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Offshore wind development costs are 30% higher in the United States than they are in Europe, Germany’s biggest utility said on Thursday at the CERAWeek conference. According to RWE AG CEO Markus Krebber, the wind industry in the United States lacks maturity. “Offshore wind has become very complicated,” Krebber said, …

The world will need nuclear power generation to reach its emission reduction and net-zero targets, according to Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). “Without the support of nuclear power, we have no chance to reach our climate targets on time,” Birol said ahead of a …

Market sources report that hot rolled coil steel prices in northern and southern Europe continued to decline in recent weeks due to slowing economies in Europe as well as overcapacity. “I’m a little scared about Germany,” one trader told MetalMiner, referring to that country’s current economic situation. Germany’s economy is …

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and his Yemeni counterpart Ahmed bin Mubarak discussed energy cooperation between the countries. A Libyan government statement said the two leaders dwelt on the establishment of new partnerships and cooperation between the countries in the field of energy. During a phone call, the “regional …

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is dispatching a team of top executives to Angola to explore new oil exploration opportunities, reported Reuters. This development comes as Angola, one of Africa’s leading oil producers, seeks to strengthen its energy ties with China, a principal creditor and a crucial market for …

A giant semi-submersible rig, which is considered to be one of the largest ones ever built, has gone back to the UK’s Kishorn Port (KPL), a 50/50 joint venture between Ferguson Transport (Spean Bridge) and Leiths (Scotland), to prepare for its return to the drilling campaign with Britain’s energy giant …

For decades, Saudi Arabia has been regarded as the de facto leader of OPEC and a swing-producer critical to curtailing large price overshoots in either direction. Over the past few years, the Arab nation has borne the lion’s share of OPEC+ production cuts after recently agreeing to cut 1 million …

International oil and gas majors and the Middle East’s national oil companies are expected to give the green light this year to up to 30 projects, worth a total investment of $125 billion and holding an estimated 14 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of resources. That’s the estimate in …

Kazakhstan Railways is bolstering its presence in both China and Russia to cement the Central Asian state’s role as a hub for both Europe- and Russia-bound freight rail traffic originating in East Asia. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, speaking via video link, inaugurated a Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) logistics and innovation center …

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil revealed, on Saturday the latest developments in the work of technical committees between Baghdad and Erbil to resolve the issue of oil exports from the fields of the Kurdistan Region (KRI) through the Turkish port of Ceyhan. The ministry’s spokesperson Asim Jihad told Shafaq News …