Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Sunday gained understanding from his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi over the recent start of the release into the sea of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. In Jordan, Hayashi told Safadi that the discharge is being carried out with transparency …

China has seen robust growth in the installed capacity of renewable energy in 2023 amid the country’s strenuous efforts to push green transition. The country’s total capacity of renewable energy reached about 2.71 billion kilowatts (kw) in the first half of 2023, according to the latest report by National Energy …

No single form of energy can currently meet expected future energy demand; instead, an “all-peoples, all-fuels and all-technologies” approach is required, said OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais, Trend reports. “As such, OPEC member countries are ready, willing and able to provide the affordable energy needed to cater towards these …

Iraq, OPEC’s second largest exporter, has had its crude oil supplies to the US, the world’s second largest importer, decreased, data by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed this weekend. In the span of a week, the volume dwindled from 283,000 barrels daily to a mere 232,000 barrels — a …

North Korea launched two long-range cruise missiles on early Saturday as part of a “tactical nuclear strike drill,” the country’s state media reported on Sunday. Latest in a string of missile tests, the launch came two days after the US and South Korea wrapped up their 11-day joint military exercise, …

“Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up drinking”, says Lloyd Bridges’ wizened air traffic controller Steve McCroskey in the 1980 disaster satire Airplane. You’d imagine National Air Traffic Services (NATS) chief exec Martin Rolfe is probably in need of a stiff drink after this week’s air travel …

There is now a concerted effort to change the global public perception of nuclear power, as governments worldwide look to rapidly expand their clean energy sources to achieve a green transition. Nuclear power has come on a long journey, from widely popular to demonised and back again. But many people …

Lower oil and gas prices this year and the end of last year’s massive spending before and during the World Cup have slowed down the economic growth in Qatar, one of the world’s top liquefied natural gas exporters, which is currently building the biggest LNG expansion project in history. Qatar …

India’s import of cheap Russian oil plunged to lowest in seven months in August as monsoon rains dampened demand, industry data showed. The world’s third largest oil consumer reduced imports from Russia for a third consecutive month in August. It took 1.46 million barrels a day from Russia in August, …

Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) has reported a rise in its exports to Jordan for August, with the price of a barrel standing at $70.22. With this price tag, Iraq has offered Jordan a discount of $13.13 per barrel, given that the official selling rate declared by Iraq’s Ministry …