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Pressure grows on Jeremy Hunt to extend windfall tax

Official figures show energy giants have paid £2.8bn in first four months of levy

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2022

Two-thirds of US money for fossil fuel pours into Africa despite climate goals

Joe Biden will fly to Africa to attend the Cop27 talks in Egypt but the US funnels billions to dirty projects in the continent

The Guardian - US · Oct 31, 2022

QatarEnergy Seeks to Acquire 30% stake in Lebanon's Offshore Exploration Area

QatarEnergy is in talks with the Lebanese government to acquire a 30 percent stake in an offshore exploration area and is also negotiating with TotalEnergies and Eni in this regard, announced CEO Saad al-Kaabi. Two sources told Reuters last week that TotalEnergies and the Lebanese government have reached a deal…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 31, 2022

French ministers urge oil giant to raise wages as strikes continue

One in three petrol stations struggling for fuel as striking workers call for share of oil companies’ high profits

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022

French strikes spread as government orders fuel depot staff back to work

French railway workers and civil servants voted on Thursday to join striking oil refinery staff with a walkout next week after the French government resorted to emergency powers to compel some fuel depot workers to return to their jobs in a bid to ease petrol shortages.

France 24 · Oct 13, 2022

Workers at France’s refineries and fuel depots vote to continue strikes

Striking French oil refinery employees voted Wednesday to maintain blockades now in their third week, despite a government order for some of them to return to work in a bid to get fuel supplies flowing.

France 24 · Oct 12, 2022

French PM to requisition workers amid refineries strike

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has announced a decision to requisition workers operating petrol depots of the ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso and threatened to do the same for those of Total group, amid strikes that have led fuel pumps to run dry in the country

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Lebanon, Israel reach ‘historic agreement’ on maritime borders

Negotiators say a deal that satisfies both sides has been reached, with the official signing expected soon.

Al Jazeera · Oct 11, 2022

France’s oil strikes push on as petrol station queues worsen

The country’s total refinery output has been reduced by more than 60% over the past two weeks

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

TotalEnergies offer pay deal talks with unions to stop fuel depot blockades

Bosses at TotalEnergies said on Sunday they would bring forward annual pay talks with unions if they dropped a blockade of fuel depots and refineries that has led to a shortage of petrol supplies across France.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 9, 2022