TotalEnergies has agreed to sell 50% of its solar projects portfolio in North America to global investment firm KKR for about $1 billion, as part of the French supermajor’s renewables strategy to divest half of its already operational assets. TotalEnergies is selling 50% of a portfolio of combined 1.4 gigawatts …
Read More »Iraq To Restart Kurdistan Oil Exports on September 27
Exports from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan will resume on Saturday, September 27, following agreements reached between Iraq’s federal government, the Kurdistan Regional Government, and a group of international oil companies, Norway-based oil producer DNO ASA said on Friday. However, DNO, one of the major foreign producers in Kurdistan, will …
Read More »How Trump’s Coal Revival could Make Electricity more Expensive
While much of the world is looking to phase out its coal production, United States President Donald Trump has put coal back on the energy agenda, with big plans to reinvigorate ageing coal facilities. Despite concerns over the impact of ongoing coal use on human health and the environment, Trump …
Read More »Clean Energy Transition Accelerates Globally beyond Western Influence
The clean energy transition is well underway around the world, at what many experts estimate to be an unstoppable velocity. While political shifts in the United States are pulling the emergency break on clean energy policy mechanisms, the international energy sector is plowing full-steam ahead. “This is no longer a …
Read More »U.S. Presses India: Cut Russian Oil Imports or Watch Trade Deal Slip away
Washington is making it clear to New Delhi: any path forward on a U.S.–India trade deal runs through Russia’s oil fields. In recent talks, U.S. trade negotiators told Indian counterparts that curbing purchases of Russian crude is critical to lowering America’s punitive tariffs and unlocking a deal, sources told Reuters …
Read More »Forget OPEC Warnings the Real Oil Shock is Happening Inside Russia
While the world is watching the UN General Assembly discussions on Gaza-Israel, hybrid warfare in Europe (drones) and Trump, global oil markets are showing increased instability, as Ukrainian drones are destroying key oil and gas infrastructure inside of Russia. Over the last few weeks, a tsunami of reports has been …
Read More »Record-Low Canadian Natural Gas Prices Prompt Production Curbs
Canadian producers are temporarily shutting in natural gas wellheads amid a record-low negative pricing at the key Alberta gas hub. The price of natural gas at the AECO Hub, the Canadian benchmark price for natural gas on the Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) system, has been weak all summer and …
Read More »Exxon Seeks to Recover Billions Lost in Sakhalin Exit
ExxonMobil has quietly signed a non-binding agreement with Russia’s state-run Rosneft that could open the door to recovering billions lost when it exited the Sakhalin-1 project after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Sources told that Reuters the pact, inked in late August or early September, sets the terms for talks but …
Read More »Norwegian Offshore Oil and Gas Production Surges Past Expectations
Norwegian oil and gas production exceeded the regulator’s forecast by 2.6% in August, for the second consecutive month, data from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate showed on Tuesday. Last month, oil output in Western Europe’s biggest crude and natural gas producer averaged 1.924 million barrels per day (bpd), up by 7.1% …
Read More »China Defies Sanctions with Sixth Russian Arctic LNG Cargo
China has received a sixth LNG cargo from Russia’s heavily sanctioned Arctic export project in a sign that the Chinese-Russian trade from Arctic LNG 2 has been flourishing in recent weeks despite U.S. and European sanctions on the project. The Arctic Mulan discharged its LNG cargo at the Chinese terminal …
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