Gas supplies by pipeline from Israel to Egypt are on course to begin by the end of 2019 after Israeli energy minister Yuval Steinitz on Monday signed the final permits Continue Reading
Volkswagen AG and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) are partnering in Project Qatar Mobility, which will put a fleet of self-driving Level 4 electric shuttles into operation in the Qatar Continue Reading
The much-vaunted deal involving the transfer of oil from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in Iraq’s north in exchange for budget disbursements from the federal government is in Baghdad in Continue Reading
JP Morgan raised on Tuesday its oil price forecasts for next year, as the investment bank expects OPEC’s production cuts to be effective in conjunction with expectations for better economic Continue Reading
Production levels by Venezuelan state-owned PDVSA and its international partners in the Orinoco Belt rose to 500,000 b/d, or 38.5% of its 1.3 million b/d maximum capacity, up from 435,000 Continue Reading
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez takes office in the midst of an economic crisis. Like his predecessor, he has made fracking a centerpiece of the country’s economic revival. Argentina has some Continue Reading
China’s total production of six major oil products — LPG, naphtha, gasoline, jet/kerosene, gasoil and fuel oil — rose by an average of 3.9% on the year to 39.78 million Continue Reading
Rural fire service and fire and rescue crews work to contain the Gospers Mountain fire in the Blue Mountains National Park, northwest of Sydney, on Tuesday. (Dean Lewins/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Australia may Continue Reading
A devastating disease spreading from China has wiped out roughly one-quarter of the world’s pigs, reshaping farming and hitting the diets and pocketbooks of consumers around the globe. China’s unsuccessful Continue Reading
Clean energy producers voiced dismay on Tuesday at a U.S. spending bill, saying it fell far short of what wind companies and solar developers had hoped for. Under the bill, Continue Reading
Higher oil and natural gas prices in 2018 raised the proved reserves of oil and gas in the United States to new all-time highs last year, the Energy Information Administration Continue Reading
A natural gas well operated by Exxon that blew out in 2018 released a lot more methane than previously believed, a study by a team of U.S. and Dutch scientists Continue Reading
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has reiterated its decision to decline a request from the state of New York, which wanted the state to rule on a permit Continue Reading
The US Senate on Tuesday passed by an 86-8 vote a defense spending bill which includes new Nord Stream 2 sanctions language. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the Continue Reading
A commitment from Appalachia’s natural gas producers to slow drilling activity in 2020 already appears to be taking its toll there, with December production levels likely to register their first Continue Reading
Goldman Sachs said that it would no longer finance coal projects, or oil and gas exploration in the Arctic. In a new environmental policy framework , the investment bank acknowledged Continue Reading
Perhaps it’s not evident to anyone who is not an oil-worker living in America’s biggest shale towns, but signs of the shale slowdown predicted by many analysts, and the EIA Continue Reading
The end of the year is drawing near and it’s time for last-minute legislation in the U.S. Congress. As is tradition, various industries are using this time to lobby for Continue Reading
The golden age of U.S. shale is far from over, with an expected slowdown in the Permian Basin likely to be temporary, according to the new U.S. Energy Secretary. The Continue Reading
Although drillers in North America’s biggest oil field are burning off more natural gas than ever before, industry advocates say it’s not as bad as it looks. Methane-emissions intensity in Continue Reading
Materials researchers at Estonia’s Tallinn University of Technology partially substituted copper with silver in solar cells’ absorber material to improve the efficiency of the devices. In a study published in Continue Reading
Russia’s crude oil and condensate production could rise to more than 12 million bpd by 2035, if global demand for liquid hydrocarbons continues to grow, Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, Continue Reading
Crude oil futures were largely steady during mid-morning trade in Asia Tuesday as markets digested the recent optimism that emerged from the US-China trade talks, while they waited for fresh Continue Reading
Oil prices have hit three-month highs, driven higher by the OPEC+ cuts, the U.S.-China trade de-escalation, the slowdown in shale and the apparent stabilization in the global economy. There is Continue Reading
After quite an eventful 2019 in which oil demand growth slowed to its lowest in years and investors questioned the performance of oil and gas stocks, the energy sector meets Continue Reading
As shipping companies prepare to bring their fleets into compliance with IMO 2020, LNG is poised to capture a small but growing portion of the international bunker fuel market in Continue Reading
With the COP25 negotiations failing to agree on carbon market rules, it will be up to the UK to bring the world together at the crucial 2020 summit. “The international Continue Reading
Climate change is playing an increasingly significant role in the energy industry. CEOs are talking more openly about it—and some are even publicly rethinking their businesses for a world that’s Continue Reading
In the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 28, after Iraqi demonstrators set the Iranian consulate in the southern holy city of Najaf ablaze, the killings began. By the end of that Continue Reading
BP has found high quality natural gas reservoirs in all three wells it has recently drilled offshore Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa, the UK oil and gas supermajor said Continue Reading
Libya reopened five of its oil terminals Monday after a day-long closure due to bad weather, sources said Monday, adding that the loadings halt only resulted in a minor loss Continue Reading
The Federal Government has spent N462.10 billion on under-recovery, also known as a subsidy, on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, in nine months, from January to September 2019, according to data Continue Reading
China has suspended its plan to impose additional tariffs on a list of US goods, including propane, corn and wheat, which were slated to have been implemented from December 15, Continue Reading
Value-added industrial output for November rose 6.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from a 4.7% year-over-year increase in October, the official National Bureau of Statistics said. November’s reading easily topped Continue Reading
China’s primary aluminum output increased 0.6% month on month to 2.9 million mt in November despite a yearly decrease of 3.2%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics’ data released Continue Reading
Nashville is in the heart of TVA’s service area and would have a harder time breaking away from the utility than cities on the edge would, like Memphis. It’s hoping Continue Reading
An activist group is increasing the pressure on five big U.S. and European oil companies with shareholder resolutions urging them to meet the Paris climate goals and cut carbon emissions. Continue Reading
The Drilling Productivity Report uses recent data on the total number of drilling rigs in operation along with estimates of drilling productivity and estimated changes in production from existing oil Continue Reading
Apache ( APA ) has made news in recent times largely for the potential of their Alpine High field in West Texas. The crash in everything shale currently has moved Continue Reading
Oil and gas’s love affair with digital technology is about to get serious. With digital tech’s proven capacity to contribute to the industry’s number-one priority in the post-2014 era—cost control—it’s Continue Reading
Goldman Sachs will decline financing for new Arctic oil exploration and production and for new thermal coal mine development or strip mining in its updated environmental policy which makes the Continue Reading
The first satellite designed to continuously monitor the planet for methane leaks made a startling discovery last year: A little known gas-well accident at an Ohio fracking site was in Continue Reading
U.S. oil production in some of the most prolific shale basins is set to slow next month, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Monday. Continue Reading
Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Canada’s province of Ontario have plummeted after the provincial government canceled a generous rebate for zero-emission vehicles last year. Due to the scrapped incentive, Ontario Continue Reading
The Dutch activist fund that has filed shareholder resolutions pressuring major oil companies in Europe to take action on climate change has set its sights on the U.S. (Bloomberg) — Continue Reading
Trying to redirect supplies from the European to the Asian market, leading coal exporters face a slowdown in demand in India, Japan and South Korea, which leads to a price Continue Reading
The widespread adaptation of the combustion engine at the start of the 20 th century propelled oil into becoming the world’s most important commodity. Resource-rich countries such as Russia were Continue Reading
A national day of protests on Tuesday threatens to disrupt the supply of oil products as strikes at key refineries continue Monday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize Continue Reading
Eastern European countries just downstream of the Ukrainian border, Hungary and Austria in particular, have boosted their natural gas stocks considerably — to as high as 97% of capacity — Continue Reading
There is no preliminary agreement on a long-term Russian gas transit deal between Moscow and Kiev, a senior official at Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz Ukrayiny said Monday, following reports Friday of Continue Reading
