A semiconductor supply crunch is forcing world-leading car manufacturers Volkswagen and Toyota to slash vehicle production. Toyota, the world’s largest carmaker, announced it will cut production by 40 percent in Continue Reading
China almost halved its gasoline exports in July from the previous month to 741,000 mt, with Singapore still the top destination at 443,000 mt, detailed data released by the General Continue Reading
A new California building code is a leap forward for reducing the use of natural gas, with rules that set a strong preference for electric heating in new construction. That’s Continue Reading
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 17-month low last week, pointing to another month of robust job growth, though surging COVID-19 infections pose Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Thursday said it would conduct a formal review of coal sales on federal lands to study their impact on climate change and value to American taxpayers. Continue Reading
Covid-19 patients are dying in U.S. hospitals at levels not seen since February, and the numbers could worsen as intensive-care units overflow in parts of the South. In Alabama, there Continue Reading
The pandemic very likely hit the downstream oil even more severely than exploration and production and led to longer suffering. But now, things are finally beginning to look up for Continue Reading
The ongoing situation for 2021 in the U.S. appears to be Big Oil versus Biden, as once again major U.S. oil industry groups are suing President Biden for halting drilling Continue Reading
Between 69 and 84 percent of observed methane gas flares in Texas were unpermitted, environmental group Earthworks said in a report published on Thursday, which says the Railroad Commission of Continue Reading
Starwood Energy Group Global has entered into an exclusive agreement with Slate Refining to reconfigure Slate’s refinery located in Douglas, Wyoming, into a renewable fuels production facility. Starwood Energy Group Continue Reading
