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Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metres deep?

An oil company in China has started drilling a hole that would be the deepest in the country and among the deepest in the world

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14,000 oil and gas wells remain unplugged in the Gulf of Mexico

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Solar panels and wind turbines at a new solar park near Prenzlau, Germany

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Emissions from global electricity generation may have now peaked

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US approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

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Deepwater disaster

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill did no harm to BP's long-term share value

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A worker walks under pipework in the yard at the Comprehensive Gas Treatment Unit No.3 of the Gazprom PJSC Chayandinskoye oil, gas and condensate field, a resource base for the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, in the Lensk district of the Sakha Republic, Russia, on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. Amid record daily swings of as much as 40% in European gas prices, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a calculated intervention to cool the market last week by saying Gazprom can boost supplies to help ease shortages. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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EU lays out plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds in 2022

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Keadby 2 gas power station

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Net zero: The UK is building its last big gas power plant

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Semi Submersible Oil Rig during Sunrise at Cromarty Firth in Invergordon, Scotland; Shutterstock ID 508922713; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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UK advisers urge tougher climate tests on new oil and gas projects

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Sohn/AP/Shutterstock (12817867a) Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany, on Ukraine Nord Stream 2, Lubmin, Germany - 15 Feb 2022

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Germany halts Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia – what's next?

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Semi Submersible Oil Rig during Sunrise at Cromarty Firth in Invergordon, Scotland; Shutterstock ID 554842060; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Oil giants accused of greenwashing for failure over energy transition

An analysis of BP, Shell, Chevron and ExxonMobil finds a mismatch between their rhetoric on low-carbon energy and their actions and spending

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Satellite images show biggest methane leaks come from Russia and US

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Will paused Cambo oil plans mark the decline of North Sea drilling?

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COP26: New alliance commits to ending oil and gas extraction

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Blame fossil fuels, not renewables, for the UK's winter energy crisis

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