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Next month’s global climate summit could debate and potentially adopt targets for sustainable biofuel production and use, Francesco La Camera, Director-General at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), said on Monday. The COP30 climate summit will be held between November 10 and 21 in Belem, Brazil, which is a global …

TotalEnergies and its partners are close to restarting construction and engineering work on the huge $20-billion LNG export facility in Mozambique after the companies lifted the four-year-long force majeure on the project. The French supermajor and its joint venture partners lifted the force majeure in a notice sent to the …

The U.S. is increasing pressure on Hungary to cut off its reliance on Russian oil imports and vows to work with Hungarian authorities and neighboring countries to help Budapest wean off Russian supply, a senior U.S. diplomat says. Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO, rejected in a Fox News …

Iraq is in discussions with OPEC to review its oil production quota as output capacity rises, Hayan Abdul Ghani, the Oil Minister of OPEC’s second largest producer, said on Monday. Iraq is in talks with OPEC to reassess its production quota within the country’s available production capacity of 5.5 million …

With climate change reshaping some of the world’s most trafficked shipping routes, we may need to establish alternative transport links and shipping hubs to prepare for the future of global trade. Other challenges are also affecting certain shipping routes, showing the need to develop alternatives. The maritime sector manages between …

Indian oil refiners can shift away from Russian crude after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Moscow’s two largest oil companies — but the move will come at a cost, analysts said Friday. Trump has claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to cut its Russian oil …

The United States has long used hydropower, which is now the country’s largest source of renewable energy, for electricity production. Hydropower contributed 27 percent of total U.S. utility-scale renewable electricity generation and 5.86 percent of total utility-scale electricity production in 2024. The U.S. first started developing its hydropower fleet in …

Qatar shipped 25 more LNG cargoes in the first nine months of this year compared to 9M 2024, according to Gas Export Countries Forum (GECF). In its latest monthly report, GECF noted that the United States shipped 181 more cargoes during the period compared to 9M 2024. In September, some …

France’s TotalEnergies said Saturday the consortium it leads to build a USD 20-billion liquified natural gas project in Mozambique has decided to lift a suspension on the work imposed in 2021 because of jihadist violence. TotalEnergies said in a statement the “force majeure” halt to the Mozambique LNG project would …

China announced a green hydrogen policy last week, which will see the country’s state budget offer subsidies for the production of green fuels. Interestingly, the initiative came in the week that IMO member states failed to adopt a Net-Zero Framework for the global shipping industry. China’s National Development and Reform …