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Amid the misery of war in Ukraine and the global energy crisis, there is a glimmer of good news. The green transition has speeded up. True, a spike in natural-gas prices fuelled greater demand for coal, the dirtiest of fossil fuels. But it also led consumers to use energy more …

Less than a month before general elections that will decide the fate of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government has announced that a natural gas discovery in the Black Sea will start production and deliveries as soon as April 20, helping the country move towards energy independence. The discovery, …

Equinor Energy and its partners have started production from the Bauge oil and gas field in the southern Norwegian Sea, which has been developed with an investment of NOK4.6bn ($438.2m). Bauge is tied back to the Equinor-operated Njord platform, which went through an upgrading project that was completed in December …

Oil prices moved little in Asian trade on Wednesday as anticipation of a slew of indicators on U.S. monetary policy and the economy kept sentiment tepid, although signs of shrinking U.S. inventories pointed to tighter supplies. Data from the American Petroleum Institute showed that U.S. crude inventories shrank by a …

Turkey is considering petitioning a federal court in the United States to enforce an arbitration award amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars that it won against Iraq, amid a dispute over crude oil exports Ankara received from Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region. Almost nine years after Iraq began suing …

U.S. oil and gas giant Chevron is looking to explore for natural gas off the coasts of Cyprus, Egypt, and Israel as the region’s energy demands grow. In a lease tender issued on Monday, the company is seeking a drilling vessel for 2024 with an option to extend its use …

India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. That means the Kremlin is enjoying stronger revenues despite the West’s attempts to curb funds for Russia’s …

Trade between India and Russia has experienced a significant boost since the West imposed sanctions on Russia last year for its invasion of Ukraine. This has led to a change in the flow of oil and other goods, making Russia the largest supplier of crude to India this year. The …

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that the global oil market could see tightness in the second half of 2023, which would push oil prices higher. Executive Director of IEA, Fatih Birol, made the prediction as oil prices surged above $80 since the beginning of the month, after the …

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says global primary energy demand is forecast to increase by 23 per cent in the period to 2045, which necessitates utilising all forms of energy. The OPEC said based on its World Oil Outlook (WOO) forecast, resultantly, many of its Member Countries had …