China installed a record-high solar power capacity last year, with additions in 2023 alone topping the current capacity of the entire U.S. solar fleet. China added as much as 216.9 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity in 2023 – a record high, obliterating its previous record of 87.4 GW of …
Read More »Biden Administration Halts Approvals of New LNG Export Projects
The Biden Administration said on Friday it is pausing all pending decisions on U.S. LNG export projects until the Department of Energy can update the underlying analyses for authorizations. The move was hailed as a “historic win” by environmentalists and slammed as “a win for Russia” by the U.S. oil …
Read More »Russia Sees Alternative Gas Routes if Ukraine Transit Deal isn’t Extended
Russia could use alternative routes to send natural gas via pipeline to Europe if the current Russia-Ukraine gas transit deal is not extended beyond its expiry date at the end of 2024, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Peskov, however, warned that there would be logistics changes along the …
Read More »Red Sea Shipping Crisis Rekindles Inflation Fears
The Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea have forced many tanker and container ship operators to reroute voyages via Africa, which has increased travel times, delayed goods delivery, disrupted supply chains, and raised shipping costs. The disruption to traffic via the Red Sea/Suez Canal route could continue …
Read More »BP Embarks on Its ‘Largest-ever’ Seismic Program at Supergiant Oilfield
Shortly after achieving 1 billion barrels of total oil production the West Azeri platform, one of the seven Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) production platforms in the Caspian, BP kicked off a new 4D seismic program on the ACG field on January 20, 2024. According to the oil major, this is its largest-ever …
Read More »U.S. Oil Industry Sets Record with $144 Billion of M&A Deals in Q4
The U.S. upstream oil and gas industry booked its biggest-ever quarter for mergers and acquisitions in the fourth quarter of 2023, with a total of $144 billion worth of deals, Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR) said in a report on Tuesday. The record-setting fourth quarter also pushed the full-year 2023 deal …
Read More »Iran’s Non-Oil Exports Hit $36bln in 9 Months
Non-oil exports of the Islamic Republic of Iran exceeded $36 billion over the past 9 months of the Iranian calendar year, a senior Iranian trade official announced. The export director general of the Iranian customs organization, Ali Akbar Shamani, said on Tuesday the country’s non-oil exports have reached $36bln over …
Read More »Eni, LG Chem Agree to form JV for South Korean Biorefinery
LG Chem Ltd. and Eni SPA have signed a joint venture agreement for a planned biorefinery in South Korea, toward a final investment decision expected later this year. The project is planned to rise in the town of Daesan on the west coast of the country where local company LG …
Read More »Russian LNG Exporter Targets Higher Prices to Asia
Russian Sakhalin Energy wants to increase long-term contract prices, threatening to drive up energy costs in South Korea and Japan. Sakhalin Energy sees a tighter gas market now than it did earlier. Accordingly, the talks in North Asia began late last year as part of a regular price review that …
Read More »TotalEnergies Buys Stake in 405 MW Danish Wind Power
TotalEnergies has bought a majority stake in two offshore wind projects in Denmark from European Energy and both companies agreed to cooperate on offshore wind auctions in the Scandinavian nation. Under the agreement, the French energy company takes an 85% stake in the 240 MW Jammerland Bugt project and a …
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