Skip to content
The Energy Bulletin The Energy Bulletin Daily

Daily news

Primary Menu
  • Home
  • Daily News
    • Regions
      • Global
      • N. America
        • USA
        • Canada
        • Mexico
      • Middle East
        • Saudi Arabia
        • Iraq
        • Iran
        • Syria
        • Egypt
        • Israel
        • Gaza
        • Kuwait
        • Bahrain
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Jordan
        • Lebanon
        • Yemen
      • Asia
        • China
        • India
        • Pakistan
        • Japan
        • South Korea
      • Africa
        • Nigeria
        • Libya
        • Algeria
        • Tunisia
      • Europe
        • Russia
        • United Kingdom
        • Ireland
        • Turkey
      • Latin America
        • Venezuela
        • Brazil
        • Argentina
        • Ecuador
    • Topics
      • Prices
      • Oil
        • Shale Oil
        • Tar Sands
        • Peak Oil
      • Gas
        • Shale Gas
      • Other Sources
        • Coal
        • Nuclear
        • Renewables
          • Wind
          • Solar
          • Biofuels
      • Environment
        • Climate
        • Water
        • Air Quality
      • Energy Demand
        • Energy Demand
        • Transportation
      • Economy & Security
        • Economy
        • National Security
  • Weekly Review
  • Archive
  • Subscribe
  • About

Month: April 2022

Category:
  • Prices

Oil Posts Fifth Monthly Gain and Longest Run Since 2018

Oil logged gains for a fifth month after another tumultuous period of trading that saw prices whipsawed by the fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine and a resurgence of Covid-19 Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Oil extends gains as supply fears outweigh China lockdowns

Oil prices rose for a fourth day on Friday as fears over Russian supply disruption trumped COVID-19 lockdowns in China, the world’s biggest crude importer. Brent crude futures rose $1.60, Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • India

Power-hungry India halts passenger trains to free up track to move coal

India has boosted the output of coal and cancelled passenger trains to free up rail track to move it, officials said on Friday, as the government scrambles to overcome its Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • India

Record India heatwave raises power cut fears

A record-breaking “heat dome” across northwest India has worsened a severe shortage of coal for power generation and raised the risk of blackouts at hospitals in New Delhi, according to Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

China’s Economy Slows Rapidly as Covid Zero Lockdowns Bite

 China’s economic activity contracted sharply in April as the lockdown of Shanghai and other areas around the country to contain a widespread Covid-19 outbreak closed factories, snarled roads and stopped Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • California
  • Nuclear

California willing to keep nuclear plant running to keep lights on

 California is open to keeping its last remaining nuclear power plant running to maintain electric reliability as it transitions away from fossil fuels, a spokesperson for Governor Gavin Newsom said Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil

U.S. drillers add oil and gas rigs for record 21 months a row -Baker Hughes

 U.S. energy firms last week added oil and natural gas rigs for a record 21 months in a row as high prices and prodding by the federal government prompted some Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • USA

Cases are rising in nearly every corner of the United States.

Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are rising in a majority of American states, in what appears to be the first widespread increase since the peak of the Omicron surge in January. Reports Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Economy
  • USA

Stock markets tank over new questions about where the economy is heading

A barrage of divisive economic signals, combined with plummeting technology stocks, led financial markets to close April at lows last seen when the pandemic began in March 2020. Uncertainty about Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Energy Demand
  • Prices

Demand Destruction Is Delaying An Oil Supply Crisis

Oil prices are on course for a fifth straight monthly increase despite significant demand destruction in China, a trend that highlights just how big the current supply problem is. Oilprice Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply
  • USA

EIA Monthly Data Shows A Dip In U.S. Oil Production

Weekly U.S. crude oil production figures by the Energy Information Administration are a closely watched data set, but monthly production figures—which lag by months—often are seen as painting a more Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil

The Rig Count Climbs As Markets Clamor For More Oil

The rig count has increased once again, hitting levels not seen since April 2020. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has only added to the demand for drilling, with the rig count Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply
  • Prices
  • USA

Diesel In ‘Crisis’ Mode As Prices Break Records

Diesel prices, the lifeblood of industry, have hit a record $5.16 per gallon, trending $1 per gallon higher than gasoline prices, with inventory shortages adding severe pressure and resulting in Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

US EPA issues emergency fuel waiver to allow summertime E15 fuel sales

Waiver to allow ‘small’ increase in ethanol demand: S&P Global Waiver is not a ‘silver bullet’ for gas prices: White House Ethanol groups want to see action toward a permanent Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Natural Gas Supply
  • Prices

Rising premium at Henry Hub drives more Texas gas eastbound

East Texas basis down over 20 cents this April Southeast LNG demand up 1.6 Bcf/d in 2022 Texas-Louisiana forward spreads wider in 2023 Premium gas prices at the US benchmark Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Poland

Poland’s PGNiG says gas flowing to Novatek customers cut off earlier

 Poland’s biggest gas company PGNiG (PGN.WA) said on Saturday morning that it had started delivering gas to 10 different towns and region across Poland that had had their gas cut Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Economy
  • Russia

Russia makes last-gasp dollar bond payments in bid to avoid default

 Russia made what appeared to be a late u-turn to avoid a default on Friday, as it made a number of already-overdue international debt payments in dollars despite previously vowing Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Russia
  • USA

U.S. sees no threat of Russia using nuclear weapons despite rhetoric- official

The United States does not believe that there is a threat of Russia using nuclear weapons despite a recent escalation in Moscow’s rhetoric, a senior U.S. defense official said on Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Europe

Europe’s Fragile Energy Market Braces for Putin’s Next Move

 Could Europe withstand a wholesale ban on Russian oil and gas? Europe may be hurtling toward a sudden halt of Russian gas, a scenario that would trigger energy rationing, higher Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Russia

Russia running short of precision missiles, say western officials

Russia is running short of precision missiles in its war against Ukraine and its arms factories lack the ability to produce enough to keep up with demand, western officials have Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Russia’s Eastern Offensive Appears to Falter

Russia’s offensive in eastern Ukraine appears to be faltering , as its troops suffer battlefield losses and logistical and morale problems similar to those they faced in the war’s first Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Europe
  • Russia

An EU Embargo On Russian Oil Is Imminent

Members of the European Union are expected to agree on an embargo of Russian crude oil imports as early as next week, according to officials, in a move that would Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

OIL FUTURES: Crude slips as China lockdown continues to weigh on sentiment

Crude oil futures inched lower in mid-morning Asian trade April 29 as China’s lockdown continued to weigh on crude sentiment despite fears of supply disruptions from a potential embargo on Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Oil extends gains as supply fears outweigh China lockdowns

Oil prices rose for a fourth day on Friday as fears over Russian supply disruption trumped COVID-19 lockdowns in China, the world’s biggest crude importer. Brent crude futures rose $1.60, Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • OPEC

OPEC+ Seen Sticking To Current Production Arrangement

OPEC+ expected to boost production by 400,000 in June. Many group members have consistently failed to deliver the agreed production increases. The total production of OPEC+ for March was 1.45 Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Iran

Iran Boosts Oil Exports As Its Key Buyer China Cuts Russian Purchases

Iran’s oil exports jumped by 30 percent from last year to 870,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the first quarter of 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nigeria

TotalEnergies Looks To Divest Nigerian Asset, Joining Big Oil Exodus

France’s supermajor TotalEnergies plans to sell its minority stake in an onshore oil-producing joint venture in Nigeria in what will be the latest divestment of Nigerian oil assets by an Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • India

Heat wave scorches India’s wheat crop, snags export plans

An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance its domestic needs with ambitions to increase exports and make Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • India

India Endures Record Heat Wave: ‘The Only Reason Is Global Warming’

India’s severe heat waves are expected to stretch into early next month, meaning millions of people will have to endure more days of dangerous temperatures and hours-long blackouts . The Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • India

E-Scooters in Flames Show High Cost of India’s Green Goals

A spate of high-profile battery fires is undermining India’s bid to become a leader in electric vehicles, particularly in the ubiquitous two-wheelers that ply the country’s traffic-clogged roads. Social media Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

No quick recovery for China oil demand as COVID battle grinds on

China’s oil demand is expected to stay weak heading into May as COVID-19 lockdowns across the country curtail travel plans during the Labour Day holiday season, analysts and traders say. Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

Renminbi on course for steepest monthly fall as China’s economy slows

The renminbi is set to close out its steepest monthly fall on record as China’s economy reels from severe Covid-19 lockdowns and the US Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Russia

Is China Finally Distancing Itself From Russia?

Western sanctions on Russia are beginning to sting, despite President Vladimir Putin suggesting otherwise. Inflation in Russia is expected to soar to 22% this year, with the IMF chief economist Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

China flips to selling LNG export cargoes as pandemic curbs dent demand

Spot LNG cargoes, term contract volumes heard being resold China’s March LNG imports fall 18% on year Trucked LNG prices for coastal terminals, inland plants fall on weak demand China, Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil

North American oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom

 When Jeremy Davis was laid off from his oilfield job in Texas in 2020, he did not want to leave the industry after 17 years in oil and gas. But Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Solar
  • USA

U.S. solar industry warns of slowdown due to supply chain disruptions, tariff uncertainty

 The U.S. solar industry is warning of a big slowdown in project installations this year as global supply chain disruptions and the threat of new U.S. tariffs on panel imports Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices
  • USA

U.S. Democrats to ‘go after’ oil companies over gasoline prices

 Democrats in Congress, accusing oil companies of gouging and profiteering that has raised gasoline prices, on Thursday promised legislation to allow the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil

Fracking Boom Turns Texas Into the Earthquake Capital of the U.S.

Earthquakes were never anything people in West Texas thought much about. Years would pass in between tremors that anybody felt. Even after the shale revolution arrived in force a decade Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal

Bankers Are Still Standing Behind the Dirtiest Fossil Fuel

Granted it’s still early in 2022, but signs are emerging that the amount of financing going to coal-related projects is running at a rate that’s more than double last year’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Economy
  • USA

Amazon Posts First Quarterly Loss Since 2015 as Costs, Rivian Stake Weigh on Results

Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 4.65%▲ posted its first quarterly loss in seven years, a result that reflected broad economic trends related to a slump in online shopping, higher costs from inflation Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Agriculture
  • USA

Train Delays Bog Down U.S. Farm Sector

Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of convenience. But Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Economy
  • USA

Intel CEO Sees Chip Shortage Lasting Into 2024

Intel said Thursday that first-quarter sales fell almost 7% to $18.35 billion, missing Wall Street expectations. Intel generated net income of $8.1 billion. Consumer demand for lower-end PCs was particularly Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Economy
  • USA

Apple forecasts up to $8bn hit from supply chain problems

Apple executives warned that the group could sustain a hit of up to $8bn in the current quarter from headwinds including supply chain shortages and factory shutdowns in China, underscoring Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

Dangerous fire weather targeting Southwest and southern Plains

A severe-to-exceptional drought is continuing to parch the West and the Plains, with scant rainfall and increasing temperatures desiccating the landscape in recent months. Reservoirs are scraping rock bottom, and Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil

Extreme Weather Leads To Sharp Drop In North Dakota Oil Production

A recent bout of bad weather has slashed oil production in North Dakota by almost 80 percent, and restoring the lost output could take several days. North Dakota, home to Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Renewables
  • USA

U.S. Renewables Power Generation Surpassed Nuclear In 2021

Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totaled 795 million MWh in the United States in 2021, surpassing nuclear generation. Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totaled 795 million Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Ukraine

NATO says it’s ready to back Kyiv for years in war against Russia

NATO is ready to maintain its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia for years, including help for Kyiv to shift from Soviet-era weapons to modern Western arms and Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Germany
  • Russia

Germany Drops Opposition to Embargo on Russian Oil

Germany is now ready to stop buying Russian oil, clearing the way for a European Union ban on crude imports from Russia, government officials said. Berlin had been one of Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Europe
  • Russia

EU Tells Gas Companies Not to Bend to Russia’s Demand for Rubles

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the move by Russia to halt gas delivery to certain European Union member states is a form of blackmail. “The era of Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Europe
  • USA

More of Europe’s crude supply is coming from deep in the heart of Texas

U.S. crude exports to Europe climbed in March and April as buyers across the Atlantic snapped up the country’s light sweet grades to offset the expected loss of Russian oil, Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple

Posts navigation

Older posts

Archives

  • December 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
Website maintained by Post Carbon Institute
Theme: Royal Magazine by ThemeinWP