A growing number of oil and gas companies are trumpeting plans to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions amid mounting pressure from investors, policymakers, and a public concerned about climate change—or the financial risks it poses to the sector. In the latest move, BP announced its “ambition” on Wednesday to eliminate emissions …

Immense damage to its revenue streams by the raging COVID-19 pandemic and an ill-timed oil price war has forced Saudi Arabia to unleash a massive emergency stimulus package worth $32 billion to succor its slowing economy. Saudi Arabia has 344 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Saturday but no deaths. The …

More than 200 small- and medium-sized oilfield services operators in Europe, or 20 percent of all European oilfield services firm, could go bust as the coronavirus epidemic will hit the market hard and wipe out US$5 billion worth of orders, Rystad Energy said in a new impact analysis. Most of …

Moves to unlock the full potential of Japan’s offshore wind industry are underway with the announcement of a task force set up to accelerate the sector’s development. Ambitions are to see the country’s renewables share increase from 16 percent to 24 percent by 2030 through a mixture of methods – …

With oil plummeting near an 18-year low amid unprecedented supply and demand shocks, Russia finally admitted: crude is too cheap. “Of course it’s a low price, we would like to see it higher,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on a conference call, signaling for the first time that the country’s …

The Trump administration made an exhaustive effort to try to wean Europe off of inexpensive, dependable Russian gas exports in recent years, pushing Brussels into a commitment to build new terminals for US liquefied natural gas (LNG) and, recently, trying to sabotage the construction of Nord Stream 2. Unfortunately, now …

Russia introduced fresh tax relief on Wednesday for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in the Arctic, focused on those intended to come on stream from 2022, the text of a law signed by President Vladimir Putin showed. The zero-rate extraction tax on natural gas will primarily benefit independent gas …

The US will become the world’s leading exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2025, says an analyst. LNG has grown in popularity over recent years, providing energy companies with a lower-carbon alternative to coal as they seek to reduce their emissions amid growing climate change pressure. Record production levels …

With oil plummeting near an 18-year low amid unprecedented supply and demand shocks, Russia finally admitted: crude is too cheap. “Of course it’s a low price, we would like to see it higher,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on a conference call, signaling for the first time that the country’s …

The Kremlin believes that the current oil prices level is low, presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday. “Certainly, this is a low price; we would like to have it higher,” Peskov said, responding to a question whether the oil price of about $27 a barrel is suitable …