Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will lead a delegation to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, seeking to secure supply deals for liquefied natural gas to diversify away from the United States, Bloomberg has reported, adding that Merz will also look for closer cooperation with the Gulf states on defense. The news follows …

Contrary to forecasts of an LNG supply glut as soon as this year, Italy’s energy major Eni expects a “very finely balanced” market in 2026 as European demand is set to remain high after the winter to fill depleted inventories, and Asian consumption is expected to rebound with softer prices. …

The United States has transferred the proceeds from sales of Venezuelan oil to Caracas, following a deal agreed by the two governments in January. The deal involved Venezuela “turning over” between 30 million and 50 million barrels of crude to the United States, according to a social media post by …

Equinor slashed the amount of share repurchases for 2026 to $1.5 billion from $5 billion last year while it narrowly missed earnings estimates for the fourth quarter of 2025, as higher upstream production couldn’t offset the lower oil and gas prices. The Norwegian major on Wednesday reported adjusted operating income …

Russia’s flagship crude, Urals, is being offered in India at a widening discount to Brent, with the differential now at $11 per barrel and testing the appetite of Indian refiners amid the trade deal with the U.S. that calls for limited purchases of Russian oil. Sellers are offering Urals at …

Kuwait prepares to invite international oil companies to help it develop recently discovered offshore oil and gas fields, Kuwait’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, said on Tuesday. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) will turn to foreign majors for collaboration and assistance for Kuwait Oil Company to develop the offshore …

Libya will step up its natural gas production to be able to supply more of the commodity to Europe, the chairman of the national Oil Corporation said today, as quoted by Reuters. Masoud Sulaiman said the country’s national oil company will aim to ramp up natural gas production to almost …

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States and India have reached an agreement on a trade framework that cuts U.S. tariffs on Indian goods and commits New Delhi to expand purchases of U.S. oil and gas, pushing energy supply to the center of talks that have unfolded …

Qatari Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi on Monday warned that rising power demand from artificial intelligence could wipe out the global LNG surplus and push markets into deficit by around 2030, despite more than 100 million tonnes per year of new LNG capacity scheduled to come online this decade, Reuters reported. …

The United States has extended a Treasury license that shields Venezuela-owned refiner CITGO Petroleum Corp from creditor actions through March 20, a move that preserves the company’s legal status while debt disputes continue, Reuters reported on Monday. The license prevents creditors from seizing Citgo’s U.S. assets as part of ongoing …