Europe is bracing for a tough winter as an energy crisis that’s been years in the making leaves the continent relying on the vagaries of the weather. Faced with surging gas and electricity prices, countries from the UK to Germany will need to count on mild temperatures to get through …
Read More »Russian Oil Output Climbs in Line with OPEC Quota Deal
Russia’s crude oil and condensate output jumped in the first weeks of September as some of the nation’s key producers ramped up in line with the OPEC+ deal and Gazprom PJSC recovered from a fire at a facility in West Siberia. The nation pumped an average of 1,456.9 thousand tons …
Read More »Iraq Cuts U.S. Oil Prices Sharply, Bucking Saudi’s Pricing Trend
Iraq cut the price of its banner crude for U.S. customers sharply, a bold deviation from what Saudi Arabia chose to do with its own barrels just a few days ago. The nation’s Basrah Light barrels will be sold at a discount of $1.15 per barrel to a regional benchmark …
Read More »Natural Gas Prices Surge as Energy Transition-Driven Demand Outstrips Supply
The era of cheap natural gas is over, giving way to an age of far more costly energy that will create ripple effects across the global economy. Natural gas, used to generate electricity and heat homes, was abundant and cheap during much of the last decade amid a boom in …
Read More »Oil Price Decline Continues as China’s Outbreak Weighs on Demand
Oil declined for a third day as the coronavirus spread in Asia, particularly China, continued to threaten demand. West Texas Intermediate futures slumped 1.9%, after retreating 4.6% in the previous two sessions. The delta strain of Covid-19 has been detected in almost half of China’s 32 provinces in just two …
Read More »Russians Decide against Selling Iraqi Oilfield to China
Russia’s Lukoil PJSC is retracting its decision to sell its stake in West Qurna-2 field in the south to Chinese companies, according to Iraqi state-run newspaper Al-Sabah. Iraq’s oil ministry has been in talks with the company for the last six months to convince it to repeal its decision, and …
Read More »China Joins Consortium Taking a 49% Equity Stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Co.
China’s Silk Road Fund and Hassana Investment Co., controlled by the Saudi Arabian government, joined a group investing $12.4 billion in Saudi Aramco’s oil pipelines. The consortium, led by U.S. firm EIG Global Energy Partners LLC, has now closed a deal to acquire a 49% equity stake in Aramco Oil …
Read More »EU, Bill Gates Form $1 Billion Clean Energy Pact
The European Commission and Bill Gates joined forces in an initiative that wants to mobilize as much as $1 billion investment in clean technologies such as green hydrogen and sustainable fuels. The Commission and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a program founded by Gates, want to muster the funding in 2022-2026 to …
Read More »Daniel Yergin to Receive Prestigious WPC Dewhurst Award
Pulitzer-prize winner, respected author, and leading energy expert, Dr. Daniel Yergin, is being recognised for his “exceptional contribution to the oil, gas and energy industry” with the highest honor of the World Petroleum Council, the Dewhurst Award. This distinguished lifetime achievement award celebrates his role as a global authority on …
Read More »Largest U.S. Fuel Pipeline Vows to Overcome Hack by End of Week
North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline is in a race against time to overcome a cyberattack that’s frozen fuel shipments before regional reserves of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel run dry. Colonial Pipeline said segments of its Texas-to-New Jersey line are being brought back online in steps, and substantially all service …
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