Lower oil prices and steeper discounts for Russian oil sent Russia’s oil revenues down in November despite the highest export volumes since April this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. Last month, total oil exports out of Russia rose by 270,000 barrels per day (bpd) from October …
Read More »China to Stop Reporting Comprehensive Covid Data
China will stop collecting and reporting comprehensive Covid case data after it ended mandatory testing for the virus. The move comes amid a general relaxation of Covid-related restrictions as Beijing adjusts its zero-Covid policy following a wave of protests against the restrictions in large Chinese cities. Bloomberg reports from now …
Read More »EU Attempts to Break the Deadlock over a Natural Gas Price Cap
The energy ministers of the 27 European Union member states are holding an emergency meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to try to reach an agreement over capping the price of natural gas to shield customers and businesses from spikes in prices. Early on Tuesday before the meeting, the EU was …
Read More »IEA and Ukraine Deepen Bilateral Cooperation with New Joint Work Program
The IEA and Ukraine today signed a two-year joint work program to help the country’s energy system recover from the destruction caused by Russia’s invasion and lay the foundations for its transition to a secure and sustainable energy future. The agreement was signed at the IEA’s Paris headquarters following a …
Read More »China is Set to Become Russia’s Main Gas Importer to Replace EU
China is set to overtake the European Union (EU) as the main consumer of Russian natural gas after the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline comes online by 2030. The pipeline, which is currently under construction, will bring gas from the Yamal reserves in west Siberia—the main source of gas supply …
Read More »European Countries Try to Weaken EU Clampdown on Methane Emissions
Some European Union countries are trying to weaken the bloc’s planned law to cut methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, documents show, weeks after the EU pledged at the COP27 climate conference to do more to tackle the potent greenhouse gas. Methane is the second biggest cause of …
Read More »India could Attract $10 Billion of Low-Carbon Energy Investments in 2023
India could attract some $10 billion in low-carbon energy investments next year, Bank of America analysts have estimated, noting the subcontinent as a bright spot in a subdued capital-raising market. “If you really have to get your ESG story right, and if you are into energy, then you can do …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Seeks Investors for $110 Billion Unconventional Gas Project
Saudi Aramco is in early-stage talks with potential equity investors that would help fund a huge $110 billion unconventional gas field development in the Kingdom, sources with knowledge of the negotiations told Bloomberg on Monday. Aramco is seeking investors to back the field development of Jafurah, the largest non-associated gas …
Read More »Russia is Shipping more than 3 Million Bpd of Crude to Asia
Russia was shipping more than 3 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to Asia in the week to December 9, the week in which the EU embargo on imports of Russian crude by sea came into force, vessel-tracking data monitored by Bloomberg showed on Monday. The volumes being …
Read More »U.S. to Reveal Scientific Milestone on Fusion Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday will announce that scientists at a national lab have made a breakthrough on fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars that one day could provide a cheap source of electricity, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. The scientists at …
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