With the world’s largest station for iron-chromium flow battery tested on Tuesday in north China, the country has paved a new path for renewable energy storage. An iron-chromium flow battery is a new energy storage application technology utilizing the chemical properties of iron and chromium ions in the electrolyte. It …
Read More »Increasing US Oil Exports Push Prices Higher
Oil finished a tumultuous session higher with record US exports slowing inventory builds, igniting crude market bulls even as persistent fears of higher interest rates dragged Wall Street lower. West Texas Intermediate settled at its highest in nine sessions, with the Energy Information Administration reporting that exports jumped 23%, slowing …
Read More »OPEC Secretary General: Libya is One of our Major Partners
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Haitham Al-Ghais, who visited Tripoli Wednesday, discussed issues related to the oil and gas sector, hailing Libya as one of the most important major partners in OPEC. The Libyan Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohammed Oun, and the Head of …
Read More »Germany Needs to Use all Energy Options Available
Germany needs to use all energy options available to bring down high prices and protect certain sectors of the economy, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Wednesday. “We need to change our energy policy to be adapted to the new realities,” he said at an event organised by the BVMW …
Read More »Eni Closes on Two Major Algerian Gas Field Acquisitions
Eni has closed on the acquisition of BP business in Algeria, regarding the two gas-producing concessions “In Amenas” and “In Salah”, which are jointly operated with Sonatrach and Equinor. The transaction has been approved by the competent national and antitrust authorities. The operation was announced in early September, with the …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Considers Stake in Foreign LNG Plant amidst Soaring Global Demand
Saudi Arabia’s Aramco is considering an investment in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility outside the kingdom, as global demand for the fuel soars following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The state energy company is in early discussions with LNG plant developers to procure a stake and secure supplies through an …
Read More »Russian Oil and Gas Project Misses Output Targets after Exxon Exit
Russian oil and gas output at the Sakhalin-1 project in the Far East is only half of what it was projected to be for 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off a series of Western sanctions that led to the departure of ExxonMobil. In a televised meeting with Russian …
Read More »OPEC’s February Oil Production Jumped by 150,000 Bpd
OPEC’s crude oil production for February was, on average, 150,000 bpd more than it was in January, a Reuters survey found on Tuesday. OPEC’s February crude oil production rose to 28.97 million bpd, the survey said, but is still 700,000 bpd less than it was in September. OPEC+–responsible for producing …
Read More »U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Continue to Build
Crude oil inventories in the United States saw another significant increase, with a 6.203 million barrel increase last week, the American Petroleum Institute (API) data showed on Tuesday, bringing the total number of barrels gained so far this year to nearly 59 million barrels. This week, SPR inventory held steady …
Read More »EU Energy Crisis may Lead to $100 Billion in New U.S. LNG Projects
Developers of U.S. LNG export facilities could launch $100 billion worth of new plants over the next five years as high prices and the need for energy security create strong momentum for long-term LNG demand and contracts. The United States is set to overtake Qatar and Australia as the world’s …
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