India plans to remove an unlimited liability clause in its nuclear energy laws in a bid to attract foreign firms, especially U.S. companies, to its nuclear energy sector. The Indian Department of Atomic Energy has prepared a bill that would remove a clause in the Civil Nuclear Liability Damage Act …
Read More »India’s Oil Import Price Drops below $70 for the First Time since 2021
The average price of India’s crude oil imports fell to below $70 per barrel this month, for the first time since 2021, as international benchmarks plunged amid trade and tariff uncertainty. India, which imports 88% of the crude it consumes, saw its average cost of crude oil imports plunge by …
Read More »Moscow’s New Energy Plan: Oil Output to Remain Flat until 2050
Based on Moscow’s new energy plan, Russian crude oil production and exports are set to remain flat until 2050, and output is projected to settle at around 540 million metric tons by the end of this decade, crimped by U.S. and European Union sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Monday. In 2023, …
Read More »Trump Tariffs could Hit the Battery Storage Sector Hard
The United States utility-scale battery storage sector has been projected to grow dramatically in 2025, as renewable energy companies look for ways to make their clean energy operations more stable and reliable. However, the recent introduction of tariffs on countries worldwide by the Trump administration, with particularly high tariffs on …
Read More »Trump Admin Boosts Gulf Oil and Gas Reserves Estimate
The U.S. Department of the Interior has revised upwards the oil and gas reserves contained in the U.S. section of the Gulf of Mexico, which the Trump administration renamed the Gulf of America. According to an analysis done by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf …
Read More »Libya’s First Oil Bid Round in 18 Years Offers Production Sharing Contracts
Libya will offer production sharing agreements to the successful bidders in its first oil and gas exploration bid round in 18 years, top Libyan oil officials said at an event in London on Monday. Libya is offering a total of 22 blocks for exploration and development, 11 offshore and 11 …
Read More »Keystone Crude Oil Pipeline Shut after Leak
Somewhere in the rural quiet of Fort Ransom, North Dakota, the Keystone pipeline made a bit of a splash this morning—literally. A mechanical bang startled an on-site worker enough to shut down the flow of oil within about two minutes. The pipeline remains shut. The crude spill, now confined to …
Read More »Despite Trump’s Crackdown, Venezuela still has Buyers
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 …
Read More »China’s Independent Refiners Boost Run Rates
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 …
Read More »OPEC+ Committee Repeats Need for Oil Output Quota Compliance
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 …
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