India’s biggest state-held refiner, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has acquired five December-arriving cargoes of Russian crude from non-sanctioned entities, trade sources told Reuters as India scrambles to replace sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil deliveries. The U.S. sanctions Russia’s top two producers sent Indian refiners rushing to replace volumes from these exporters …
Read More »Petronas Keeps the Gas Flowing as Malaysia Burns more Coal
Liquefied natural gas has once again become trendy. After several years under attack from environmentalists, even the EU has accepted that natural gas, in whatever form it can get it, is going to stay in the energy mix for quite a while yet. The U.S. is building new export capacity …
Read More »BP’s US$25bn Five-Field Megadeal in Iraq is Finally Activated
Back in 2009, British oil and gas giant BP along with its then-Chinese partner China National Petroleum Corporation secured a technical services contract with Iraq’s state-owned South Oil Company to develop Iraq’s largest oil field – Rumaila – in the first such foreign exploration on the country’s energy sector in …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Awards Five Renewables Projects Worth $2.4 Billion
Saudi Arabia has awarded one wind power and four solar power projects in the country worth a total estimated investment of $2.4 billion (9 billion Saudi riyals), the official Saudi Press Agency reports. Saudi Power Procurement Company, the principal buyer of the projects, awarded the five projects with a total …
Read More »Oil India Unable to Draw Dividends from Russian Fields due to U.S. Sanctions
Oil India Limited (OIL), the state-owned oil and gas explorer, has $300 million in dividends from its stakes in Russian oilfields stuck at Russian banks and unable to withdraw, due to last week’s U.S. sanctions that hit the Rosneft-operated fields. The U.S. sanctions on JSC Vankorneft and Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha LLC …
Read More »UK Sets £1.08 Billion Offshore Wind Budget in 2030 Push
The UK government will offer an annual £1.08 billion support budget for new offshore wind projects under its next renewable electricity auction, with £900 million dedicated to fixed-bottom developments and another £180 million for floating offshore wind farms to be delivered from 2028, the Independent reported. The government said the …
Read More »Russia Moves to Establish State Insurance Firm for Arctic Oil Shipments
Russia is preparing to launch a state-backed insurance company to cover oil and commodity exports along the Northern Sea Route, as Western sanctions continue to isolate its shipping and reinsurance sectors. The initiative, confirmed by several Russian media outlets including Izvestia and Neftegaz, is being developed with support from the …
Read More »The U.S. LNG Boom could Make Energy more Expensive for Americans
The noticeable upward tilt in graphs of the U.S. natural gas price since April 2024 is likely a hint of things to come for U.S. consumers of energy. That’s because record amounts of U.S. natural gas are now being sent abroad in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG). And …
Read More »China Leads World’s Underground Gas Storage Buildup
China has increased its underground gas storage capacity by the most of any country since 2022, the International Gas Union (IGU) said in a new report on Monday. As of 2025, there are 699 underground natural gas storage facilities in operation worldwide, with a total working gas volume of 424 …
Read More »COP30 Climate Summit could Set Global Sustainable Biofuels Target
Next month’s global climate summit could debate and potentially adopt targets for sustainable biofuel production and use, Francesco La Camera, Director-General at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), said on Monday. The COP30 climate summit will be held between November 10 and 21 in Belem, Brazil, which is a global …
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