As head of the organisation that advises countries on energy policy, Fatih Birol has a blunt message to governments ahead of a crucial climate summit: He wants “real global action”, not just words. “I want to see a plan,” Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, told AFP. …

Saudi Aramco has tapped banks to arrange a loan with a size between $12 -14 billion, which it plans to offer to buyers of its gas pipeline network, sources told Reuters. According to the sources, banks that financed a $12.4 billion acquisition of the company’s oil pipelines earlier this year …

As the world wrestles with soaring energy prices just ahead of winter, Turkey is revving up efforts to ensure the fallout is only minimally reflected on its citizens and their energy bills, according to officials. Gas and electricity prices, particularly in Europe, have been setting record highs on a daily …

ACWA Power International, Saudi Arabia’s first $1 billion initial public offering since Aramco, is set to start trading in Riyadh on Monday. The $1.2 billion IPO drew interest from investors looking for exposure to a business seen as key to the kingdom’s plans to diversify its economy away from oil. …

Generation of electricity at the 1st phase of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran has hit 50 billion kWh, head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on Sunday. Based on the preliminary studies, Iran can obtain 8,000 MW of from the nuclear power, Mohammad Eslami said according …

China is the world’s biggest coal consumer. Neighboring Kazakhstan sits on some of the world’s biggest coal reserves. Yet they have never done much business trading the stuff, largely because it is expensive to move by rail. That may be about to change. Rolling blackouts caused by a coal shortage …

Earlier this week, the price of gas futures in Europe broke a new record, exceeding $1,900 per 1,000 cubic metres, before falling by $740 and temporarily stabilising at about $1,198. The already strained European gas markets may become more volatile next week, when bad weather is expected to increase demand …

The director of public relations at the Italian oil giant, Eni, said Libya could achieve a threefold increase of gas. The PR director said at the 10th edition of Shared Awareness and Conflict Resolution in the Mediterranean Conference, organized by EU Operation IRINI, that Eni wasn’t harmed in the last …

Rome wasn’t built in a day, the saying goes. To deal with a security threat as universal and pressing as climate change, all countries need to agree on a vision and a timeline. They need clear objectives to be met within stipulated time periods, often encompassing decades. Then comes the …

Beijing has called for an immediate expansion of coal production in Inner Mongolia by nearly 100 million tons, Reuters reports. This comes amid a global energy crunch and coal shortages in the country. The proposed increase would reportedly make up nearly 3% of China’s total thermal coal consumption. The 72 …