India has accumulated huge oil reserves during the pandemic, taking advantage of the depressed prices and lack of demand across the world. State-funded strategic crude oil reserves are meant to tackle emergency situations and allow the Modi government to tide over short-term supply disruptions. The Indian government revealed on Tuesday …
Read More »Russia, US Continue to Clash over Fate of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
Russia and the US continue to clash over the future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, with Moscow hitting out at calls from Washington for the creation of a “coalition” of nations aimed at blocking completion of the project. A little over 150 km of Nord Stream 2 remains …
Read More »Russia Slams US Attempts to Forge Coalition against Nord Stream 2
Russia rejects US attempts to oppose the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project by forging a coalition of project opponents, Spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova noted on Wednesday. “We condemn calls for forging a certain coalition against the pipeline, wherein German and other companies have already made multi-billion …
Read More »The United States Is Building a Coalition against Nord Stream 2
The United States is building a coalition aimed at preventing the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will substantially increase the flow of Russian gas into Europe, the U.S. Secretary of State told German daily Bild in an interview, Oilprice analysed.. “From the US point of view, Nord …
Read More »US Halves Anti-Dumping Tariffs on S. Korean Oil Pipelines
The United States has nearly halved its anti-dumping tariffs on oil pipeline products from South Korean steelmakers, industry sources said Tuesday. The US Department of Commerce has decided to levy a tariff of 4.23 percent to 9.24 percent on South Korean oil pipelines, far lower than the 2018 ruling of …
Read More »BP and Microsoft form Digitalization Partnership
BP and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to collaborate as strategic partners to further digital transformation in energy systems and advance the net zero carbon goals of both companies. This includes a co-innovation effort focused on digital solutions, the continued use of Microsoft Azure as a cloud-based solution for BP infrastructure …
Read More »US ‘Deeply Concerned’ over Turkish Energy Exploration in Mediterranean
Visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday that Washington is “deeply concerned” over Turkey’s gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean amid growing tensions between Turkey, Cyprus and Greece. “We remain deeply concerned by Turkey’s ongoing operations surveying for natural resources in areas over which Greece and Cyprus assert …
Read More »Russian Fuel Oil Is a Hit in US
Behind the facade of political rhetoric, Russia and the United States have embarked on an impressive show of synergy, with fuel oil becoming a rare demonstration of improving relations. The issue of US-Russia energy ties has been enjoying a bit of media spotlight as President Trump accused Democrats in New …
Read More »DTE Energy Targets 420MW of Solar Energy by 2022
Its clean energy generation would offset around 4.7m tons of CO2, equivalent to the emissions from more than 938,000 cars a year.
Read More »US Government Invests $72m in Carbon Capture Technologies
Projects will develop technologies to capture CO2 generated as a by-product of manufacturing at industrial sites as well as develop new materials for use in direct air capture.
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