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Turkey’s state gas company BOTAS has locked in 15 billion cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through new contracts with eight global suppliers, in a concerted effort to expand its energy portfolio and curb dependence on pipelines from Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran. Announced at the Gastech 2025 conference in …

Crude oil inventories in the United States increased by 3.9 million barrels during the week ending September 5, after falling 2.4 million barrels in the week prior, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The build brings commercial stockpiles to 424.6 million barrels …

Reports are circulating in Armenia that a US delegation will soon travel to Yerevan to work out the details of a transit corridor that is a key element of the provisional Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump. Armenian news accounts, citing “well-informed government sources,” say the US …

The EU is weighing options to impose fresh sanctions on Russia’s oil industry and exports by sanctioning major energy firms and erecting more barriers to Russian oil trade, sources with knowledge of the plans told Bloomberg on Monday. EU officials are set to travel to Washington this week to discuss …

India’s top refiner, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IndianOil), has forgone buying U.S. crude at this week’s tender, instead opting for Middle Eastern and West African crude, sources in the oil trade industry told Reuters on Friday. At the previous tender last week, IOC bought as many as 5 million barrels …

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Chinese President Xi Jinping is conspiring with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un against the United States as the three leaders put up a united front at a Beijing military parade in what observers see as a show of strength defying …

Over the past decade, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), comprising Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman, has advanced bold strategies to reshape its economies by reducing reliance on oil while developing new sectors like renewable energy, tourism, financial services, and digital innovation. Charting a course toward long-term …

U.S. natural gas consumption is on track to set a new record in 2025, according to the Energy Information Administration. In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, the agency projected demand will average 91.4 billion cubic feet per day, up from 90.5 bcf/d in 2024. January usage climbed to 126.8 bcf/d, …

The Commerce Department just opened a Section 232 “national security” probe into imported wind turbines and parts—quietly on Aug. 13, publicly today. That matters because 232 isn’t a press release; it’s a legal on-ramp to more tariffs on top of the new 50% duty already applied to the steel and …

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may issue a host of waivers for biofuel blending mandates for small refiners, countering a proposal made by the federal government earlier this year for an increase in biofuels blending with regular fuels. In that proposal, the Trump administration eyed an 8% increase in the …