India has stepped up the use of coal to generate electricity in a bid to stop outages caused by lower hydroelectricity output, as an increase in renewables is struggling to keep pace with record power demand. It is unusual for India’s electricity use to spike in August, when temperatures are …
Read More »India to Weigh Russia’s Offer on Sakhalin-1 Oil Project
India maintains a “healthy dialogue” with Russia and will look at what is offered following an announced ownership revamp to the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has told the Reuters news agency. Russia last week issued a decree allowing it to seize Exxon Mobil’s 30 …
Read More »Norway’s Oil, Gas Workers Start Strike over Pay, Affecting Output
Norwegian offshore workers have begun a strike that will reduce oil and gas output, according to the union leading the industrial action. The strike, in which workers are demanding wage increases to compensate for rising inflation, came on Tuesday amid high oil and gas prices, with supplies of natural gas …
Read More »Russia Cuts off Finland Gas Flows over Payment Dispute
Russia’s Gazprom halted gas exports to neighbouring Finland, the latest escalation of an energy payment dispute with Western nations. Gazprom Export has demanded that European countries pay for Russian gas supplies in roubles because of sanctions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. But Finland refused to do so. “Gas imports …
Read More »India Looks to Gulf for Oil to Replace Russian Supply
State-run Indian refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp is seeking extra oil from Middle Eastern producers for April, fearing Western sanctions against Russia could hit deliveries of Urals crude, a source familiar with the matter said. BPCL, India’s second biggest state refiner, on average buys two million barrels of Russian Urals every …
Read More »Oil Climbs to Highest since 2018 on Demand Growth, OPEC+ Caution
Oil prices climbed to their highest since October 2018 on Friday, putting both benchmarks up for a fifth week in a row on expectations that demand growth will outstrip supply and OPEC+ will be cautious in returning more crude to the market from August onwards. Global benchmark Brent futures rose …
Read More »For First Time, Oil Giant Exxon Reveals Full Scope of Emissions
Exxon Mobil Corp. disclosed emissions data on customers’ use of its fuels and other products for the first time after coming under pressure from investors. The oil giant’s so-called Scope 3 emissions from petroleum-product sales were equivalent to 730 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019, according to the …
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