Energy tycoon fires up UK gas storage project Energy An Irish energy tycoon has revealed plans to build a new gas storage site in the Irish Sea that would boost the UK’s capacity by over 50 per cent. Tony O’Reilly Jr’s Dcarbonx, which is backed by gas infrastructure behemoth Snam, wants to redevelop a former gas site off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness as part [...]
Centrica: British Gas owner’s shares rise after £1.5bn deal revealed Energy Shares in Centrica, the FTSE 100 owner of British Gas, have jumped after it joined forces with Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to snap up Europe’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for £1.5bn In a statement issued to the London Stock Exchange, Centrica hailed its bumper acquisition of the National Grid’s Grain LNG, which stores [...]
Ithaca Energy: Profit tumbles at North Sea oil and gas firm as windfall tax bites Energy North sea oil and gas firm Ithaca Energy saw its revenue and profit tumble after being hit by impairment charges, lower production and a dip in the oil and gas prices. The FTSE 250 constituent, which in the Spring announced plans to buy all of Italian competitor Eni’s North Sea assets for £754m, lowered its [...]
Diversified Energy: FTSE 250 firm stumps up £52m for Texas natural gas field August 20, 2024 Oil and gas site owner Diversified Energy Company has bought several operated natural gas wells located within East Texas for $68m (£52.3m). The FTSE 250 firm bought the assets from a regional operator. The “significant” PDP (proved developed producing) reserve was part of a wider sale in the area. A third-party development company will also [...]
Trading house Vitol reports another bumper year of profit on higher gas trading volumes April 8, 2024 Russell Hardy, the group's chief executive noted in a statement last month that the energy markets have become "ever more important and ever more complex."