Oil prices struggled on Wednesday after sliding to their lowest levels in over three months in the previous session, weighed down by concerns over waning demand in the world’s top oil consumers, the United States and China. Brent crude futures advanced by 15 cents to $81.76 a barrel by 0636 …
Read More »LNG Trading Made the Difference for Oil Supermajors in Q3
The European oil and gas majors, which are also the world’s top LNG traders, reported a mixed bag of third-quarter results, with some beating or meeting estimates and others missing expectations amid diverging gas trading opportunities in Europe and Asia. Shell and TotalEnergies, the world’s largest and second-largest LNG traders, …
Read More »Japanese Scientists Reinvent Fuel Cells with Graphene Breakthrough
A University of Tsukuba research team has successfully developed a new method that can prevent the crossover of large fuel molecules and suppress the degradation of electrodes in advanced fuel cell technology using methanol or formic acid. The successful sieving of the fuel molecules is achieved via selective proton transfers …
Read More »China’s Strategic Export Control Upends Rare Earth Markets
China has spent years staking out near-total domination of a laundry list of rare earth minerals with a vital and growing role in clean energy supply chains. The nation has been building up its own domestic wealth of these key primary materials while simultaneously expanding its acquisitions and influence in …
Read More »Oil Rises by 1% as Saudi Arabia, Russia Stick to Cuts
Oil prices rose on Monday, after top exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to extra voluntary oil supply cuts until the end of the year. Brent crude futures rose $1.03, or 1.21 per cent, to $85.92 a barrel by 0834 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was …
Read More »Qatar to Supply 40% of World’s LNG by 2029
Qatar is set to provide a substantial 40% of all new LNG supplies by the end of the decade, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi said. The statement was made during the official’s keynote speech at the Sinopec Forum in Shanghai, where he stressed the …
Read More »Russia to Stick with Voluntary Oil Export Cuts until Year-End
Russia will stick to its voluntary oil exports cuts through 2023 in a move to balance the oil market, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. The nation will continue with a policy of curbing overseas supplies of crude and oil products by 300,000 barrels a day until the end …
Read More »China Launches First All-in-One Floating Fish Farm Powered by Wind and Solar Energy
China’s leading wind developer, Longyuan, and turbine-maker Shanghai Electric have launched what they claim is the world’s first integrated floating wind, solar and fish farming system. The facility is located off Nanri Island in Fujian Province. In 2021, the parties announced they would build the world’s first aquaculture farm integrated …
Read More »Morgan Stanely: Oil at $110 could Prompt RBI to Hike Interest Rate again
Morgan Stanley estimates a sustained oil price of $110 a barrel could undermine India’s economic stability, likely forcing the central bank to resume hiking interest rates. As the world’s third-biggest consumer of oil, India is one of the most exposed economies in Asia to rising crude prices. A $10 increase …
Read More »Iran-EAEU Trade Value Exceeds $4 bn in 7 Months
The value of trade exchanges between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to October 22, 2023) reached $4.258 billion. In that period, Iran exported $922 million worth of products to EAEU member states and imported $3.3 …
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