European gas demand is expected to be “broadly flat” this year after falling to an all-time low in 2022 following the curtailment of Russian exports, the International Energy Agency said. But there is a “high” level of uncertainty about Russian supply cuts and the possible economic effect of volatile energy …
Read More »China’s Yunnan to Build Solar Energy Projects with Total Generation Capacity of 10 GW
Southwest China’s Yunnan Province on Monday inked photovoltaic project deals with a total generation capacity of 10 gigawatts in a green drive to alleviate its power supply shortage. Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group and Yunnan Provincial Investment Holdings Group signed the project deals with parties from seven prefectures and cities …
Read More »Oil down over Fears that US Fed will Continue to Raise Interest Rates
Oil prices slid on Monday as recent economic data from the US, the world’s largest oil consumer, suggests that the US Federal Reserve will maintain its hawkish stance on interest rates, supporting the dollar near multi-week highs. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $82.31 per barrel at 9.58 a.m. local …
Read More »Iran’s 11-Month Non-Oil Exports Rise over 12%
The value of Iran’s non-oil exports rose 12.22 percent during the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022-February 19, 2023), as compared to the same period of time in the past year. According to Mohammad Rezvani-Far, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs …
Read More »EU Power Market Reform is about to Take a Delicate Step Forward
A year into an unprecedented energy crisis that rocked the European Union, officials in Brussels are ready to unveil their plan to prevent consumers from facing huge swings in electricity prices in the future. While some EU leaders pledged massive overhaul, what’s likely to emerge is anything but radical. Power …
Read More »Kazakhstan Sends First Batch of Oil to Germany via Druzhba Pipeline
The system of main oil pipelines of the KazTransOil national company started receiving Kazakh oil for transportation to Germany on Feb. 23, said Shyngys Ilyasov, director of the public relations and internal communications department at KazTransOil, in a press statement. According to the oil supply schedule approved by the Kazakh …
Read More »High Gas Prices could be the New Normal for Europe
In the winter of late 2022 and early 2023, Europe got lucky. It got very lucky. Gas storage sites were fuller than usual because of the massive LNG-buying effort the EU put into securing gas for the winter, and the winter itself turned out to be warmer than usual. Yet …
Read More »EU Sanctions on Russia Create Opportunity for Emerging Producers
With EU bans on Russian oil and oil-product exports set to go into effect this year in response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, emerging market producers are poised to gain larger shares of an evolving market. EU bans against Russian oil products such as diesel were rolled out earlier …
Read More »Electric Energy Expected to Exceed 30% of China’s Terminal Energy Consumption in 2025
The proportion of China’s electrical energy is expected to exceed 30 percent of the country’s total terminal energy consumption by 2025, according to a report released by China Electric Power Enterprise Federation on Friday. Statistics showed that China’s current terminal energy consumption electrification rate stands at 27 percent, higher than …
Read More »Eni Responds to Energy Crisis with $2.6 Billion Profit Q4 2022
Eni SpA posted a record annual profit due to high oil and gas prices, despite its fourth quarter missing estimates. The Italian energy giant followed its peers with stellar earnings for 2022, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent the value of key commodities soaring. While the cost of energy has …
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