If you’re expecting South Africa will make a quick shift away from coal-fired power in favor of green energy, prepare to be disappointed. Expecting South Africa to quickly give up on coal-fired power would be “very wrong,” South Africa’s energy minister Gwede Mantashe told Bloomberg this week. Instead, South Africa …
Read More »OPEC: Oil Industry Needs $11.1 Trillion in Upstream Investment by 2045
The oil industry will need cumulative investments of $11.1 trillion in exploration and production by 2045 to keep pace with growing energy demand and ensure stable supply, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais has told Emirati news agency WAM in an interview. “Allocating more investments in the oil industry will …
Read More »Subsidy Investigation Sent China’s EV Exports to the EU Plunging by 20%
Chinese EV exports to the European Union slumped by 19.6% in January and February 2024 compared to the same period last year as the EU continues its investigation into whether China’s subsidies are giving its auto manufacturers an unfair advantage over other EV makers. In the first two months of …
Read More »The U.S. and EU are at Odds over Fossil Fuel Funding
The United States and the European Union are at odds over how far a ban on fossil fuel loans and guarantees would extend and haven’t reached an agreement at the latest round of talks within the OECD organization of the most developed nations, sources with knowledge of the discussions have …
Read More »Iraq and Oil Firms Blame each other for Key Oil Pipeline Delays
Iraq’s government and oil companies working in the country’s north blamed each other for delays in resuming a key pipeline to Turkey, divisions that could keep the link shut for even longer. Oil firms’ refusal to deliver Kurdish crude to the federal government for exports is one of the main …
Read More »TotalEnergies Restarts Production in Denmark’s Biggest Gas Field
The Tyra gas field on Denmark’s side of the North Sea has restarted production, having been shut 2019 for redevelopment, operator TotalEnergies SE said. “At plateau, the Tyra hub will produce 5.7 million cubic meters [201.3 billion cubic feet] of gas and 22,000 barrels of condensate per day, once again …
Read More »An EU Carbon Tax will Upend the Global LNG Market
The global LNG market could face a sea change in prices and trade flows later this decade if the European Union includes LNG in its carbon border tax. The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), commonly known as the “carbon border tax,” was launched on October 1 in the first …
Read More »Azerbaijan Shifts to Renewables Reducing Oil Product Exports
Azerbaijan sharply reduced the export of oil products. In January of this year, Azerbaijan exported 28,058.72 tons of oil products worth 17,434.46 thousand US dollars. The State Customs Committee, the value of the oil products exported by Azerbaijan during the reporting period decreased by 2.6 times and the volume by …
Read More »EIA: US Oil Imports from Iraq Surge by Roughly 510,000 bpd
On Sunday, The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that Iraq’s oil exports to the United States increased by 510,000 barrels per day last week. According to the EIA’s weekly petroleum status report, US crude oil imports from eight major exporters averaged 5.201 million bpd, up roughly 510,000 bpd compared …
Read More »U.S. has Urged Ukraine to Stop Attacks on Russian Refineries
The United States has repeatedly urged Ukraine to halt its drone attacks on Russian oil refineries due to Washington’s assessment that the strikes could led to Russian retaliation and push up global oil prices, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the exchange. The White House has …
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