The International Energy Agency recently said solar farms were among the cheapest sources of electricity. It called solar “the new king of electricity”. But there has always been one aspect of solar that, unlike costs, cannot really change: land need. Solar farms need a lot of land and critics have …

The total domestic production and imports of natural gas in the Sultanate have registered a decrease of 0.7 per cent during the first nine months of 2020. A statement issued online by Oman News Agency (ONA) said, “A decrease in the total domestic production and imports of natural gas in …

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced on Saturday that one of its priorities is to develop investment projects for associated and free gas. Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, said in a statement, “serious work is being done in implementing these projects despite the financial and economic challenges and difficulties, with cooperation …

Germany is showing continued strong support for the International Atomic Energy Agency’s mission to foster global peace and development, even as the country phases out its own use of nuclear power, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said yesterday during a two-day visit to Germany. Decommissioning and waste management will …

Oil prices dropped by nearly 2 percent early on Friday as the U.S. reported a second consecutive day of record coronavirus cases, while the counting in the presidential election continued. Oil prices rose earlier this week and on Election Day on Tuesday, supported by a rally in financial markets and …

The emergence of the new round of restrictions caused by COVID-19 in Europe, and signs of economic weakness in some other countries including the US, have prompted Wood Mackenzie’s analysts to revise down their forecasts for world oil consumption in the last quarter of 2020 and the first of 2021, …

Competition from record-low natural gas prices and reduced power demand in the lockdown in the spring sent coal consumption in the U.S. power sector down by 30 percent in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Friday. …

The drilling operation on Phase 11 of South Pars Gas Field in southern Iran began on Saturday, an official reported. Mohsen Rezaei, the caretaker of the development project of Phase 11 of South Pars Field, said that the project aims to excavate about one billion cubic feet of gas from …

Russia and OPEC-kingpin Saudi Arabia are reportedly mulling to delay an increase in oil production in January, maintaining an output cut aimed to raise oil prices as demand has weakened due the coronavirus pandemic. Russia and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries held their annual talks on November 2 with …

China plans to further increase oil and gas exploration and accelerate the construction of more oil and gas storage infrastructure, state news agency Xinhua reported. Last week, China’s Communist Party adopted the principles of the five-year development plan 2021-2025. China will also aim to build more oil and gas pipelines, …