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TotalEnergies will do extensive turnaround work at its largest integrated refinery complex in Europe in the second half of 2025, sources familiar with the plans told Bloomberg on Friday. TotalEnergies’s Antwerp refining and petrochemicals platform is the French supermajor’s largest integrated complex in Europe. Located in Antwerp, Belgium, right in …

Crude oil refining in China fell to the lowest in three months in September as more refineries closed for regular seasonal maintenance. Even so, oil prices will likely suffer a negative impact from the news, as it also revealed refining since the start of the year was down 1.6%. Chinese …

The UK on Thursday imposed the largest round of sanctions to date against Russia’s shadow fleet, designating additional 18 oil tankers and four LNG tankers as it seeks to cut critical revenues for Vladimir Putin. In June, the previous UK government explicitly targeted vessels identified as belonging to the shadow …

Oman’s national oil company OQ’s upstream business part, OQ Exploration and Production (OQEP), reports that its landmark initial public offering (IPO) has raised $2 billion. The latter is a clear sign that national and international interest in GCC-based oil companies is still very high. The IPO result makes OQEP the …

Moderating inflation and reduced market volatility compared to 2022 and 2023 resulted in lower prices for renewable electricity in power purchase agreements across Europe. During the third quarter of 2024, power purchase agreements (PPAs) for electricity sourced from renewable energy showed a 12.4% decline in price, compared to the same …

Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, is set to present its long-term strategic development plan in 2025, mapping out its vision through 2045. This announcement came from Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The timing coincides with the 80th anniversary of Russia’s nuclear industry. The …

Germany’s car manufacturing giant BMW is warning that an EU ban on the sale of gasoline and diesel cars from 2035 is “no longer realistic” amid slow EV sales as the European auto industry will see a “massive shrinking” with such a ban. European carmakers are already struggling with their …

India plans a massive upgrade and expansion of its power transmission system, expecting investment opportunities of $109 billion to support the integration of renewable energy sources and storage solutions, the power ministry has said. India’s new National Electricity Plan (Transmission) envisages the addition of hundreds of thousands of kilometers of …

African countries are planning to launch their own financing vehicle for oil and gas projects in the face of growing pressure from Western financial institutions to abandon the development of these resources. The group of 18 states needs $5 billion to kickstart what it calls an energy bank. They call …

OPEC’s crude oil production slumped by 604,000 barrels per day (bpd) in September compared to August, as Libya’s output was largely halted amid a political standoff and Iraq moved to improve compliance with the OPEC+ cuts. All 12 OPEC producers pumped on average 26.04 million bpd of crude last month, …