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Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar on Thursday said Turkey anticipates “concrete developments” regarding the planned regional natural gas hub project in the coming months. In 2022, Russia proposed setting up a gas hub in Turkey to replace lost sales to Europe, supporting Ankara’s long-held desire to function as …

Saudi oil giant Aramco on Tuesday reported $56.3 billion in profits for the first half of the year, down from the year before due to weakening volumes sold amid worries about the global economy. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said its overall revenue for the half-year …

Turkey is prepared to increase its natural gas exports to the European Union, provided the EU offers long-term commitments to justify the necessary infrastructure investments, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Tuesday. The EU is striving to secure alternative gas sources to replace Russian supplies that transit through …

Turkey’s installed solar power capacity saw a record increase within a single month in April, surging by approximately 1.3 gigawatts (GW) compared to the previous month, according to a report on Sunday. The country’s solar power capacity reached 13.9 gigawatts at the end of April, marking a 1.3 gigawatt increase …

France is set to build eight new nuclear plants on top of six already announced, the energy minister has said, arguing more reactors are needed to hit carbon reduction targets. A draft law set to be presented soon recognizes that “we will need nuclear power beyond the six first European …

Turkey could take advantage from an expected global liquefied natural gas (LNG) production boom projected for 2025 onward, thanks to its extensive infrastructure, according to the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, recommended that Türkiye avail of this anticipated LNG boom that …

Türkiye’s natural gas demand is expected to increase and reach around 53 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2024, according to Yaşar Arslan, president of Türkiye’s Natural Gas Distribution Companies’ Association (GAZBIR), on Sunday. Arslan told Anadolu Agency (AA) that natural gas consumption this year may remain below the 56 billion …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the proposed “gas hub” in Türkiye is still on the agenda. He noted that Moscow wants to set up an electronic platform for gas sales in Turkey, and they do not want to store gas there. Last year, Putin proposed the idea of creating a …

Iraq is waiting on a final answer from turkey to resume its northern oil exports through the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, the country’s oil minister said Tuesday. Hayan Abdel-Ghani’s remarks come as oil production in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)-ruled region continues to drop as export flows to Turkey’s …

Betting that it can fulfil its green ambitions without atomic power despite the energy crisis caused by the Ukraine war, Germany is set to shut down its three remaining nuclear plants on Saturday. The cloud of white steam that has risen since 1989 over the river in Neckarwestheim, near Stuttgart, …