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SAJONEMETI, Hungary (Reuters) - Zoltan Berki usually wakes up before dawn, as his five small children sleep next door, to feed the old iron furnace that stands in a wall cavity to warm up both rooms. This is the only part of his house that he can afford to heat during winter.
Come rain or shine, Berki, a stocky 28-year-old Roma man, cycles an hour to work to save on the bus fare, so he is up anyway.
But he also has to burn some materials before daylight, to conceal the thick black smoke that billows from his chimney when he uses plastic or rubber. Such household pollution is illegal in Hungary, including in this town near the Slovakian border.
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SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - A rapid rise in offshore drilling and deepwater gas extraction may seem an unlikely path to lower emissions, but are central planks of Chinese energy major CNOOC Ltd’s plan to help hit Beijing’s climate goals.
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese national flag flutters between flags of China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) at its headquarters in Beijing, China on March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
While global peers like BP, Royal Dutch Shell have announced cuts in hydrocarbon output and huge renewable energy investments to cut emissions, China’s third-largest oil and gas producer plans an ambitious gas-heavy overhaul of its production mix by 2035 as its way of helping meet carbon-cutting goals.
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada s oil and gas industry
Focus on North Fork
Kay Cashman
Petroleum News
Vision Resources, a Gardes Holdings company, has entered into a five-year natural gas sales and purchase agreement with Alaska Pipeline Co. that will result in APCs utility affiliate Enstar Natural Gas Co. distributing gas from Visions North Fork unit. The field is north of Homer on Alaskas southern Kenai Peninsula.
The agreement was filed in February by Enstar with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, which oversees supply contracts for regulated utilities. Enstar provides natural gas distribution service to the municipality of Anchorage and portions of the Matanuska-Susitna and Kenai Peninsula boroughs.
Pub-turned-market hall ready to open when coronavirus restrictions allow
Building work is finished at last
Newmarket in Coalville (Image: NWLDC)
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Preparations are underway to open Coalville’s new market hall as soon as Covid-19 restrictions allow it.
Building work to transform the former Litten Tree pub, in Marlborough Square, is now complete after it was held up by the pandemic and problems with the original contractor which quit the project.
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The Energy Information Administration has reported that in 2020, US coal exports declined to 69 million short t, a 26% decrease from 93 million short t in 2019. Steam coal exports, which accounted for 40% of the total, declined by more than one-third, dropping 34% from the previous year to 27 million short t. Metallurgical coal had a smaller, but still significant, decrease of 20%. The COVID-19 pandemic slowed global demand for coal, and some US coal mines were idled for extended periods to slow the spread of the virus. Coal exports decreased significantly in April 2020 as the US and countries around the world responded to the pandemic.