Tag Archives: Oil Price

Shell is holding its Capital Markets Day on Tuesday in New York—and analysts expect Chief Executive Officer Wael Sawan to reaffirm the UK-based supermajor’s new focus on oil and gas. Shell was one of the first European majors to pivot back to oil and gas in a 2023 strategy to …

Focused Energy, a U.S.-German start-up pursuing laser-driven fusion power, has signed a non-binding agreement with the largest German electric utility RWE and the state of Hessen to build a fusion research and development facility in Germany, Focused Energy’s CEO Scott Mercer told Reuters on Monday. Focused Energy plans to have …

This year will see the highest amount of new oil supply in a decade, according to data analyzed by Raymond James that showed projected global additions of nearly 3 million barrels daily. But only if the price is right. Bloomberg reported the Raymond James figures, noting projects such as the …

China’s state oil major Sinopec reported a net profit of almost $7 billion for 2024, which represented a 16.8% decline on the year, attributed to lower oil prices and electric cars. “In 2024, international crude oil prices fluctuated downward, the domestic transportation industry accelerated the replacement of new energy … …

U.S. firm KoBold Metals, whose backers include billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is seeking to develop a huge hard rock lithium deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the African country, which also has large cobalt, gold, and cobalt resources, is seeking a minerals partnership with the United …

India’s dependence on crude oil imports is on track to set a record high in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, as Indian fuel demand continues to grow while domestic crude production remains flat. India imported 88.2% of the crude it consumed in the April 2024-February 2025 period, according …

Kazakhstan’s oil production reached an all-time high in March despite the country’s continued pledges to start complying with its OPEC+ quota that it has been exceeding for years. As international supermajors are expanding oilfields in Kazakhstan, the non-OPEC producer part of the OPEC+ pact pumped as much as 2.16 million …

China has not received a single cargo of U.S. liquefied natural gas in 40 days and there are currently no LNG tankers en route to the country, Bloomberg has reported, citing data it compiled from ship-tracking information providers and energy analytics provider Kpler. The purchase freeze was the result of …

Investors are increasingly bearish on renewable energy stocks with green indexes down to five-year lows, as the Trump Administration’s energy policy is chilling the low-carbon energy markets. Although it was up by 2% year to date as of Monday morning, the S&P Global Clean Energy Transition Index has lost 13.5% …

Ideas to resurrect the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Germany are the “wrong direction of discussion”, Germany’s outgoing economy and energy minister Robert Habeck said on Monday. “The Ukrainians are still under the aggression of Russia. So I think talking about the potential of Nord Stream 2 or …