India’s largest power utility, NTPC, is looking to hire consultants for feasibility studies for small modular reactors that could potentially replace some of the utility’s old coal-fired power plants, Reuters reports, quoting a tender document. Small modular reactors (SMR) are believed to be simpler and cheaper to build and install. …

South Korea has thrown in the towel without a fight after the U.S. slapped tariffs on all of the country’s trade partners. Seoul is looking at more LNG imports to get Washington to drop the new tariffs. Per a Bloomberg report, the South Korean government is working on several packages …

It is 3 April, so any country buying Venezuelan oil must face a 25% tariff on all its trade with the United States. That is according to President Donald Trump’s executive order signed on 24 March. The White House has also ordered companies with sanctions waivers to quit Venezuela by …

Saudi Arabia cut the official selling prices for its oil sharply ahead of a production boost set for next month. The sharpest cut was made for the price of oil sold in Asia, with flagship Arab Light set to be $2.30 per barrel cheaper in May, at a premium of …

Independent refineries in China, often called teapots, raised their run rates in March in a positive sign for oil demand from the world’s largest importer but worry remains about the immediate outlook. The average run rate for the independents last month was 46%, Reuters reported, citing figures from Chinese energy …

The U.S. is set to see a 19% increase in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, reaching 14.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) March 2025 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), Trend reports. This growth is primarily fueled by the launch of …

Many countries worldwide rely heavily on China for the supply of their solar panels, as the world’s biggest producer of the equipment, contributing 77.8 percent of global production. Recently, there have been rising concerns over potential slavery in the supply chain due to the poor conditions faced by many Chinese …

The Japanese government will require new models of vehicles to be fitted with devices that prevent pedal misapplication from September 2028, following cases of elderly drivers causing accidents by mistakenly accelerating instead of braking. The move, however, is unlikely to have a major impact on automakers as most vehicles produced …

Key OPEC+ nations reiterated the need for members to stick to oil output quotas after the group’s surprise decision to speed up an output revival battered crude prices. The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee noted that some OPEC+ members failed to fully observe their limits or deliver extra curbs pledged as …

Iran will hopefully resume offshore oil and gas exploration activities in the Persian Gulf for the first time in five years, says a senior official at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). Mohyeddin Jafari, head of Exploration Directorate at the NIOC, said Saturday that exploration operations at sea had been …