Dominic Dudley

1 week ago | semafor.com | Dominic Dudley

Oman is increasing its bets on cleaner energy, with another green hydrogen auction round and a low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering project.The latest hydrogen auction is focused on Duqm, where 300 square km is available for solar and wind plants needed to produce the fuel. Formal bids are due early next year. It’s big business: two previous rounds drew pledges of $49 billion to develop 30 gigawatts of renewable power and 1 million tons per year of hydrogen capacity.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Dominic Dudley

The NewsOman is increasing its bets on cleaner energy, with another green hydrogen auction round and a low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering project. The latest hydrogen auction is focused on Duqm, where 300 square km is available for solar and wind plants needed to produce the fuel. Formal bids are due early next year. It’s big business: two previous rounds drew pledges of $49 billion to develop 30 gigawatts of renewable power and 1 million tons per year of hydrogen capacity.

2 weeks ago | africa-energy.com | Dominic Dudley

Issue 525 - 29 Apr 2025 - By Dominic Dudley | 2 minute read Mixed results from exploration efforts in Namibia’s offshore Orange Basin have continued, with Impact Oil & Gas failing to find hydrocarbons at the Marula-1X well within Block 2913B. It follows a recent discovery by Rhino Resources in the nearby Block 2914A, and two other recent failures by Chevron and Shell on other nearby blocks.

4 weeks ago | semafor.com | Dominic Dudley

Jeddah’s Accident! (Crazy Speed) sculpture has been taken from its prominent position on a roundabout near the Jeddah Corniche, to make way for real speedsters. The artistic warning against reckless driving — in the form of five cars sticking out of a concrete block at perilous angles — has seemed a bit incongruous since at least 2021, when Saudi Arabia’s second city started hosting Formula 1 races. This year’s race is on Sunday, on what is the fastest of all F1 circuits.

1 month ago | semafor.com | Dominic Dudley

Space agencies often use deserts as test beds for their lunar missions, but the UAE’s abundant fine sands didn’t quite cut it. Researchers at the New York University Abu Dhabi Space Exploration Laboratory have cooked up artificial “moon dust” that mimics the lunar surface using local rocks rich in anorthosite. The so-called Emirates Lunar Simulant can be used to test how well vehicles and instruments might cope when they land on the Moon.