Global electricity demand from data centres is set to double between now and the end of the decade, to 945 terawatt-hours (TWh), a new report by the IEA has found. The IEA‘s Energy and AI report found that by 2030, data centres around the world will use more electricity that …
Read More »Equinor Expects Weak Oil and Gas Trading for Q1
Equinor advised analysts on Wednesday to expect weak liquids and LNG trading results for the first quarter of the year, as its Marketing, Midstream & Processing (MMP) division is also set to incur a hit of about $100 million of costs of drilling of carbon capture and storage (CCS) appraisal …
Read More »U.S. Wind Power Growth will be 40% Lower than Expected due to Trump Policy
Despite a relatively stable short-term pipeline of U.S. wind power projects under construction, the five-year outlook of America’s wind capacity additions has been significantly limited due to the Trump Administration’s energy policies, Wood Mackenzie said in a new report. The energy consultancy slashed its five-year forecast of new capacity installations …
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 »China Resells U.S. LNG amid Tariff Row
The trade war is prompting China’s LNG buyers to resell the cargoes they are buying from the U.S. as Chinese tariffs on American goods are raising the costs of U.S. LNG imports, analysts and traders have told Reuters. LNG import demand in China has been weaker this year amid comfortably …
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 »India’s Top Power Firm Looks to Build Small Nuclear Reactors
India’s largest power utility, NTPC, is looking to hire consultants for feasibility studies for small modular reactors that could potentially replace some of the utility’s old coal-fired power plants, Reuters reports, quoting a tender document. Small modular reactors (SMR) are believed to be simpler and cheaper to build and install. …
Read More »South Korea Seeks more U.S. LNG Imports to Fix Trade Imbalance
South Korea has thrown in the towel without a fight after the U.S. slapped tariffs on all of the country’s trade partners. Seoul is looking at more LNG imports to get Washington to drop the new tariffs. Per a Bloomberg report, the South Korean government is working on several packages …
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 »Saudi Arabia Slashes Oil Prices ahead of Output Boost
Saudi Arabia cut the official selling prices for its oil sharply ahead of a production boost set for next month. The sharpest cut was made for the price of oil sold in Asia, with flagship Arab Light set to be $2.30 per barrel cheaper in May, at a premium of …
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