U.S. refining and chemicals giant Phillips 66 booked higher-than-expected earnings for the third quarter even if earnings plunged from a year earlier, as expected, due to weak refining margins and fuel demand. Phillips 66 reported on Tuesday adjusted earnings of $859 million, or $2.04 per share, for the third quarter, …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Vows to Maintain Its Status as an Oil Giant
As Saudi Arabia prepares to tender 44 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects, it will continue to maintain its oil-producing potential to ensure global energy security, officials from the Kingdom said at the annual investment forum in Riyadh on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude oil exporter, will keep …
Read More »Geopolitical Tensions Cast Shadow over EV Industry
Chinese EV battery maker SVOLT is shuttering operations in Europe on the heels of a yearslong regulatory conflict between European lawmakers and EV manufacturing based in China. As we have reported over the last year, EU authorities have been doing everything in their power to stifle EV production based in …
Read More »European Gas Futures Retreat from 2024 Highs
Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices slumped on Monday from their 2024 high from last week as Israel’s retaliation for the Iranian missile strike was limited in scope and targets and avoided energy infrastructure in Iran. Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, were trading down by …
Read More »UAE’s Renewable Energy Giant Pushes back Green Hydrogen Targets
Masdar, the clean energy giant of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has pushed back its target to reach 1 million tons per year of green hydrogen capacity beyond 2030, the company’s press office told Bloomberg on Monday. Masdar, which initially targeted this capacity by 2030, will now aim to reach …
Read More »PetroChina Set to Close Its Biggest Refinery in 2025
State oil giant PetroChina plans to shut its largest Chinese refinery in 2025 after years of considering moving the processing to a smaller site, anonymous sources told Reuters on Monday. PetroChina has been thinking for years to shut its Dalian Petrochemical plant in downtown Dalian, north China. The 410,000-barrels per …
Read More »Egypt to Double down on Natural Gas
Egypt has played a leading role in the global energy market for several decades, as a major producer of both oil and gas, as well as a vital transportation hub for energy products. Despite disruptions, caused mainly by national political unrest and geopolitical challenges in recent years, Egypt remains a …
Read More »BP Walks back Green Targets amid Market Realities
In February 2020, then-brand-new chief executive Bernard Looney told the world that one of the oldest and biggest oil companies in the world was going to become a net-zero company by 2050. To achieve this, it would slash its oil and gas production by 40% by 2030. Four years and …
Read More »Southeast Asia will be a Major Energy Power for the next Decade
Southeast Asia’s role in the global energy system is set to grow strongly over the next decade, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) most recent publication. The region will contribute heavily both to energy production as well as global demand, as its population expands rapidly, and several countries undergo …
Read More »US Shale Gas Production Declines for the First Time since 2000
U.S. natural gas production from shale and tight formations, which accounts for 79% of dry natural gas production, decreased slightly in the first nine months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023. If this trend holds for the remainder of 2024, it would mark the first annual decrease …
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