France has “questions” about refining margins, and decisions could be made to curb excessive profits, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told journalists on Thursday. Inflation has been a concern across Europe, and the French government has taken strides to lower the cost of basic goods and services such as …

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is spurring a land rush for development sites and giving impetus to clean energy equipment manufacturing in the United States, which could see annual renewable capacity additions triple to 110 gigawatts (GW) in ten years, according to Wood Mackenzie. Despite supply-chain and tariff challenges unrelated …

Russia is again reviving the possibility that it could ban all crude oil product exports in order to stabilize volatile fuel prices in the country, Russia’s TASS new agency said . Alternatively, Russia could increase its oil product exports duty to $250 per tonne. This duty will be refunded for …

Iran continued to increase its oil production in August to reach three million barrels per day (bpd) and stand at the third place among OPEC top producers, according to figures released in the organization’s latest monthly report. OPEC data showed that Iran’s oil output increased by 143,000 bpd or five …

TotalEnergies SE is launching a “massive” green hydrogen tender to reduce the carbon emissions of its six European refineries and two French biofuel plants as pressure mounts on the industry to fight climate change. The French energy giant plans to replace the entire 500,000 tons of gray hydrogen used annually …

Britain has now installed more wind capacity than any other type of power source, with wind power capacity overtaking combined-cycle gas power stations for the first time and ending more than a century of fossil fuels dominating the electricity system, a new report prepared for power group Drax showed on …

According to the World Bank, global seaport trade traffic reached 841 million TEUs (20-foot container equivalent units) in 2021. In this infographic, Visual Capitalist’s Freny Fernandes and Winifred Amase use that data to highlight the countries with the highest seaport trade traffic. China Leads All Seaport Trade Traffic With a …

Oil prices have soared to a 10-month high on Wednesday, with a surprise build in U.S. crude inventories failing to dampen expectations of tight supplies for the rest of the year. Front-month November Brent crude closed +1.5% at $92.06/bbl, its best settlement since November 16 while U.S. front-month Nymex crude …

China is back on the spot LNG market to seek cargoes for the coming winter, potentially upsetting a fragile balance in the global natural gas market just as Europe has reached its gas storage target well ahead of the November 1 deadline. Following a record slump in Chinese gas demand …

European natural gas prices held gains as escalating strikes in Australia add to concerns about supply disruptions from Norway and a major export facility in the US. Benchmark futures rose as much as 3.2% on Thursday, after jumping to the highest in over two weeks in the previous session. Liquefied …