According to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), in the period October 2021 to April 2023, windfarms are expected to pay back £660M as their contracted prices are much lower than the current wholesale cost of electricity, which has been driven up by the gas crisis. The final saving …

Oil was up on Thursday morning in Asia, with oil futures rising in early trading and recovering some of the prior day’s losses. Investors also digested the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s statement that a decline in oil demand due to higher prices would not offset a shut-in of Russian oil …

France is willing to resume talks with Spain about building a gas pipeline connecting the two countries as Europe races to reduce its dependence on Russian gas. France, which has long resisted Spanish calls to build the link, is now willing to discuss the viability of the so-called Midcat pipeline …

Three Norwegian gas fields have had their production licenses adjusted and will thus be able to maintain their high production levels in the future. “These decisions will not significantly increase the total daily export of gas from the Norwegian continental shelf, but facilitate that the current high level of delivery …

The upheaval in oil and gas markets triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could accelerate the world’s transition away from fossil fuels, said the International Energy Agency. Western nations are looking for ways to quickly wean themselves off Russian energy exports. The U.K. and the U.S already announced bans on …

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has revealed that Nigeria’s crude oil production fell to 1.417 million barrels per day in the month of February compared to 1.427 for the month of January. OPEC revealed this in its Monthly Oil Market report, warning that disruption to global trade flows …

Japan asked the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday to make “proactive contributions” as a major oil producer to help stabilize surging crude oil prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the two agreed to work closely, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said. After a phone call with Crown Prince …

In a potential big breakthrough on shipping’s path to decarbonisation, the Japanese look like they have minimised the issue of methane slip for ships using LNG as a fuel. Hitachi Zosen, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Yanmar Power Technologies have received approval in principle from ClassNK for a methane oxidation …

India is pinning hope on the resumption of crude oil supplies from Venezuela and Iran. India, the world’s third-largest energy-consuming and importing nation, is pinning hope on resumption of crude oil supplies from Venezuela and Iran as well as higher production from OPEC+ nations to help cool international oil prices …

Oil prices tumbled more than 6 per cent, adding to Monday’s drop of more than 5 per cent, as both the New York- and London-traded benchmarks settled below the key USD 100 per barrel mark for the first time since the start of Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine. Crude …