Urgent and additional measures are needed if Ireland is to meet the climate targets it has set for itself, the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said in a newly released report. According to the EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions projections 2021-2040, published on Wednesday (1 June), “urgent implementation of all …

The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed the progress towards universal access to electricity and clean cooking fuels and technology, according to a UN-sponsored report published on Wednesday. Globally, 733 million people lack access to electricity, and 2.4 billion still cook using fuels that are harmful to their health and the environment. …

Moscow could respond to European sanctions on Russian oil by seeking other buyers for its crude or cutting production to keep prices high. Its actions would have a global economic impact — unless OPEC intervenes. EU leaders on Monday agreed to ban 90% of Russian crude by the end of …

The United States exported 7.29 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) last month, second highest on record, as sales to Europe and South America expanded, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. The US is on track to become the world’s largest LNG exporter this year, topping Australia and Qatar, as …

Iran will own shares in 3 oil refineries in Venezuela and Nicaragua in return for supplying crude and equipment. Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji signed major energy deals with authorities in Venezuela and Nicaragua during his recent visits to the two countries. The agreements signed with Venezuelan energy authorities stipulate …

Oil prices strengthened on Wednesday after European Union leaders agreed to a phased ban on Russian oil and as China ended its COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, which could bolster demand in an already tight market. Oil benchmarks have marched steadily higher for several weeks as Russian shipments are squeezed by …

The tentative reopening in China and strong Asian refining margins could prompt Saudi Arabia to raise the official selling prices of all the crude grades it will be selling in July in its key market, Asia, six refining sources told Reuters in a survey on Monday. Saudi Aramco, the oil …

Russia will find other importers for its oil, Russian Permanent Representative to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said, commenting on the sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia. “As she rightly said yesterday, #Russia will find other importers. Noteworthy that now she contradicts her own yesterday’s statement. Very quick …

Oil prices extended their rally on Tuesday after the EU agreed to ban most of Russia’s oil imports by the end of the year, raising concerns about a tighter market amid higher demand expectations in the summer. Brent, the benchmark for two thirds of the world’s oil, was up 1.43 …

Long before the re-emergence of the ‘Pan-Arab’ ideology now increasingly evident among several leading Middle Eastern countries, Qatar had sought to go its own way, neither aligning fully with the U.S.-led power bloc on the one side nor the China/Russia-lead bloc on the other. This is in part a reflection …