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The construction of the second Power of Siberia gas pipeline from Russia to Northern China could take up to 10 years because it involves “tremendous work, jobs and negotiations,” the president of the research division of China’s state energy giant CNPC said this week. Lu Ruquan, president of the CNPC …

India has added as much as 7.2 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power capacity in the current fiscal year ending March 2026, which is about 60% above the previous fiscal year’s capacity expansion with four months to go, government data showed on Tuesday. The newly-commissioned capacity in the 2025/2026 fiscal year …

Eni has made a significant natural gas discovery offshore Indonesia, a month after creating a joint venture with Malaysia’s Petronas to combine their offshore assets in Southeast Asia. Eni announced on Tuesday a significant gas discovery in the Konta-1 exploration well in the Kutei Basin, about 50 km (31 miles) …

The U.S. solar market saw a significant jump in capacity installations in the third quarter as developers ramp up activity and construction to qualify for the last investment tax credits that are being phased out by the Trump Administration. The industry added 11.7 gigawatts direct current (GWdc) of solar power …

Crude flow from Lukoil’s West Qurna-2 storage tanks has resumed toward the major Tuba depots after a weekend shutdown, two energy sources told Quantum Commodity Intelligence. Full field operations are expected to be restored between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., following a precautionary halt triggered by a pipeline leak. West …

The United Arab Emirates is growing its LNG exports to meet surging global demand that will outpace investment in supply, according to the UAE’s Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei. “We intend not only to satisfy our local demand, but we are also growing our export of LNG,” the minister told Reuters …

India is close to opening its nuclear power sector to private investment as it seeks to boost installed nuclear capacity tenfold by 2047, which is estimated to cost $214 billion (19.28 trillion Indian rupees). The bill to open the nuclear energy sector to private investment is expected to be passed …

China has just welcomed the first shipment from a Russian LNG export project on the Baltic Sea sanctioned by the U.S. on a U.S.-blacklisted vessel, as Russia and China continue to flaunt Western sanctions on their LNG trade. The LNG tanker Valera, sanctioned by the United States, docked at the …

India has not taken any decision about expanding its massive coal-fired power generation fleet beyond 2035, the country’s power ministry secretary, Pankaj Agarwal, told Reuters this weekend. “India wants to secure its energy requirements,” Agarwal told Reuters on the sidelines of an event, adding that as on 2035, India aims …

China imported 12.38 million barrels of crude oil daily last month, which was a 4.88% increase on the year and the highest import rate since August 2023, Reuters reported, citing government data. The November import figure also represented a 5.24% increase on October oil imports, the data showed, driving the …