An auto supplier that manufactures electrified propulsion systems, among others, has closed a factory in Detroit because of the drop in demand for electric vehicles. In a statement cited by CBS, Dana Inc. said that the closure decision was the result of an “unexpected and immediate reduction in customer orders …
Read More »China Becomes Canada’s Biggest Crude Customer Thanks to Trans Mountain
For decades, Canadian oil exporters have only had one destination: south of the border. Yet things are changing. There’s a new big buyer in town, and it’s buying a lot: China. Canadian crude oil flows abroad began to change direction earlier this year, after the trade dispute ignited by U.S. …
Read More »Japan Pushes Back on U.S. Pressure to Halt Russian Energy Imports
Japan will base any decisions about energy imports on its national interests, the country’s trade minister Yoji Muto has said, following suggestions from the Trump administration that Japan suspends all purchases of Russian oil and gas. “Since the invasion of Ukraine, Japan has been steadily reducing its dependence on Russian …
Read More »Kurdistan’s Oil Exports Top 200,000 Bpd amid Fragile New Deal
Crude oil exports from Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan have reached 205,000 barrels per day (bpd), but the oil flows via a pipeline to the Turkish point of Ceyhan could be under threat again. Oil exports from Iraq’s northern region of Kurdistan via the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline to Ceyhan resumed on …
Read More »Venezuela Revives Coal as Oil Remains off Limits
Venezuela is betting on coal to jumpstart its resource economy and exports amid increasing sanctions on its oil industry with few exemptions in the form of waivers. At the end of 2024, a Venezuelan-Turkish joint venture restarted coal production at two mines in northwestern Venezuela – Paso Diablo and Mina …
Read More »U.S. Oil Growth Shifts from Shale to Gulf
For over a decade, the shale patch has been the engine behind U.S. oil production growth. Now, the pattern is shifting to offshore oil amid tech advances and maturing shale reservoirs—with the help of a pro-oil federal government. Earlier this year, the Energy Information Administration said it expected oil output …
Read More »Why Microgrids are the Backbone of the next Energy Revolution
Microgrids are becoming an increasingly attractive means of supplying rural areas with energy, particularly as renewable energy sources can be used to power small grids in unconventional energy-producing regions. These small grids can be developed alongside a comprehensive transmission network or in parts of the world where electricity access is …
Read More »Europe’s Aging Grids Buckle under Renewable Energy Demands
The world’s power grids need a major upgrade to keep pace with growing rates of electrification and the ever-increasing energy demands of big data. A cleaner energy landscape means a whole lot more electricity demand, as we switch from gas-powered vehicles and appliances to newer, cleaner models that need to …
Read More »China’s Role in Africa’s Green Energy Future
China’s incredible pace of clean energy spending has made the world’s second-largest economy the single-largest producer of clean energy by a long shot. This dominant position in global energy markets doesn’t just stem from domestic production capacity, but from increasingly significant control of global supply chains for clean energy technologies …
Read More »Global Shipping Emissions Deal Sinks after Last-Minute Collapse
A decade-long effort to make the shipping industry the first to adopt binding international emissions targets has fallen apart—this time not over science or technology, but timing and cost. The breakdown leaves oil demand from marine fuels largely untouched for now, a relief to refiners and traders watching for signs …
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