Tag Archives: Oil Price

Norway is looking to expand its oil and gas production with a new licensing round in frontier areas, with parliament directing the country’s minority government to facilitate the event. Reuters reports that the proposal to restart licensing rounds for oil and gas came—unsurprisingly—from the Conservatives but it gained majority support …

For the first time in history, fossil fuels supplied less than half of the United States’ electricity generation for an entire month, according to new data released by energy think tank Ember. This milestone, achieved in March 2025, represents a turning point in the evolving energy mix of the world’s …

Governments worldwide are searching for ways to decarbonise and tackle climate change, while many continue to rely heavily on fossil fuels for their energy. This has led several countries to explore the potential for geoengineering to combat climate change without relying entirely on the gradual shift away from fossil fuels …

Signs have emerged that the U.S.-China trade war is already hitting oil demand in the shipping and aviation sectors, and this weakness could soon move into the U.S. trucking business and reduce diesel demand. Container traffic from China to the United States is plummeting, while U.S. airlines warn of a …

The OPEC+ members currently participating in voluntary production cuts will meet this Saturday, May 3, instead of Monday, May 5, according to Kpler’s Amena Bakr on X. The call is set for noon Vienna time, with the agenda focused on “consensus building around maintaining the sped-up increment of 411K for …

European benchmark natural gas prices rose on Friday amid signals from China that it considers engaging in trade talks with the United States. A de-escalation of the tensions drove markets higher at the end of the week as traders and analysts weigh the possibility of less disruptive trade and lower …

Researchers around the world are competing to design and scale next generation solar panels. While current photovoltaic solar panels are generally cost-effective and efficient, the sector is always looking to advance, and find even better ways of converting sunlight into clean energy. Solar photovoltaics are on track to be the …

Indian state-held refiner and fuel retailer Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is in discussions with suppliers to swap a Middle East cargo with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with cheaper supply from the United States, the refiner’s head of finance, Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta, said on Friday. “We are approaching suppliers. We …

Natural gas production from the massive discovery in the Black Sea offshore Romania is expected to begin in 2027, Austria’s energy giant OMV said on Wednesday, adding that the project, Neptun Deep, is advancing as scheduled. Drilling for the first of ten wells began in March this year and is …

Economic activity across the South Caucasus and Central Asia is projected to stagnate over the next two years, as uncertainty envelops global markets, according to World Bank experts. The bank’s latest Europe and Central Asia Economic Update identifies the most serious challenges facing policymakers in the regions as weaker-than-expected trade, …