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Russia’s Offline Oil Refining Capacity Reaches 14%

The amount of Russian oil refining capacity that has been taken offline due to Ukrainian drone strikes is 14% of Russia’s total refining capacity, according to Reuters calculations. Calculations show that 900,000 barrels per day of refining capacity has been taken offline by drone strikes, Reuters said on Tuesday. This …

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South Africa won’t Ditch Coal anytime soon

If you’re expecting South Africa will make a quick shift away from coal-fired power in favor of green energy, prepare to be disappointed. Expecting South Africa to quickly give up on coal-fired power would be “very wrong,” South Africa’s energy minister Gwede Mantashe told Bloomberg this week. Instead, South Africa …

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The U.S. and EU are at Odds over Fossil Fuel Funding

The United States and the European Union are at odds over how far a ban on fossil fuel loans and guarantees would extend and haven’t reached an agreement at the latest round of talks within the OECD organization of the most developed nations, sources with knowledge of the discussions have …

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An EU Carbon Tax will Upend the Global LNG Market

The global LNG market could face a sea change in prices and trade flows later this decade if the European Union includes LNG in its carbon border tax. The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), commonly known as the “carbon border tax,” was launched on October 1 in the first …

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EIA: US Oil Imports from Iraq Surge by Roughly 510,000 bpd

On Sunday, The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that Iraq’s oil exports to the United States increased by 510,000 barrels per day last week. According to the EIA’s weekly petroleum status report, US crude oil imports from eight major exporters averaged 5.201 million bpd, up roughly 510,000 bpd compared …

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