Amid comfortable levels of inventories for this time of the year, Asian LNG buyers have been sitting on the sidelines of the spot market this week, hoping for the surge in natural gas prices after the Hamas attack on Israel to fade. Natural gas prices in Asia and Europe jumped …

LNG demand in Asia and Europe is beginning to rise ahead of the peak winter season amid a calmer market compared to last year’s chaos and record-high prices. But neither Europe nor Asia should be complacent about winter gas supply as winter weather, delivery disruptions, and geopolitical tensions could upend …

Affiliates of QatarEnergy and TotalEnergies SE have signed two long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreements for the supply of up to 3.5 million tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG from Qatar to France. Under the agreements, LNG will be delivered ex-ship to the Fos Cavaou LNG receiving …

Russian President Vladimir Putin told an energy conference in Moscow on Wednesday that Russia and Saudi Arabia would “most likely” extend output cuts into 2024 and warned that clashes in the Middle East could impact oil exports with higher shipping and insurance costs. “I am sure that the coordination of …

During a wide-ranging interview with The Epoch Times, the leadership of Nano Nuclear Energy Inc. predicted they would win the race to commercialize a reactor small enough to fit in a shipping container. “By 2030, we’re pretty convinced we’ll be the first company to sell microreactors,” said Nano Nuclear CEO …

India’s diesel exports loading for Europe hit a record high in September amid open arbitrage for westbound shipments, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing tanker-tracking data and analysts. Last month, diesel cargoes loading from India and bound for Europe averaged between 280,000 barrels per day (bpd) and 303,000 bpd – or …

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has reported a major inventory build of 12.940 million barrels in U.S. crude inventories, compared to last week’s 4.210-million-barrel draw. Analysts were expecting a build for the week—although a much smaller one of 1.3 million barrels. The total number of barrels of crude oil moves …

U.S.-headquartered oil and gas exploration and production company Kosmos Energy has made a new oil discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The oil discovery was made at the Tiberius exploration well, where Kosmos is the operator with a 33.34% working interest while its partners are Occidental and Equinor, each …

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia and Saudi Arabia will discuss the oil market situation and oil prices later on Wednesday, news agencies reported, as the Israel-Palestinian conflict rages on. Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman is due to take part in an energy …

A new hub is emerging for ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of Russian oil. In the shadow tanker game of whac-a-mole where some areas make headlines and then fade from view, Israeli maritime artificial intelligence firm Windward has identified an area near the Suez Canal in Egyptian waters as a new spot …