Russia’s latest move to cut natural gas supply to Europe is intensifying global competition for seaborne shipments of the fuel, threatening higher prices and shortages from Asia to South America. Utilities in South Korea and Japan are accelerating plans to purchase more liquefied natural gas cargoes for winter out of …

The United States became the top liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in the first half of 2022, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, citing data from Cedigaz, as the country increased supply to Europe amid the Ukraine crisis. US LNG exports rose 12% to average 11.2 billion cubic feet per …

The spokesman of the Energy Commission of Iranian Parliament Malek Shahriati announced the discovery of a new gas field north of the South Pars gas field in southern Iran, Trend reports citing YJC. The gas field is estimated to hold 1 trillion cubic meter of natural gas in its reserve. …

Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia as the largest crude oil supplier to China over the past two months as Western sanctions due to Moscow’s war with Ukraine dragged down prices of its petroleum exports, boosting their appeal among Asian buyers. Last month, China imported 7.3 million tons of crude oil from …

Iraq and Saudi Arabia are working on sending their crude oil to Europe in an effort to help the continent’s oil refineries which are desperately trying to give up the oil supplies from Russia. According to a report recently published by Bloomberg, more than one million barrels per day of …

Asian natural gas prices are rallying on fears that Russia will slash supply again and worsen a global fuel shortage. The North Asia liquefied natural gas benchmark jumped 12% Friday, and is trading near the highest level since Russia’s war in Ukraine upended the global market, according to data from …

China’s finance and investment spending in Belt and Road countries fell slightly in the first half compared to a year earlier, with no new coal projects and investments in Russia, Egypt and Sri Lanka falling to zero, new research showed. Saudi Arabia was the biggest recipient of Chinese investments over …

Global electricity demand is expected to grow by 2.4% in 2022 after last year’s 6% increase, bringing it in line with its average growth rate over the five years prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report. The world’s electricity demand growth is …

Many European countries have recently announced the reopening of coal power plants as gas supplies from Russia have slumped amid European Union sanctions. Such measures are hindering the bloc’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, demonstrating the EU’s double standards on reducing emissions. Reversed Measures Many European countries, including …

Schlumberger reported on Friday higher-than-expected profit for the second quarter as drilling activity rebounded in all markets, prompting the world’s largest oilfield service provider to raise its 2022 revenue and earnings outlook as “the multiyear upcycle continues to gain momentum.” Schlumberger booked earnings per share (EPS), excluding charges and credits, …