Oil jumped by 3% early on Monday after the United States and China agreed to slash tariffs on each other, easing concerns about global trade and the economy. As of 6:52 a.m. on Monday, the U.S. benchmark, WTI Crude, was up by 3.13% at $62.93. The international benchmark, Brent Crude, …
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Despite having invested heavily in clean energy under former President Joe Biden, the U.S. is now falling back into old habits, which is driving up its greenhouse gas emissions. Since coming into office in January, President Donald Trump has introduced a wide range of policies aimed at increasing fossil fuel …
Read More »Oil Prices On Track for Weekly Gain as Market Expects U.S.-China Trade Talks
Oil prices are on track to post a weekly gain amid expectations that the first U.S. trade deal post-tariffs, with the UK, could be a good sign of thaw in the tense trade relations ahead of the U.S.-China talks this weekend. As of 9:45 a.m. EDT on Friday, the front-month …
Read More »Indonesia Looks to Buy more U.S. Fuel to Avoid Steep Tariffs
Indonesia plans to slash its fuel imports from Singapore and source more refined products from the United States as the country looks to negotiate lower tariffs with the U.S. Indonesia was slapped with one of the highest tariffs – 32% – in the “liberation day” tariffs announced by U.S. President …
Read More »U.S. Seeks to Downgrade Climate Risk in Global Financial Regulations
The U.S. is proposing that the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Risks (TFCR) at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) be downgraded to a working group, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing sources briefed on the matter. The Basel Committee is the top global regulator of the banking …
Read More »Exxon to Invest $1.5 Billion in Deepwater Oilfields in Nigeria
U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil plans to invest as much as $1.5 billion in deepwater oil and gas exploration and development offshore Nigeria, the local regulator, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has said. Exxon sold last year its onshore assets to local firm Seplat Energy, but is committed to offshore …
Read More »U.S. Electricity from Fossils Fuels Dips below 50% for the First Time ever
For the first time in history, fossil fuels supplied less than half of the United States’ electricity generation for an entire month, according to new data released by energy think tank Ember. This milestone, achieved in March 2025, represents a turning point in the evolving energy mix of the world’s …
Read More »The Trade War is already Hurting Oil Demand
Signs have emerged that the U.S.-China trade war is already hitting oil demand in the shipping and aviation sectors, and this weakness could soon move into the U.S. trucking business and reduce diesel demand. Container traffic from China to the United States is plummeting, while U.S. airlines warn of a …
Read More »Europe’s Natural Gas Prices Rise as China Hints at U.S. Trade Talks
European benchmark natural gas prices rose on Friday amid signals from China that it considers engaging in trade talks with the United States. A de-escalation of the tensions drove markets higher at the end of the week as traders and analysts weigh the possibility of less disruptive trade and lower …
Read More »Indian Refiner BPCL Looks to Source Cheaper U.S. LPG in Swap Deal
Indian state-held refiner and fuel retailer Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is in discussions with suppliers to swap a Middle East cargo with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with cheaper supply from the United States, the refiner’s head of finance, Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta, said on Friday. “We are approaching suppliers. We …
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