India reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases on Monday, but daily deaths remained above 4,000 and experts said the count was unreliable due to a lack of testing Continue Reading
Nearly 150,000 people were moved from their homes in the Indian state of Gujarat to safety on Monday and authorities closed ports and a main airport as the most intense Continue Reading
As India confronts a devastating coronavirus outbreak where thousands are dying each day, the country desperately needs to vaccinate its population as soon as possible. Yet the vaccine drive is stumbling Continue Reading
In the space of less than a decade Venezuela’s once-mighty oil industry, the petrostate’s economic backbone, has nearly collapsed. Since Maduro’s predecessor Chavez took power in 1999 and launched his Continue Reading
At the Daqo New Energy Corp. factory in China’s Xinjiang region, workers carefully processed tall columns of refined silicon last week as a group of reporters and analysts looked on. It’s the first time Continue Reading
China’s factories slowed their output growth in April and retail sales significantly missed expectations as officials warned of new problems affecting the recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. While China’s Continue Reading
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp’s refinery is pictured in Yokohama, Japan February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japanese refiners plan to sell assets and speed structural reform and overseas expansion Continue Reading
China’s crude throughput in the second quarter is likely to be buoyed by improving domestic demand and a shortage of oil product supplies due to the introduction of consumption taxes Continue Reading
Gasoline shortages that have plagued the U.S. East Coast slowly eased on Sunday, with 1,000 more stations receiving supplies as the country’s largest fuel pipeline network recovered from a crippling Continue Reading
Vistra Corp. owns 36 natural-gas power plants, one of America’s largest fleets. It doesn’t plan to buy or build anymore. Instead, Vistra intends to invest more than $1 billion in solar Continue Reading
Private companies in America’s most productive oil region are burning unwanted natural gas at almost six times the level of intensity than publicly listed companies. The majority of flaring by the Continue Reading
A team at Harvard has a developed a design for a solid-state battery that uses a hierarchy of interface stabilities (to lithium metal responses), to achieve an ultrahigh current density Continue Reading
SAE International’s Wireless Power Transfer and Alignment Task Force, SAE J2954, is urging the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to act to support the commercialization of wireless charging operating in Continue Reading
Europe faces the prospect of higher electricity bills and a supply crunch, as utilities struggle to finance new gas-fired power plants unless they meet tougher emissions criteria imposed by banks Continue Reading
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday rejected demands to bring forward an exit date for ending coal generation in Germany, currently set at 2038 . “Those affected need some reliability Continue Reading
Several of the world’s largest oil-producing nations have recently made public plans to boost their production capacity. The reason: peak oil demand is looming and countries are determined to make Continue Reading
Oil major BP (BP.L) has lobbied for the EU to support natural gas, a move that exposes divergent views among investors and reflects a wider European dispute about the role Continue Reading
Oil in New York surged the most in a month on Friday as prices garnered support from a recovery in equities and a softer dollar. West Texas Intermediate climbed back above $65 Continue Reading
Oil headed for the biggest weekly drop since early April as countries in Asia continue to fight persistent Covid-19 outbreaks, highlighting the patchy recovery from the pandemic even as U.S. Continue Reading
Oil prices rebounded on Friday morning as inflation fears fade and the global supply glut slowly drains, although the IEA did revise its demand projection downward. For more great energy Continue Reading
Israeli security forces killed eight people in the occupied West Bank and wounded more than 100 others according to local officials, raising the prospect of a new front emerging in Continue Reading
Hamas’ militant wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, announced earlier this week that it is deliberately targeting Israel’s secretive Dimona nuclear reactor site , known as the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Continue Reading
Rockets fired by Hamas flew into Israel throughout the week, slamming into towns like Lod and Bat Yam. Another complicated challenge is coming from within, with neighbors turning against neighbors Continue Reading
Violence between Israelis and Palestinians expanded in new directions on Friday, with deadly clashes convulsing the occupied West Bank and anti-Israeli protests erupting along Israel’s borders with two Arab neighbors. Continue Reading
As the war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip lit up the skies and sent civilians running for cover for the fifth night running on Friday, diplomats Continue Reading
A power plant fired by associated gas from the Sarqala oil field is nearing completion, in a sign that Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is taking practical steps towards Continue Reading
Four rounds of indirect talks between the US and Iran have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough in negotiations to revive the nuclear deal, but rival producers and traders Continue Reading
India reported on Saturday its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three weeks, but deaths stayed near the 4,000-mark as the World Health Organisation warned that the second Continue Reading
India is in the middle of a devastating Covid-19 surge that has set records for new infections and deaths and severely strained its healthcare system. Last week, India became the second country Continue Reading
Chinese authorities are looking to ease the domestic fuel glut and reducing pollution by heavily taxing as of June the imports of several kinds of blending fuels which are being Continue Reading
The cyber-attack that crippled the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline this week triggered spot shortages of gasoline and a gusher of political rhetoric, with groups from across the political spectrum offering Continue Reading
Eleven Madison Park, a top Manhattan restaurant, is going meatless. The Epicurious cooking site stopped posting new beef recipes. The Culinary Institute of America is promoting “plant-forward” menus. Dozens of Continue Reading
Retail sales in the U.S. were flat in April after soaring in March, when many Americans received $1,400 stimulus checks that boosted spending. The report Friday from the U.S. Commerce Continue Reading
The criminal cyber cartel blamed for the ransomware attack on a US pipeline that caused petrol shortages for motorists this week has said it is ceasing operations, according to cyber Continue Reading
It didn’t take long for the Environmental Protection Agency official to discover the problem. It was 7:10 p.m. on a Wednesday night. The EPA employee who had been deployed to Continue Reading
Baker Hughes reported on Friday that the number of oil and gas rigs in the United States increased by 5 this week, bringing the total rig count to 453. In Continue Reading
The operator of the ransomware group Darkside said on Friday it had lost control of its servers and some of the money it had made through ransom payments, Recorded Future Continue Reading
Governor John Bel Edwards, the Democrat at the helm of Louisiana, has urged the federal government to resume oil and gas leases within months, the Associated Press reports , quoting Continue Reading
Texas lawmakers advanced during the week ending May 14 eight bills related to the mid-February storm that shut off power for about 4 million customers, with two sent to Gov. Continue Reading
Motorists in southeast U.S. states on Saturday continued to hunt for fuel as a massive replenishment effort took hold, helping ease shortages from a cyberattack that cut supplies from Florida Continue Reading
The organization responsible for North American electric reliability warned energy shortfalls were possible this summer in California, Texas, New England and the Central United States based on above-normal temperature forecasts Continue Reading
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline. Problems peaked Continue Reading
The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water to farmers from a critical reservoir and said they Continue Reading
Oil and water don’t mix — especially when the latter involves the Great Lakes, the repository of more than 20 percent of the world’s freshwater. And yet for nearly 70 Continue Reading
Lee Klass is a long-haul trucker who has spent most of the past 50 years working behind the wheel. The cost of doing his job spiked dramatically this week. Klass, Continue Reading
Baker Hughes reported the total number of oil rigs operating in the United States and Canada increased by 11 this week. Baker Hughes Co. (NYSE: BKR) on Friday reported the Continue Reading
Shell Makes Significant Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Find Shell Offshore Inc, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, announced a “significant” discovery at the Leopard prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf Continue Reading
Washington was running out of gasoline on Friday, even as the country’s largest fuel pipeline network ramped up deliveries following a cyberattack and U.S. officials assured motorists that supplies would Continue Reading
Russia’s oil reserves will last until 2080 at the current pace of annual production, Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov told Russian outlet RBC in an interview this week. Russia also Continue Reading
The world needs to ditch coal in order to tackle climate change and save the planet, former UK business secretary Alok Sharma, who is now president for this year’s global Continue Reading
