Crude oil inventories in the United States saw a large increase of 6.2 million barrels during the week ending March 28, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration released on Wednesday. Crude oil prices were trading up prior to the crude data release by the U.S. Energy …
Read More »Indian Refiners Seek Alternatives to Russian Crude after Trump Tariff Threat
Indian oil refiners have started looking for alternative supplies of crude after President Trump threatened secondary sanctions on Russian energy exports if Moscow refuses to sign a ceasefire deal for the Ukraine. Bloomberg reported that companies such as Bharat Petroleum Corp. and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. were looking for oil cargoes …
Read More »Ukraine Considers U.S. Role in Power Infrastructure
The US could have boots on the ground in Ukraine — though not in the way many might expect. During a recent phone call between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, where Ukraine agreed to pause attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure for 30 days, the idea emerged …
Read More »Indonesia’s $20-Billion Energy Transition Deal will Survive without the U.S.
Indonesia is plowing ahead with its $20-billion international partnership to aid its energy transition despite the U.S. exit from international climate deals and commitments to support the clean energy goals of developing countries. At the end of 2022, Indonesia, the world’s top coal exporter and heavily reliant on coal for …
Read More »U.S.-German Startup Plans to Build Fusion Plant in Germany
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 …
Read More »U.S. Firm Backed by Gates and Bezos Seeks Congo Lithium Exploration
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 …
Read More »China Stops Buying U.S. LNG
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 …
Read More »Renewable Energy Stocks Drop to Five-Year Lows
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% …
Read More »U.S. LNG’s Kingmaker Status has an Expiration Date
Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, the United States was the world’s largest importer of energy, guzzling down foreign oil and gas like a frat boy at a kegger. But the script has since flipped. Thanks to the shale revolution and a penchant for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the …
Read More »Oil Prices Rebound as Market Metrics Signal Oversold Conditions
Oil edged up as internal market metrics flashed signs that recent declines were overdone, overshadowing the prospect of a temporary truce in Ukraine. West Texas Intermediate rose 0.3% to top $66 a barrel, recovering from the lowest closing price in six months. Ukraine said it’s ready to accept a US …
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