By Lawrence Johnson, Partner and Energy & Infrastructure Deals Tax Leader at PwC UK
Renewables:Whilst the wider transactions market has slowed down in recent months, transaction activity in the renewables sector has remained very active, particularly with respect to greenfield renewable financing.
Energy logistics firm ASCO plans to increase profitability by 50% over the next five years, with the majority of its returns coming from new energies by 2030.
Europa Oil and Gas (AIM: EOG) and i3 Energy (AIM: i3e) are considering plans to pick up the Tain North Sea discovery given up by Repsol earlier this year.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce the next UK budget on March 6, giving the governing Conservatives what’s likely their last opportunity to announce giveaways before a general election.
Russia expects Brent prices to average between $80 and $85 a barrel next year amid OPEC+ output cuts, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in a TV interview.
It is fair to say 2023 has been a tough year for the wind turbine industry. After years of exceptional growth, accelerated technology innovation and declining costs, the sector was hit with multiple challenges sending ripples of delays and doubts.
TotalEnergies (XPAR: TTE) has agreed to sell 25.5% of Seagreen, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, in a £552m deal with Thailand national oil firm PTTEP.
Eni (BIT: ENI) agreed to sell about 9% of its Plenitude renewables unit to Energy Infrastructure Partners AG for €700 million ($766 million) via a capital increase to be completed in early 2024.
Rosebank has been known as a complicated prospect to tap into many years - we speak to Professor Nicholas Schofield about the much-overlooked geology underlying this complexity.
The UK will introduce a carbon border levy in 2027 for imports of emissions-intensive goods from countries deemed to have weaker climate rules, following a similar move by the European Union.