Shell Plc said surging margins from fuel production could have added more than $1 billion to the earnings of its refining business last quarter, when gasoline prices broke records in several countries. The trading update from the London-based energy giant is the first indicator of just how much cash was …
Read More »IEA: Global Gas Demand Growth Forecast to Falter for Years
Global natural gas demand will sputter for the next three years, as soaring prices and the threat of further Russian supply cuts discourage consumption. Gas use is expected to slip 0.5% this year as reduced economic activity in Asia and a sharp drop in European gas demand overshadows more buoyant …
Read More »Algeria Says It’s Agreed Hike in Gas Prices with Three Partners
Algeria said it reached a deal with three “partners” to increase prices of its natural gas exports, as Europe races to boost supplies from the North African country. “We are confident that we will soon reach agreements to review the prices with other partners,” Toufik Hakkar, the chief executive officer …
Read More »Shell Set to Sign Deal with Qatar for Giant Gas Project
Shell Plc is set to follow other Western energy majors by taking a stake in a $29 billion project to boost Qatar’s exports of liquefied natural gas, just as Europe races to shore up new supplies of the fuel. The London-based company will probably announce its partnership with state-controlled Qatar …
Read More »Exxon, Shell Partner with CNOOC on China Carbon Capture Project
Oil majors from three continents are partnering with the world’s largest factory hub on a massive carbon capture site that would store the heat-trapping gas at sea in China. Exxon Mobil Corp., Shell Plc and Cnooc Ltd. signed a non-binding agreement with the Guangdong government on a facility that would …
Read More »EU Gas Swings as Russia-Turkey Flows Resume while Risks Loom
European natural gas prices fluctuated, with traders weighing the return of flows via Turkey against the risk of a further deterioration in supplies to the continent. Gas shipments via the TurkStream pipeline resumed after maintenance ended on Monday, Russia’s Gazprom said on Telegram. The link, which has an annual transport …
Read More »EU Confronts Risks of Low Gas Storage in Test of Unity on Russia
European Union governments are confronting the risk of a splintering energy market as Russian cuts in natural-gas supplies test EU unity in response to the war on Ukraine. An increase in gas supply disruptions following EU sanctions on Russia is prompting member countries to step up winter preparations as they …
Read More »Italy Says Proposal to Cap Gas Prices is Gaining Support in EU
An Italian proposal to cap natural gas prices in Europe is gaining traction across the region as countries increasingly see it as the “only solution” to soaring costs, Energy Minister Roberto Cingolani said Tuesday. Italy has recommended that European Union member states put a limit on the price of gas …
Read More »China Buys $7.5 Billion of Russian Energy with Oil at Record
China continued to snap up Russian energy products last month, including a record quantity of crude oil, lifting purchases to $7.47 billion — about $1 billion more than April and double the amount of a year ago. The increase in shipments came as the war in Ukraine entered a fourth …
Read More »Iraq Says It’s Ready to Buy Exxon’s West Qurna-1 Oil Field Stake
Basra Oil Co. will buy Exxon Mobil Corp.’s stake in the West Qurna-1 oil field in southern Iraq, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar told reporters on Sunday. A final investment decision has been taken to acquire Exxon’s interest in the field, Jabbar said at an event in Baghdad. Iraq has …
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