Chinese lenders arranged three-fourths of all the $120 billion in global financing for coal projects last year, new research from BloombergNEF showed on Wednesday. Chinese banks accounted for a massive 76%, or $93 billion, of the arranged financing for coal projects last year, followed by U.S. banks, which were at …

Crude oil prices moved lower today after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported an estimated inventory increase of 2.9 million barrels for the week to December 15. This followed a weekly inventory decline of 4.3 million barrels for the previous week. The estimate also came out a day after the …

Qatar remains by far the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Middle East, and one of the top three in the world, together with the U.S. and Australia. Alongside this, though, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it has accomplished something of a geopolitical …

Oil prices have spiked and could remain elevated as companies try and find alternative cargo routes following vessel attacks in the Red Sea. International benchmark Brent crude has shot up to $79.35/bbl as of this morning, having opened on Monday at $77.24/bbl. The attacks, which have been occurring daily since …

Adnoc has signed a 15-year agreement with ENN LNG, the Singapore subsidiary of China’s ENN Natural Gas, for the delivery of at least a million metric tonnes a year of liquefied natural gas. The LNG will primarily be sourced from Adnoc’s Ruwais LNG project in Abu Dhabi, with deliveries expected …

Oil prices ticked higher on Wednesday after rising more than 1% in the previous session on jitters over global trade disruption and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East following Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Brent crude futures edged up 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $79.29 a barrel …

The European Union’s energy ministers approved on Tuesday a plan to extend the emergency cap on natural gas prices for another year until the end of January 2025. The original cap on gas prices, the so-called “market correction mechanism,” was introduced at the end of last year to shield industry …

Germany’s state-controlled firm Securing Energy for Europe (Sefe) and Equinor signed on Tuesday one of the biggest-ever natural supply deals for Norway’s energy giant worth an estimated $55 billion (50 billion euros). Equinor will supply Germany’s Sefe with around 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year from …

Russia is working on the possibility of increasing exports of oil and petroleum products to Uzbekistan, Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said, Trend reports. The remark was made during the meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan. The official noted that, the Russia supports Uzbekistan’s …

Türkiye’s natural gas demand is expected to increase and reach around 53 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2024, according to Yaşar Arslan, president of Türkiye’s Natural Gas Distribution Companies’ Association (GAZBIR), on Sunday. Arslan told Anadolu Agency (AA) that natural gas consumption this year may remain below the 56 billion …