oil and gas

Gases between geopolitics and science: the interviews of RM61

Gases between geopolitics and science: the interviews of RM61

The Think Tank section of Renewable Matter #61, devoted to gases, offers a broad perspective covering the history of science, climate policy and the geopolitics of energy. We start with a long ...

Green Hydrogen: Revolution or Illusion?

Green Hydrogen: Revolution or Illusion?

Excitement surrounding green hydrogen is fading. A string of project cancellations and suspensions, particularly in the transport sector, has made 2025 an annus horribilis for many companies in...

An Orderly Chaotic World

An Orderly Chaotic World

Some of the most fascinating explanations are often found in the etymology of a word. When Jean Baptiste van Helmont first coined the word “gas” in the 17th century, he took it from &chi...

China, Iranian oil (and Venezuelan oil)

China, Iranian oil (and Venezuelan oil)

“The international community should make clear and unequivocal voice in opposing the regression of the world to the law of the jungle.” This was how Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi resp...

Conflict in Iran: reactions from the US and the energy markets

Conflict in Iran: reactions from the US and the energy markets

The peaceful weekend of the US capital, which woke up to its second day of war on a sunny Sunday, contrasts with the scenes seen in Tehran, Tel Aviv, and various capitals of the Gulf countries. Unti...

2026 will be a turning point for climate litigation

2026 will be a turning point for climate litigation

In 2026, the courts will be the new battleground for the climate crisis. This is not a metaphor: Ukraine is preparing to file the first claim for climate reparations in history against Russia, ...

Attack on Venezuela: how did China react?

Attack on Venezuela: how did China react?

“It was a friendly meeting, reaffirming the strong bonds of friendship between China and Venezuela. In good and bad times!” The last words posted on Nicolas Maduro's social media profile...

Trump's energy imperialism is a danger to the future of the human species

Trump's energy imperialism is a danger to the future of the human species

Oil's role in the US military action in Venezuela is first and foremost made clear by figures: the world's leading oil producer has attacked the country with the world's largest oil reserves. But it...

Suriname and Guyana, when climate adaptation requires oil money

Suriname and Guyana, when climate adaptation requires oil money

This article is also available in Italian / Qusto articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Baku - Marciano Dasai is the environment minister of Suriname, a small Caribbean country ...

A dual energy dependence between Azerbaijan and Italy: ECCO's case study

A dual energy dependence between Azerbaijan and Italy: ECCO's case study

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Azerbaijan, the host country of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, is certainly not a positive ...

What we know about the billion-dollar dispute between Kazakhstan and big oil

What we know about the billion-dollar dispute between Kazakhstan and big oil

The Kashagan offshore oil field, located in the northeastern portion of the Caspian Sea, is at the center of a major legal dispute between Kazakhstan and some of the largest oil companies in the wor...