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The European Union will receive natural gas supplies that may have Russian gas mixed in, Czech energy minister Jozef Sikela told Bloomberg. Sikela has been tapped by the Czech government to be its member of the European Commission, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been said to …

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation has drastically cut its electric vehicle production target by 30% compared to previous plans, on the back of the slower EV uptake globally, Nikkei reported on Friday. Toyota, one of the world’s biggest car manufacturers, now aims at rolling out 1 million EVs in 2026, down …

A sanctioned LNG carrier is enroute to the Arctic LNG 2 facility to load what would be the fourth cargo of liquefied gas from the newest LNG facility in Russia. Bloomberg cited ship-tracking data as showing Everest Energy moving to the facility on the Gydan Peninsula in Siberia. The vessel …

OPEC+ has reached a deal to delay the unwinding of its production cuts that were planned to begin in October, anonymous OPEC+ sources told Bloomberg on Tuesday. The group now plans to ease output cuts beginning in December. OPEC+’s existing plan is to begin the careful process of rolling back …

South Sudan and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) are discussing the idea to build an alternative oil pipeline from the landlocked African country to Djibouti via Ethiopia to boost export capabilities, the presidency has said. The statement came during the visit of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir to China and …

Oil stocks went back in vogue two years ago with a vengeance as investors sought to get a piece of the record profits the industry reaped from the gas squeeze in Europe and the oil squeeze fears prompted by sanctions on Russia. Two years on, and that appeal is dissipating, …

Libya is yet to resume oil exports one week after the Haftar clan blocked production in a bid to gain leverage over a battle to control the Central Bank. Six engineers have told Pan-Arab newspaper Asharq-Al-Awsat that exports remained halted at the ports of Es Sidra, Ras Lanouf, Hariga, Zueitina, …

Fortescue is a large Australian mining group that has articulated ambitious plans to become a clean energy giant, especially in the hydrogen market, where it has begun several large international green projects and entered into numerous partnerships with other firms. Earlier this year, however, Fortescue began to exhibit signs of …

Russian natural gas pipeline exports to Europe declined by 2% in August compared to both August last year and July 2024, according to estimates by Reuters published on Monday. Last month, gas giant Gazprom’s average daily pipeline shipments to Europe fell to 89.6 million cubic meters, down by 2% month-on-month …

The Dangote refinery in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest and newest crude processing facility, is set to soon begin production of gasoline, potentially upending global gasoline flows. For years, Nigeria has been importing the gasoline it consumes, but the newly operational refinery is poised to turn OPEC’s largest African crude oil producer …