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OPEC decided on December 5 to kick the can down the road yet again, postponing the timeframe for putting additional barrels back into the market until April 2025 and slowing the pace of the notional tapering so that the cuts will not unwind until the end of 2026. This avoids …

Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has been elected as the president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for 2025. Paknejad expressed gratitude for the trust placed in him, pledging to utilize all his efforts and resources to strengthen OPEC’s unity and progress. “Serving as OPEC president is …

Oil prices rose on Wednesday, with market participants expecting demand to rise in the world’s largest crude importer, after Beijing announced a looser monetary policy to stimulate economic growth in China. Brent crude futures gained 36 cents, or 0.5%, to $72.55 a barrel by 0430 GMT, while U.S. West Texas …

Germany’s power margin, the available electricity supply to meet demand, is set to drop this week to the lowest level so far this winter, as low wind speeds and colder weather are straining the power system, according to models compiled by Bloomberg. This week, wind speeds in Germany have dipped …

BP has decided to merge all its offshore wind business into a new joint venture with Japan’s energy firm JERA, to which the companies will provide up to $5.8 billion for investments by 2030, the UK-based supermajor said on Monday as it shifts its focus back on oil and gas. …

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) plans to bid for more oil and gas blocks offshore Indonesia and explore for hydrocarbons in the Natuna Sea, the top executive of Kuwait’s state oil firm told Reuters on Monday. KUFPEC is an international upstream company, engaged in exploration, development and production of …

Equinor has exited the upstream business in Nigeria and Azerbaijan after completing oil and gas asset sales of $2 billion, the Norwegian energy major said on Monday. Equinor will receive $745 million for its portfolio in Azerbaijan and up to $1.2 billion for the sale of its Nigerian assets, said …

Climate finance is a white-hot topic right now. The COP2 delegates failed to agree on a generous enough deal for the transition in developing countries; in the U.S., project Veritas revealed that the EPA was funneling billions into climate activist organizations ahead of Trump’s presidency to ensure continued pressure on …

China’s retaliatory export curbs might take a toll on the growing U.S. clean energy sector and its defense industry, analysts opined as trade tensions escalate between the world’s two biggest economies. Beijing announced this week it would ban exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States, targeting materials …

TotalEnergies has agreed to buy German renewables developer VSB Group from Swiss asset manager Partners Group. The transaction, worth €1.57 billion in equity value and shareholder loans, remains subject to the approval of applicable merger control authorities. VSB has more than 475 MW of renewables capacity in operation or under …