Global oil markets look tighter than previously thought as demand suffers surprisingly little impact from the latest coronavirus strain while supplies are curbed by disruptions, the International Energy Agency said. The surplus facing world markets this year is shrinking, with oil demand — slightly upgraded from last month — on …

Oil prices on Tuesday climbed to their highest since 2014 as Yemeni popular forces attacked the United Arab Emirates, warning it could target more facilities. International benchmark Brent crude futures advanced 1.19% to $87.51 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate futures settled 2.43% higher at $85.43 per barrel. Both …

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a meeting in Riyadh Tuesday to bolster ties between the two countries beyond construction and infrastructure into more future-oriented fields such as hydrogen. During the talks, the two leaders agreed to build a …

China remains as tied as ever to fossil fuels, even as it adds more renewable power than any other nation. Last year, the share of coal and gas in power generation was stuck at 71%, the same as 2020. The world’s biggest polluter wants to peak its carbon emissions by …

ExxonMobil this week announced its ambition to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from its operated assets by 2050. That goal applies to the company’s Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions. “We are developing comprehensive roadmaps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our operated assets around the world, and where …

Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Europe dropped by 41.1 percent in the first fifteen days of January compared to the same period last year, the Russian gas giant said on Monday, in what Bloomberg estimates was the lowest daily export level since 2015. Gazprom’s natural gas exports to countries other than …

Qatar is all slated to regain its position as the preeminent and largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2026 with the North Field (NFE) output coming on stream, according to the latest Qatar Economic Outlook (QEO) Qatar’s LNG exports competed with Australia’s for the first place in 2020, …

If there is a further escalation from Russia in Ukraine, Berlin together with its partners “will take joint suitable measures” against the Nord Stream II gas pipeline, Germany’s foreign minister warned on Monday. Speaking at a news conference in the capital Kyiv after meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, …

Forecasts of frigid temperatures later this month sent U.S. natural gas prices surging in the middle of last week to above $4.85 per million British thermal units (MMBtu)—the highest level since November. If the cold snap expected over the next two weeks holds and forecasts for additional Arctic blasts this …

Indian state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL.NS) will lift 45% more oil from Iraq this year to meet its expanded refining capacity, sources familiar with the matter said. The refiner will buy 3.2 million tonnes or about 64,000 barrels per day (bpd) from Iraq this year, up from 44,000 bpd …