Beleaguered North African oil producer Libya is set to announce within months its first oil and gas exploration bid round since the civil war began in 2011, Libyan Oil Minister Khalifa Abdul Sadiq told Bloomberg in an interview. OPEC member Libya plans to offer blocks both onshore and offshore in …

As we have reported over the last year, EU authorities have been doing everything in their power to stifle EV production based in China, fearing that the lower cost models coming from the east are warping the European market and putting domestic producers at a disadvantage. Now as part of …

Shell is gearing up to transform its largest German oil refinery, Rheinland, turning the crude-centric Wesseling site into a base-oil powerhouse. The overhaul, set to kick off next quarter, signals a major shift as Shell pivots from conventional oil refining toward high-grade lubricants. Goodbye crude processing at Wesseling—by 2025, that …

Eight members of the OPEC+ group of oil-producing nations said on Sunday they were extending supply cuts until the end of December. The move is aimed at boosting oil prices amid uncertain demand and accelerating supply, with an eye on the imminent US presidential election, though analysts predict a limited …

Soaring crude futures prices on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) have opened the arbitrage for traders to deliver in November what could be this year’s highest volumes of crude from the Middle East to the Chinese exchange, trade sources have told Reuters. The prices of the November futures contract …

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company by production and market value, reported on Tuesday a 15.4% annual decline in third-quarter earnings, due to lower oil prices and weaker refining margins, but maintained its $31.1 billion quarterly dividend, most of which goes to the Kingdom. Aramco, which is also the …

The North Sea is famous as one of Europe’s top crude production sites, with the UK and Norway accounting for about 80% of the region’s output. Unfortunately, the North Sea has already entered a phase of terminal decline. Last year, the oil basin produced 34 m tonnes of oil, its …

Crude oil prices started the week with a gain of over $1 per barrel following reports that OPEC+ had decided to postpone a planned partial rollback of its production cuts. The group was supposed to bring back some 180,000 barrels daily in supply from December but it had conditioned that …

A year ago, European politicians declared the gas crisis from the near-complete halt of Russian supplies was over. The EU had turned to alternative natural gas suppliers, assuring there would be enough to prevent shortages and steep prices. These assurances now appear premature. Last week, European benchmark gas prices hit …

One of the complaints when it comes to solar power is that you usually have to link it to batteries. Even in areas with plenty of sun, you cannot have sunlight 24/7 all year round. At least, not on Earth. In space, however, you can. For decades, people have been …