The US will consume less gasoline this year than previously thought, although total demand will still top 2021 levels, according to the latest government forecast. Gasoline consumption for 2022 is Continue Reading
This month’s biggest climate milestones happened over one weekend. On Sunday, the US Senate approved hundreds of billions of dollars in climate and clean-energy spending. Just two days before, climate Continue Reading
Water has become a sacred commodity in northern Mexico. Reservoirs have been hitting the bottom of their basins. Taps have been running dry for millions of people in the city of Continue Reading
The U.S. Senate climate bill’s fee on oil and gas industry methane emissions will cover less than half the sector’s releases of the powerful greenhouse gas, thanks to concessions made Continue Reading
Forecast Highlights Global liquid fuels The August Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) is subject to heightened uncertainty resulting from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, how sanctions affect Russia’s oil production, the production decisions Continue Reading
The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a surprise build this week for crude oil of 2.156 million barrels, while analysts predicted a draw of 400,000 barrels. The build comes as Continue Reading
The Energy Information Administration has lowered its forecast for crude oil production for this year and next, according to a new report. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) made several adjustments Continue Reading
President Biden on Tuesday signed the Chips and Science Act of 2022, directing financial assistance for the construction and expansion of semiconductor manufacturing facilities and other programs. Photo: Evan Vucci/AP Continue Reading
The Inflation Reduction Act budget reconciliation bill has passed the Senate and will now move for approval in the House. As well as extending the existing biodiesel and renewable diesel Continue Reading
The United States stands ready to “quickly conclude a deal” to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement on the basis of proposals put forward by the European Union, a State Continue Reading
Highlights Bilateral climate agenda moves from collaboration to competition COP27 outcomes could be impacted Green hydrogen, CCUS, methane reduction likely to be hit China’s suspension of climate dialogue with the Continue Reading
After years of failed attempts to pass major legislation to combat climate change, the U.S. Senate’s Inflation Reduction Act is poised to become the largest U.S. climate legislation in history. Continue Reading
Gas stations in the US are selling plenty of fuel, even as government data shows a steep drop in wholesale gasoline demand. The amount of retail gasoline sold in the Continue Reading
The strong gusts blowing off the coasts of Puerto Rico, Guam and other US territories offer big green energy potential — but for decades, a quirk in federal law meant Continue Reading
At one weather station in Fairbanks, Alaska, each hour of rainfall is about 50 percent more intense, on average, than it was a half-century ago. The Wichita area is experiencing rains Continue Reading
Reducing the workweek to four days could have a climate benefit, advocates say. In addition to improving the well-being of workers, they say slashing working hours may reduce carbon emissions. It’s Continue Reading
Despite steadily falling gas prices during the peak of the summer driving season, fewer drivers fueled up last week. It’s another sign that, for now, Americans are changing their driving Continue Reading
The U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA), has forecasted in their most recent edition of the Short Term Energy Outlook-STEO, a rise in U.S. production of about 800K BOEPD by the Continue Reading
A tanker of U.S. sour crude was delivered at Germany’s port of Rostock last week for the first time ever, according to sources, analysts, and vessel tracking data, as local Continue Reading
As many as 80,000 Russian troops have been wounded or killed in less than six months of fighting in Ukraine , the Pentagon said Monday, the first time the U.S. Continue Reading
Iran’s chief negotiator in the nuclear talks, Ali Bagheri-Kani, in Vienna on Thursday. The U.N. probe into the man-made nuclear material found in Iran is highly sensitive for Tehran, which Continue Reading
At one weather station in Fairbanks, Alaska, each hour of rainfall is about 50 percent more intense, on average, than it was a half-century ago. The Wichita area is experiencing rains Continue Reading
U.S. fuel retailers are fighting the inclusion of a tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Democrats’ $430 billion spending bill, arguing SAF is more carbon intense and less Continue Reading
In 1969, President Richard Nixon’s adviser Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a memo describing a startling future. The increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere caused by burning oil, gas and coal, Mr. Continue Reading
The U.S. Senate has passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The U.S. Senate has passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which will now head to the U.S. House Of Representatives. Continue Reading
The Senate continued to plow through a series of amendments on Democrats’ climate and tax package , closing in Sunday on passing elements of President Biden’s agenda that have languished Continue Reading
Democrats drove their election-year economic package toward Senate approval early Sunday, debating a measure with less ambition than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but that touches deep-rooted party dreams Continue Reading
Most electric-vehicle models would be ineligible for a $7,500 tax credit for U.S. buyers under a Democratic proposal in the U.S. Senate, a group of major automakers said on Friday. Continue Reading
Energy pipeline operator Energy Transfer LP has disclosed a pipeline rupture in Louisiana last month that released 8.2 million cubic feet of natural gas, according to a report filed with Continue Reading
The U.S. economy has now recouped the 22 million jobs lost early in the pandemic, adding 528,000 positions in July as employers clamored for workers despite a slowdown in economic Continue Reading
Congressional Republicans are ramping up pressure on the oil-and-gas industry to take an aggressive stance against the Democrats’ tax-and-climate bill , frustrated that the industry hasn’t done more to help Continue Reading
Josh Halliburton HAL 1.91%▲ joined Ford F -0.46%▼ Motor Co. in January to help improve its shaky quality record. Within months it was clear how big a challenge he faced. Continue Reading
The Biden administration’s next security assistance package for Ukraine is expected to be $1 billion, one of the largest so far, and include munitions for long-range weapons and armored medical Continue Reading
U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories are depleting to critically low levels; either an imminent recession reduces consumption or prices are likely to surge higher. Distillate fuel oil is the lifeblood Continue Reading
A drop in US jet fuel consumption verifies what travelers have felt for months: Airlines haven’t been able to keep up with summer travel demand. Carriers contending with labor shortages Continue Reading
A pipe for carbon dioxide captured from the emissions of a generating station in Thompsons, Texas. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg A week after US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Continue Reading
Two top forecasters are trimming their Atlantic hurricane outlooks slightly after a slow start to the season, but still predict an above-average number of storms. The US National Oceanic and Continue Reading
A person cooled off in a mister set up in lower Manhattan in New York City on Thursday as a heat wave hit the area. High temperatures in the Northeast Continue Reading
Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat of Arizona, announced on Thursday evening that she would support moving forward with her party’s climate, tax and health care package, clearing the way for a Continue Reading
Nearly two dozen Republican state treasurers around the country are working to thwart climate action on state and federal levels, fighting regulations that would make clear the economic risks posed Continue Reading
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said she would soon be ready to “move forward” on a revised version of Senate Democrats’ health-care, climate and deficit-reduction package, opening the door for party Continue Reading
U.S. oil and gas dealmaking contracted 65% Y/Y to $12 billion last quarter. Big Oil executives have become increasingly hesitant to pull the trigger after the last M&A wave turned Continue Reading
An indication of demand destruction, US steam coal exports fell 15.2% on the year in June as the CIF ARA monthly average price more than tripled to $371.02/mt, according to Continue Reading
While Iran says it isn’t trying to build nuclear weapons, a look at its key facilities suggests it could develop the technology to make them. WSJ breaks down Tehran’s capabilities Continue Reading
Note: According to Reuters’ sources, CATL is pressing ahead with plans to deliver lower-cost lithium iron batteries to Ford Motor Co. and with plans for battery production in North America Continue Reading
Intensifying Texas heat is poised to test the power grid on Thursday with demand seen topping 80 gigawatts for the first time ever. Ample winds twirling turbines are expected to Continue Reading
Americans are officially driving less than they did in the summer of 2020, when pandemic travel restrictions all but halted movement. The four-week average of US gasoline consumption — the Continue Reading
The Western US is an empire built on snow. And that snow is vanishing. Since most of the region gets little rain in the summer, even in good years, its Continue Reading
Global demand for oil has fallen in recent weeks as economic growth has slowed around the world, including in China , analysts said. Demand data and consumer surveys also suggest Continue Reading
Crude oil prices fell today after the Energy Information Administration reported a build in crude oil inventories of 4.5 million barrels for the week to July 29. This compared with Continue Reading
