiking trend as ex-Wapda Distribution Companies (Discos) and K-Electric seek regulatory clearance to extract over Rs50 billion more from their consumers in the sizzling month of June.
Read MoreHydropower Water Projects Ministry Agrees To Allocate Rs100bn As IBC Mushtaq Ghumman Published May 20, 2023
The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (MPD&SI) has agreed to allocate Rs 100 billion as Indicative Budget Ceiling (IBC) including foreign aid allocation for hydropower and water projects for FY 2023-24, well-informed sources told Business Recorder.
Read MoreTarbela 5th Extension Project To Generate Electricity By 2025
Chairman Wapda Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (Retd) has said that electricity generation from the project would start in 2025. He visited Tarbela 5th extension hydropower project on Friday where he was briefed about the project. Masood Ahmed from World Bank also accompanied the chairman.
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