China is widely expected to stop buying U.S. LNG on the spot market and seek to swap American cargoes from elsewhere after it announced a 15% tariff on U.S. liquefied natural gas in response to the 10% American tariffs across the board. Chinese buyers could also become more hesitant to …

The value of non-oil trade between Iran and China stood at $26.7 billion in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2024-Jnuary 19, 2025), the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced. Foroud Asgari said that importing non-oil goods worth $12.3 …

Fuel demand in India, the world’s third-largest crude oil importer, increased by 3.2% in January from a year earlier, although consumption was lower compared to December 2024, when holiday travel and the end of the monsoon season resulted in a surge in demand. India’s fuel consumption, used by analysts as …

China’s independent refiners have slashed their processing rates to the lowest level in nearly five years as costs to procure crude soared amid dwindling Russian supply following the latest U.S. sanctions. Crude supply became more expensive for the private Chinese refiners, concentrated in the Shandong province, and dragged refining margins …

Pakistan will renegotiate its long-term LNG supply deal with Qatar as it looks to lower its costs for the growing energy demand going forward, Pakistani Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik said on Friday. “The Qatar agreement is costly, and we will negotiate better terms next year,” Pakistani newspaper The News quoted …

A group of EU member states that have the largest natural gas storage capacity have held informal discussions about a potential easing of the binding filling targets after 2025, officials have told Bloomberg. In the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the halt to Russian pipeline gas …

Demand for gold reached record highs in 2024 fuelled by “eye-watering” interest from central banks and global investors, a fresh report has said. Total demand reached 4,974 tonnes, and the value of global demand shot up to $382bn, over a year which saw the gold price surge by 26 per …

OPEC’s oil production declined in January for a second consecutive month amid lower output from Iran and Nigeria, according to the monthly Reuters survey published on Wednesday. Last month, all 12 OPEC producers saw their combined output drop by 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) from December to 26.53 million, according …

Equinor is reducing its investments in renewables to boost returns for shareholders and adapt to an uneven energy transition, the Norwegian energy major said on Wednesday, becoming the latest European oil and gas firm to scale back capital allocation to low-carbon energy solutions. Equinor will nearly halve its investments in …

The Trump administration is looking into ways to cancel federal loans granted by the Department of Energy for transition projects from a $400-billion fund, Bloomberg has reported, citing an unnamed source. According to the report, the new leadership at the Department of Energy would focus its financial firepower on projects …