As China continues to grow its electric vehicle (EV) industry, it has expanded to several new markets in recent years, opening multiple production and assembly plants across Latin America. Chinese EV companies now offer a wide variety of EV models at competitive prices, making them well-suited to the Latin American …
Read More »Trump Moves to Open 82% of Alaska’s Petroleum Reserve for Drilling
Since coming into office, United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on his “Drill, baby, drill” statement by opening federal land for licensing and encouraging oil and gas companies to increase production. One state Trump has set his sights on is Alaska, an area where oil operations have become …
Read More »Natural Gas could be Angola’s next Big Money Maker
Angola is betting big on natural gas developments as a short-term increase in oil production is not expected to last despite the West African country leaving OPEC over capped production. Companies operating in Angola have recently started up two oil projects, but they have also begun to target non-associated offshore …
Read More »Algeria Close to Signing Shale Gas Deals with Exxon and Chevron
Algeria nears the finalization of agreements with U.S. supermajors Exxon and Chevron to explore and invest in its shale gas resources as the North African country bets big on boosting its gas pipeline and LNG exports, the head of the Algerian energy regulator told Bloomberg. “The technical aspects have more …
Read More »China’s Coal and Gas Generation Soars amid Record Heat
Electricity generation from hydrocarbons in China surged to the highest in a year last month driven by record temperatures, Reuters reports, citing official Beijing data. Total generation from coal and gas rose by 4.3% last month to 602 billion kWh, as wind and solar cannot meet such swings in demand …
Read More »India Launches Deepwater Oil and Gas Exploration Mission
India is launching a national deepwater exploration mission to tap more of its energy resources, boost domestic energy supply, and reduce dependence on imports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. “India will harness its deepwater energy resources, strengthening energy self-reliance and reducing dependence on foreign fuel imports,” Modi said …
Read More »China Maintained Strong Oil Refining Output in July
Chinese oil refining throughput jumped by 9% in July from a year earlier amid higher utilization capacity at state-owned refiners, according to official data released on Friday. Chinese refiners processed 14.85 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil last month, per the data from the National Bureau of Statistics …
Read More »Saudi Wealth Fund Slashes $8 Billion in Megaproject Values amid Oil Price Woes
The Saudi Private Investment Fund has written down $8 billion from the value of the Saudi state’s megaprojects over the past year as they struggle to move forward amid budget overruns combined with weaker oil prices. According to a Financial Times report that cited an unnamed source, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign …
Read More »South African Court Blocks TotalEnergies Oil Project
A court in South Africa has halted an oil and gas exploration project led by TotalEnergies, saying the environmental assessment for the project was “deeply flawed, failing to address key risks, legal requirements, and public participation,” per a Bloomberg report. The case was brought in front of the court by …
Read More »Exxon Seals Massive Trinidad Oil and Gas Exploration Deal
Exxon has sealed a deal with the Trinidad and Tobago government for deepwater exploration that could involve investments of $21.7 billion, according to the Caribbean nation’s energy minister. “What we are awarding today is larger than the surface area of the country,” Roodal Moonilat said as he broke the news …
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