Lower demand for crude oil from refiners at home gave a boost to U.S. exports of the commodity, turning it into a net exporter to OPEC member Nigeria in two of the seven months since the start of this year. The news comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which …
Read More »Car Sales in EU Slip 5% in June
New car sales in the European Union last month dropped by 7.2% in the latest sign of the continuing struggles of the car manufacturing sector amid attempts to electrify their lineup in compliance with government regulations. In the first half of the year, total new car registrations in the EU …
Read More »U.S. Energy Exports to China at Zero ahead of Trade Talks
U.S. exports of crude oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal reached a total of zero last month amid the continuing trade war that had China impose retaliatory tariffs on these U.S. commodities, which led to a slump in purchases. In liquefied natural gas, Chinese buyers have been at zero since …
Read More »Russia’s Gas Production Drops despite Surge to China and Domestic Uptake
Russia’s natural gas production fell 3.2% in the first half of 2025, reaching 334.8?billion cubic meters (bcm), as higher exports to China and increased domestic demand failed to offset the collapse of pipeline flows to Europe, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The drop, confirmed by federal statistics and Bloomberg analysis, reflects …
Read More »EU Leaders Head to Beijing amid Mounting Tensions
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa will meet with the Chinese president and prime minister in Beijing on July 24 in what is expected to be a tense EU-China summit with the war in Ukraine and a potential transatlantic trade war looming large …
Read More »EU Tightens Russian Oil Cap, but Loopholes Undermine Impact
The ongoing push by EU countries to target Russia’s primary revenue source—oil and gas exports—has received a significant boost. With its 18th sanctions package, the EU has agreed not only to hit Moscow’s energy sector harder but also to impose a significantly lower price cap on Russia’s oil exports. The …
Read More »Natural Gas Helps Baker Hughes Outperform Expectations in Q2
Strong demand for natural gas-related services helped Baker Hughes beat expectations for its financial performance in the second quarter of the year, as the company boasted a record order backlog for the period in its Industrial and Energy Technology segment. Baker Hughes booked a net income of $710 million for …
Read More »Oil Prices Dip as U.S.-EU Trade War Looms
Oil prices drifted lower early Tuesday in Asian markets, weighed down by escalating trade tensions between the world’s largest economies and mounting signs of rising crude supply. The looming threat of an economic slowdown with the potential to curb fuel demand growth is driving bearish sentiment. At the time of …
Read More »EU Steel Industry Braces for Safeguards amid Tariff Turmoil
In September, the European Steel Association (Eurofer) plans to introduce a proposal for an early and intensified safeguard system on imports. According to director Axel Eggert, this would replace the current general safeguard system used by the steel industry. Eurofer stated that the proposed system includes stronger tariff-rate quota (TRQ) …
Read More »New Baltic Find could be Poland’s Largest Oil Discovery ever
Central European Petroleum (CEP) has announced a major conventional oil and gas discovery off Poland’s Baltic Sea coast, in what could become the country’s largest hydrocarbon deposit and one of Europe’s most significant finds in the past decade. The discovery was made at the Wolin East 1 (WE1) well, located …
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