Senior US lawmakers have slammed the Biden administration for failing to step up its opposition to the almost-complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline through increased sanctions designations. Receive daily email Continue Reading
In Spring, Texas, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Houston, Akilah Scott-Amos is staring down a more than $11,000 electric bill for this month, a far cry from her Continue Reading
Now that the lights are back on in Texas, the state has to figure out who’s going to pay for the energy crisis that plunged millions into darkness last week. Continue Reading
The Washington State House Transportation Committee voted 17-12 to advance legislation calling for all model year 2030 or later passenger and light-duty vehicles sold in the state to be electric Continue Reading
The millions of people who struggled to keep warm in Texas, with blackouts crippling life inside a dominant energy hub, have laid bare the desperate state of U.S. electricity grids. To fix nationwide vulnerabilities, President Joe Biden Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil Corp. has already upped its climate plans, only three months into an activist investor’s campaign to force change inside the company. Now the group, Engine No. 1, is pushing the Continue Reading
Millions of Americans just woke up in a flood zone that had never before been listed on U.S. government maps. The first-ever public evaluation of flood risk for every property in Continue Reading
Shale oil producers in the southern United States could take at least two weeks to restart the more than 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude output that shut Continue Reading
Last fall Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt announced that it had raised $600 million in equity to invest in capacity expansion, research and development, and large-scale recycling. The capital raise Continue Reading
The European Council has agreed Eur5.61 billion ($6.80 billion) of new funding for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, project for the seven years to 2027, it said Feb. Continue Reading
Oil prices rose on Monday as the slow return of U.S. crude output cut by frigid conditions served as a reminder that the supply situation was tight, just as demand Continue Reading
OPEC and U.S. oil companies see a limited rebound in shale oil supply this year as top U.S. producers freeze output despite rising prices, a decision that would help OPEC Continue Reading
Below are a number of oil (C + C ) production charts for Non-OPEC countries created from data provided by the EIAʼs International Energy Statistics and updated to November 2020. Continue Reading
Why this number Carbon dioxide pollution from humans—mostly burning fossil fuels and clearing forests—is the main driver of global warming. Not all of the CO2 that people emit ends up lingering in Continue Reading
Iraq awarded seven projects to generate solar power as part of a plan to produce 10 gigawatts of solar energy by the end of 2030, Iraq Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Continue Reading
It took seven years from the summer’s day in 2008 when a top U.S. diplomat first sat down with his Iranian counterpart until the two sides sealed the 2015 Iran Continue Reading
Erik Prince, the private security executive and supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump, “at the very least” helped evade an arms embargo on Libya, according to excerpts from a Continue Reading
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has struck a deal with Iran to continue “necessary” verification and monitoring activities in Iran after Tehran slashes cooperation this week but there will be less Continue Reading
Iran is set to attend the meeting of an OPEC+ advisory committee next month, according to a delegate who declined to be identified. While Iran — exempted from OPEC’s production cuts Continue Reading
Iran appears to have partly lifted its threat to sharply limit international inspections of its nuclear facilities starting on Tuesday, giving Western nations three months to see if the beginnings Continue Reading
The shells started landing inside Hussein Ali Wuhaish’s refugee camp days after the Biden administration ended U.S. support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen and took steps to lift sanctions Continue Reading
Iraq has put on hold an oil supply pre-payment deal with China’s state-owned Zhenhua Oil Co. due to the uptick in crude prices this year, the country’s oil minister told Continue Reading
Despite longstanding laws against gas flaring, the burning of natural gas during oil extraction has remained the major cause of mortality in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. ANAYO ONUKWUGHA writes Continue Reading
The share of Canada and the United States of America in India’s January oil imports surged to a record 11% while that of the Middle East and South America declined, Continue Reading
Pump prices are so high in India that some of the gasoline and diesel exported to neighboring countries is being smuggled back through porous land borders. A tanker loaded with Continue Reading
Deaths in Mexico last year were 52 per cent higher than in previous years, putting the rate of excess deaths during the coronavirus pandemic well above that in some countries Continue Reading
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on issues like climate change and the coronavirus pandemic if they repaired their damaged Continue Reading
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—A cavernous new airport cargo terminal in Ethiopia’s capital is the center of a vast supply network China is assembling to speed delivery of its coronavirus vaccines—and deepen its Continue Reading
Like a cold-blooded animal—a lizard or a snake—the petrochemical hub that is the state of Texas went dormant during the deep freeze. Eventually, it’ll wake up again, and when it Continue Reading
The Covid-19 downturn has once again caused employment rates to plummet in the oil and gas industry. Even though some uptick is expected when the recovery arrives, employment will never Continue Reading
We are getting a very short preview of what will eventually happen to the United States as a whole. America’s infrastructure is aging and crumbling. Our power grids were never Continue Reading
Texas utility regulators will temporarily ban power companies from billing customers or disconnecting them for non-payment, after the deadly winter storm that caused widespread blackouts, Governor Greg Abbott said on Continue Reading
General Motors Co. GM 0.79% is betting its future on electric cars. By mid-decade it plans to spend $27 billion on manufacturing 30 electric models and developing driverless cars. By 2035, it expects to Continue Reading
Across the plains of West Texas, the pump jacks that resemble giant bobbing hammers define not just the landscape but the state itself: Texas has been built on the oil-and-gas Continue Reading
Global natural gas demand is set to return to pre-crisis levels as early as this year and will continue to rise in the coming years, thanks to the coal-to-gas switch Continue Reading
The largest U.S. oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this week, according to figures provided to the state, as one environmental crisis triggered another. Continue Reading
Icicles created by drip irrigation are illuminated by a car’s headlights during a cold snap January 17, 2007 in Orange Cove, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Few things affect where Continue Reading
When Boris Johnson unveiled his 10-point green recovery plan in November, U.K. newspapers were surprisingly acquiescent. The British press has a reputation for being more politically partisan than in many Continue Reading
Oil fell to the lowest in a week as output slowly resumed in Texas, while margins for processing gasoline surged as Gulf Coast refineries are seen taking weeks to restart operations Continue Reading
Oil prices have fallen back below $60 but remain at levels not seen since January 2020. In this week’s Global Energy Alert , our investing team breaks down the best Continue Reading
The pandemic shock to demand and the energy transition strategies are set to bring peak crude and natural gas production for Big Oil in 2028, at a lower volume and Continue Reading
After a campaign in which he promised to repair relations with allies and put diplomacy first, President Biden joined his first international summit on Friday: A virtual Group of Seven meeting Continue Reading
The U.N. nuclear watchdog found uranium particles at two Iranian sites it inspected after months of stonewalling, diplomats say, and it is preparing to rebuke Tehran for failing to explain, Continue Reading
Inspired by the teenaged activist Greta Thunberg, Indian environmentalist Disha Ravi has campaigned against climate change, led tree-planting drives and fought development projects in fragile ecosystems. Ravi, 22, is now being Continue Reading
Mexico’s Pemex reported its oil production grew last year, for the first time in fifteen years. However, there’s a big catch—the increase was only a result of how the company Continue Reading
Efforts to vaccinate the world’s population against Covid-19 got a boost Friday after research showed that some vaccines provide strong, one-dose protection, and that one of the vaccines can now Continue Reading
President Joe Biden has begun reactivating Obama-era approaches for building climate change into federal policy, action that may soon revamp environmental regulation by establishing a much higher dollar value for greenhouse gas emissions in Continue Reading
Winter weather and power outages had a chilling effect on Texas’s vaccination effort, one large enough to drag down inoculation trends nationwide. On Thursday alone, the state administered 118,417 fewer doses Continue Reading
An Elon Musk tweet can do everything from moving the stock market to convincing people to invest in a joke cryptocurrency. So when the richest man on Earth tweeted in Continue Reading
Texas oil refineries shut by cold-weather disruptions may take several weeks to resume normal operations, industry experts said on Friday, helping to push up fuel prices. About a fifth of Continue Reading
