Oil prices slid on Wednesday as Covid-19 cases in China continued to climb, sparking worries about lower fuel demand in the world’s top crude importer that outweighed concerns about an escalation of geopolitical tensions and tighter oil supply. Brent crude futures dropped by 60c, or 0.6%, to $93.26 a barrel …
Read More »World Bank Group Creates Global Low-Carbon Hydrogen Tie-Up
The World Bank Group has created the Hydrogen for Development Partnership (H4D), a new global initiative to boost the deployment of low-carbon hydrogen in developing countries. The announcement was made on November 15, Energy Day, at COP27. H4D will help catalyse significant financing for hydrogen investments in the next few …
Read More »Russian Oil Exports Hold up despite Impending EU Ban
More than 1 million barrels a day of Russian oil exports are set to be upended by Western sanctions expected to come into force within weeks, shipments Moscow will struggle to redirect elsewhere which threatens to further tighten global energy markets, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. Russian crude oil …
Read More »Iraq’s New Prime Minister Doubles Down on Oil & Gas Deals with China and Russia
It is possible that U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, believed for a moment that his call to the new Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, saying that Washington “is eager to work with the government and people of Iraq to improve respect for human rights, increase economic opportunities, advance …
Read More »Poland Seizes Russia’s Gazprom Assets
Minister of Development and Technology Waldemar Buda has acted on advice of the Internal Security Agency (ABW) to take over the shares owned by Gazprom in the EuRoPol Gaz company. EuRoPol is the owner of the Polish part of the Yamal-Europe gas pipe network. Up until now, Gazprom owned 48 …
Read More »Eight out of 13 Countries Increased Oil Production in October, OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced Tuesday that eight out of 13 countries, including Saudi Arabia, decreased their oil production last October. OPEC said in a report the production of OPEC member countries of oil dropped by 210,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the past month to …
Read More »Oil Prices Little Changed amid China COVID Concerns, Supply Woes
Oil prices held steady on Tuesday as rising COVID-19 cases in China sparked fears of lower fuel consumption from the world’s top crude importer and a cut in OPEC’s 2022 global demand forecast offset worries about tight supply. Brent crude futures edged up 11 cents, or 0.1 per cent, to …
Read More »Asia Shares Mixed on China COVID Outlook
Asian share markets were mixed on Tuesday and oil was weaker as investors sought to digest the economic implications of China’s COVID policy adjustments and a rescue package for the country’s struggling property sector. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) was up 0.1%, following mild losses for …
Read More »France to Expand Electricity Interconnections with Ireland, Italy
Irish and French energy regulators confirmed that the Celtic Interconnector will be completed by 2027, despite a substantial re-evaluation of the project’s costs. The French grid operator also confirmed the partial launch of the Savoy-Piedmont electricity interconnection. The network operators behind the Celtic Interconnector project, an electricity connection between France …
Read More »The East Mediterranean is Primed for a Natural Gas Boom
The Eastern Mediterranean could become a “stable supplier of energy” to the European Union if the recent maritime border agreement between Israel and Lebanon spurs more investment in the region, the head of the company that launched the latest gas production project says. “I think there is a lot more …
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