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Berlin is planning to introduce a special industrial electricity tariff ranging between €0.05 and €0.09 per kilowatt-hour in order to boost the country’s competitiveness and push back against US and Chinese subsidies. Electricity has always been pricey in Germany – a 2015 study by the Fraunhofer Institute found that the …

European natural gas prices rebounded amid signs that colder-than-usual weather will extend into April, posing a potential pressure point for the region’s inventories. Benchmark futures gained as much as 3.2% on Tuesday after slumping to the lowest since August 2021 on Monday. Temperatures across northwest Europe and the Nordics are …

The United States wants to see a hike in oil production, including from OPEC countries, said a senior State Department official Monday. “As world economies recover, we’ll see more consumption. And therefore we’d like to see supply meet demand,” said Jose Fernandez, the US Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, …

Natural gas from a potential Irish reservoir close to the existing Corrib field will produce less emissions than imports, says a new report. Europa Oil & Gas has identified two prospects off the Republic’s west coast that could between them amount to twice the amount of natural gas that the …

OPEC Chief Haitham Al-Ghais broke bread with US shale bosses Monday night in his first meeting with the producers since he took the helm of the oil cartel in July. At the table, which included Occidental Petroleum Corp. CEO Vicki Hollub and Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield, talk centered …

Oil declined as China’s modest new growth ambitions and the prospect of tighter U.S. monetary policy posed headwinds for global fuel consumption. West Texas Intermediate traded below US$79 a barrel after gaining more than four per cent last week. China’s Premier Li Keqiang announced a goal for gross domestic product …

Saudi Aramco raised the official selling price for the crude oil it exports to Asia and Europe for yet another month, with the flagship Arab Light to sell in April for $0.50 more than in March. The price hike for Arab Heavy was even more pronounced, at $2.50 per barrel, …

The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said Iran is committed to IAEA protocols and nuclear-NPT, but IAEA supervisions must be within our frameworks and reservations. Mohammad Eslami said in a press conference on Sunday in response to a question about being satisfied with the recent visit …

India’s imports of crude oil from Russia soared to a record 1.6 million barrels per day in February and is now higher than combined imports from traditional suppliers Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Iraq, whom Russia has toppled to become the largest oil source for India, supplied 9,39,921 barrels per day …

Global CO2 emissions from the energy sector inched up 0.9% in 2022 to reach a new record of 36.8bn metric tons, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported on March 3, in part as a result of soaring gas prices that led more countries to burn more coal. Last year also …