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Sunday, 23 August 2026

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  • Supreme Court Sets October 5 Argument in Suncor and ExxonMobil Challenge to Boulder Climate Suit.
  • Plug Power Cancels 100 MW CHYMIA Electrolyzer Plant at Port of Antwerp-Bruges.
  • Iran Reports 7.5-Tcf Gas Find in Fars Province After Losing Quarter of Output Capacity.
  • UK Weighs Billions for LNG Import Capacity as North Sea Output Falls.
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Oil & Gas

Supreme Court Sets October 5 Argument in Suncor and ExxonMobil Challenge to Boulder Climate Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on October 5 in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, a petition from Suncor and ExxonMobil seeking to quash a climate tort suit brought by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, Inside Climate News reported.

Boulder's case dates to 2018, when it sued ExxonMobil and Suncor for monetary damages tied to the cost of adapting to localized climate impacts including extreme heat and wildfires, according to Inside Climate News.

The petition targets a Colorado Supreme Court ruling issued in 2025 that let the suit advance toward trial, Inside Climate News reported. That state ruling is the decision the two companies are now contesting before the federal high court.

The companies' argument turns on preemption. Because the case involves interstate greenhouse gas emissions, federal rather than state law must govern, they say, with the Clean Air Act and the Constitution overriding Boulder's state law claims, per Inside Climate News.

Nearly 70 amicus briefs have been filed by stakeholders on both sides, according to Inside Climate News. The filers include members of Congress, the Trump administration, states, local governments, Native American tribes, former federal officials and former military leaders.

The stakes reach beyond the single docket. "In the end, if the oil companies win, that's the end of the cases," said Pat Parenteau, emeritus law professor at Vermont Law and Graduate School, quoted by Inside Climate News, referring to the broader set of climate accountability suits.

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Oil & Gas

Iran Reports 7.5-Tcf Gas Find in Fars Province After Losing Quarter of Output Capacity

Iran announced a natural gas discovery of more than 7.5 trillion cubic feet in its southern Fars province, according to World Oil. Around 5.7 Tcf of the find is recoverable, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad told state television on Sunday.

Paknejad put the scale of the find at the equivalent of 15 years of production from one phase of South Pars, the gas field Iran shares with Qatar.

The announcement follows heavy damage to Iranian gas infrastructure. World Oil reported that Iran lost about a quarter of its daily gas production capacity because of attacks that began in late February, with airstrikes hitting energy infrastructure including at South Pars.

That production loss leaves the recoverable portion of the Fars discovery as a replacement volume rather than an addition to a stable base. Paknejad's own comparison ties the find to South Pars output, the same field named among the struck sites.

Source: worldoil.com (opens in a new tab)1 sourcePermalink

Oil & Gas

UK Weighs Billions for LNG Import Capacity as North Sea Output Falls

The UK government is reportedly weighing investment in additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity as domestic North Sea production declines, a plan that has drawn criticism from industry and business groups over the country's offshore oil and gas policies, according to World Oil.

The Sunday Times reported that ministers are considering spending billions of pounds on facilities to raise LNG imports.

The criticism centres on the fiscal treatment of domestic producers. The North Sea industry faces a headline tax rate of 78% under the Energy Profits Levy, World Oil reported.

Russell Borthwick of AGCC said the Jackdaw and Rosebank fields alone could provide around 10% of the UK's future gas supply.

AGCC called for the Energy Profits Levy to be scrapped and for further North Sea projects to win approval.

Source: worldoil.com (opens in a new tab)1 sourcePermalink

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