The Biden administration has named a new envoy for Libya ahead of the country’s planned elections later this year, signaling an intent to elevate American efforts to end foreign military Continue Reading
The U.S. Navy has shared photographs of an illicit arms shipment that it said it found aboard an intercepted ship in the Arabian Sea. The images, taken Saturday, showed thousands Continue Reading
The plan of South Africa’s government to lease LNG-to-power ships to solve its electricity crisis has drawn a lot of criticism because of alleged irregularities in the bidding process and Continue Reading
At a time when oil and gas investors have been celebrating the latest oil rally after OPEC+ pledged to maintain strict production discipline, not everybody is pleased with the direction Continue Reading
India’s coronavirus crisis showed scant sign of easing on Tuesday, with a seven-day average of new cases at a record high and international health authorities warning the country’s variant of Continue Reading
The chief scientist for the World Health Organization described on Tuesday the situation in India as “very worrying” amid soaring infection rates and deaths, especially because many of the numbers Continue Reading
India’s deadly COVID-19 outbreak and widening localized lockdowns have soured the country’s economic growth outlook, stifled its natural gas demand and resulted in more LNG carriers being diverted by gas Continue Reading
NEW YORK— Steven Donziger once stood to gain hundreds of millions of dollars for winning a $9.5 billion environmental-contamination verdict against Chevron Corp. CVX -0.41% in Ecuador. Now, that judgment has been discredited, Mr. Donziger Continue Reading
Petroleos Mexicanos is racking up millions of dollars in late payments to oil companies as it struggles to generate cash amid skyrocketing debt and weaker crude sales. While Pemex has long Continue Reading
Electric and hybrids now account for about one-fifth of new car sales on average in the six biggest Chinese cities, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association. In Continue Reading
The smell of hog feces was overwhelming, Elsie Herring said. The breezes that wafted from the hog farm next to her mother’s Duplin County, N.C., home carried hazardous gases: methane, Continue Reading
U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has halted plans to buy land to expand its Shanghai plant and make it a global export hub, people familiar with the matter Continue Reading
The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its aging population barely grew, a census showed Tuesday, adding to economic challenges for Chinese leaders who Continue Reading
China said its population hit 1.41 billion in 2020, eking out a tiny rise from the previous year, underlining how the world’s most populous nation is going to have to Continue Reading
North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline may take several more days to recover from a cyberattack that forced it to halt shipments of gasoline and other fuels, raising the specter for shortages if Continue Reading
The ransomware group accused of crippling the leading U.S. fuel pipeline operator said on Monday that its goal was to make money and not sow mayhem, a statement that experts Continue Reading
A group of cybercriminals allegedly responsible for the ransomware attack that shut the largest fuel pipeline in the United States said on Monday it only wants to make money, not Continue Reading
U.S. gasoline prices at the pump jumped 6 cents in the latest week and could soon be headed for the highest level since 2014 due to the supply disruption caused Continue Reading
New cases of COVID-19 in the United States fell for a fourth week in a row, dropping 17% last week to just under 290,000, the lowest weekly total since September, Continue Reading
The White House pulled together an inter-agency task force to tackle the problem. (Bloomberg) — The investigation into a major cyber-attack on the biggest U.S. pipeline continued on Sunday as Continue Reading
The Biden administration is set to approve plans for the first major offshore wind farm in federal waters, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Interior Department authorization, which Continue Reading
Liquefied natural gas was a big thing a couple of years ago in the United States. With so much cheap gas coming out of the ground thanks to hydraulic fracturing, Continue Reading
The winter storms in February triggered the largest monthly drop in U.S. natural gas production on record, primarily due to freeze-offs in Texas, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Continue Reading
Highlights Latest update suggests steady progress through April, May Nechayev ‘hopeful’ pipeline will be complete before German election Two pipelayers now operational in waters off Denmark Around 100 km of Continue Reading
Gas stations along the U.S. East Coast are beginning to run out of fuel as North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline races to recover from a paralyzing cyberattack that has kept it Continue Reading
People, wearing protective face masks, walk past a closed restaurant in Paris amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo The number of daily Continue Reading
In the same way that the U.S.’s global hydrocarbons power has been turbo-boosted by the rise of its shale energy industry, which began with gas in earnest in 2006 and Continue Reading
Holding tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at Colonial Pipeline’s Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland, U.S. May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Drone Base Russia’s embassy in the United States on Continue Reading
Crude oil and refined product prices jumped during the mid-morning trade in Asia May 10, after a cybersecurity breach caused a disruption in operations of the US Colonial pipeline that Continue Reading
Crude oil climbed along with gasoline in New York after a cyberattack put the largest oil-products pipeline in the U.S. out of action. West Texas Intermediate and Brent both rose as Continue Reading
Markets were braced for volatility in US petrol and diesel prices on Sunday as the country’s biggest fuel pipeline remained shut down following a cyber attack. The Colonial Pipeline, which carries Continue Reading
Which peak are we talking about? Some recent headlines and quotes from the press: “Peak Oil is Suddenly Upon Us” (Bloomberg 12/1/20); “Even Exxon Mobil is Capitulating to Peak Oil Continue Reading
President Biden and Iran’s leaders say they share a common goal: They both want to re-enter the nuclear deal that President Donald J. Trump scrapped three years ago, restoring the bargain that Continue Reading
Russia, China, and the European signatories to the so-called Iran nuclear deal agreed on Friday to intensify talks on bringing the United States and Iran back into the Joint Comprehensive Continue Reading
A resurgent Iran pumped its largest volume of crude in almost two years in April, while an increasingly compliance-challenged Russia also boosted its output yet again, bringing total production by Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s GDP shrank 3.3% in the first quarter due to lower oil production from a year-earlier period, as the biggest Arab economy suffers from adherence to OPEC+ cuts. Not Continue Reading
Iraq has extinguished a fire at a second well in Bai Hassan oil field in the Kirkuk region that was set on fire after an explosive attack on May 5, Continue Reading
At the small hospital where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works in Chad’s capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best. There are simply no vaccines at all. Continue Reading
The ongoing second wave of the deadly coronavirus pandemic in India is expected to snowball into a major disruptor for the shipping and logistics industry as several ports globally are Continue Reading
India will recruit hundreds of former army medics to support its overwhelmed healthcare system, the defense ministry said on Sunday, as the country grapples with record COVID-19 infections and deaths Continue Reading
Calls grew for India to impose a nationwide lockdown as new coronavirus cases and deaths held close to record highs on Monday, increasing pressure on the government of Prime Minister Continue Reading
The operator of the largest petroleum pipeline between Texas and New York, which was shut down after a ransomware attack, declined on Sunday to say when it would reopen, raising Continue Reading
The operator of the biggest gasoline pipeline in the U.S. shut down operations late Friday following a ransomware attack that threatens to roil energy markets and upend the supply of Continue Reading
The ransomware attack that forced the closure of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline this weekend showed how cyber criminals pose a far-reaching threat to the aging, vulnerable infrastructure that keeps the Continue Reading
U.S. gasoline prices may surge to their highest since 2014 even faster than previously expected as a cyberattack disrupts operations on the nation’s biggest oil fuel pipeline. The national average stood Continue Reading
The shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline because of a ransomware attack stretched into a third day Sunday, with the Biden administration saying an “all-hands-on-deck” effort is underway to restore Continue Reading
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 6 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.02 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that Continue Reading
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. At The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit, Janet Yellen expressed her confidence that the U.S. economy and employment will return to normal Continue Reading
Crude oil futures have rallied to their highest finish in months, with WTI price climbing above $65 for the first time in two months after OPEC+ stuck with plans to Continue Reading
A member of President Biden’s Cabinet recently told oil companies what might happen to them if they fail to do something, and the admonition caught the attention of Rigzone’s downstream Continue Reading
