Europe’s natural gas stockpiles are at elevated levels and on track to be full sooner than planned. This gives governments and industries confidence that last year’s energy crisis will not be repeated. The benchmark natural gas prices are one-tenth of the records seen last summer when Russia slashed pipeline supply …

Oil prices fell by around 1% in early Asian trade on Monday after major Libyan oilfields resumed production over the weekend following a brief shutdown and after China reported second-quarter economic growth below expectations. In the morning in Europe, the U.S. benchmark WTI Crude was trading down by 0.98% at …

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed on Sunday to cooperate in sharing technology to aid in the decarbonization and economic diversification of the Middle Eastern nation, while ensuring Japan’s ongoing access to its oil. The two agreed to launch a “strategic dialogue” at …

Pakistan can attract foreign investment in manufacturing of solar panels and allied equipment at local level provided it formulates policies that deliver legal safeguards to investors and guarantee a consistent regulatory framework. Talking to WealthPK, Mustafah Abdullah, a wind and solar energy project developer and Chief Executive Officer of Moro …

Volkswagen Group’s electric transition is continuing at a good pace. Its pure electric (BEV) sales were up nearly 50% in the first six months of 2023 compared to the first six months of 2022. They grew from 217,200 to 321,600. Furthermore, there are another 200,000 or so BEV orders on …

OPEC oil producer Iraq intends to award a new project for the construction of a solar power plant with a generation capacity of 700 megawatts, the country’s Electricity Minister Ziyad Ali Fadel was quoted as saying on Friday by Baghdad Al-Yaum news agency. The minister noted that the Cabinet would …

The ongoing closure of several oilfields in Libya has cost the North African country the production of 340,000 oil barrels, oil minister Mohamed Aoun told Dubai-based Asharq TV. Production at the El Feel, Sharara and 108 oilfields was shut on Thursday in a protest by the Al-Zawi tribe against the …

The world oil demand will grow by a healthy 2.2 million to 104.25 million barrel per day (mb/d), in 2024, said the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in its review, thus raising its 2023 forecast to 2.4 mb/d, following an upward revision of about 0.1 mbn/d from last …

Iraq’s oil production may be impacted by a recent agreement to pay for Iranian gas imports through a barter deal involving fuel oil and crude oil from Baghdad, according to a state oil marketing company SOMO source. Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad al-Sudani announced the deal to solve difficulties in paying …

Shell Plc is exploring options for its global renewable power operations, including a potential stake sale to outside investors, people with knowledge of the matter said. The UK energy giant is working with advisers to study a range of possibilities that could also include separating the business into a more …