State-owned Oman LNG has signed an agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to deliver the Middle East’s first shipment of carbon-neutral LNG. The carbon-neutral LNG cargo will be delivered from the terminal in Qalhat near Sur, in the Ash Sharqiyah Region of northeastern Oman. Oman LNG explains that nature-based projects aim …

Afghan officials say electricity imported to the country from Iran has been cut due to an explosion in an electricity tower. Afghanistan Electricity Company announced the explosion of an electricity tower in Herat province. Zeinab Mohseni, public relations manager of Breshna Company in Herat, said that this morning, the electricity …

One thing COVID-19 has made clear is that Europe needs to be more self-sufficient. However, policymakers are looking to Africa and even further abroad for their renewable hydrogen, despite the potential pitfalls of such a plan, writes Luc Grare. Luc Grare leads the Hydrogen Production Roundtable at the EU Clean …

Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has criticised the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency for what he called adopting a biased approach to interactions with Tehran. In a series of tweets, Kazem Gharibabadi said Rafael Grossi’s Monday reports on Iran’s nuclear program “ignore the level …

OPEC and its allies expect oil inventories to fall further in the coming months, OPEC’s secretary general said on Monday, suggesting efforts by the producers to support the market are succeeding. Oil stocks in developed world nations fell by 6.9 million barrels in April, Mohammad Barkindo said in a virtual …

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez has said that another exploratory natural gas well could be drilled in a field in the south or west of the Sakarya Gas Field in the Black Sea this year. Turkey on June 4 announced the discovery of 135 billion cubic meters (bcm) …

The International Renewable Energy Agency and China’s National Energy Administration signed an agreement to strengthen efforts towards reaching carbon neutrality goals in the world’s second-largest economy. Abu Dhabi-based Irena, which is headquartered in Masdar City, will prepare a comprehensive energy transition roadmap that will identify key policy actions, technology solutions, …

OPEC+ appears in control of crude prices as U.S. production is lagging pre-pandemic levels, according to a senior executive at the world’s biggest independent oil trader, Vitol Group. The decline in U.S. drilling and output leaves little competition to efforts by the producers’ group to manage markets, Mike Muller, Vitol’s …

Oil majors are under growing pressure to stop drilling for crude to help curb climate change, but companies say they will wean themselves off fossil fuels at their own pace. The demand for change is coming from many sides: lawsuits, shareholders and the International Energy Agency have all turned up …

Russian oil giant Rosneft PJSC warned of an impending shortfall in supply as global producers increasingly channel funds into a “hasty” energy transition. “The world risks a severe deficit of oil and gas,” Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin said Saturday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “The world …