Gas

Obrador Administration rolling back energy reform in Mexico

Mexico’s importing of U.S. natural gas is going to grow exponentially as the pipelines from the United States come on line in the near future.

Oil & Gas Trade

Baltic Pipeline Opens to Ease Natural Gas Dependence on Russia

Stored natural gas has begun flowing to Finland from Latvia through the new Balticconnector pipeline in a bid to ease the region's dependence on Russian gas.

Market Analysis

Oil Infrastructure at Risk as Iran Looks to Avenge Soleimani's Death

Energy infrastructure around the Persian Gulf could be among the most tempting targets for Iran in seeking retaliation for the U.S. killing of Gen. Qassem Solei…

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia to Resume Limited Oil Supplies to Belarus Amid Talks

Belarus has reached an agreement with Russia for limited oil supplies after Moscow earlier this week stopped supplying crude amid stalled talks on strengthening…

Nigeria Final Passage of PIB Expected By Mid 2020, Says Sylva

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the review of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is at an advanced stage, while the …

Crude

Tullow Oil Reveals Discovery of ‘Higher Quality’ Crude Offshore Guyana

Tullow Oil PLC (LON:TLW) has revealed a higher quality oil discovery offshore Guyana, in the Carapa-1 well within the Kanuku licence.

Oil & Gas Trade

Greece, Cyprus and Israel Sign Agreement to Build Gas Pipeline

Greece, Cyprus, and Israel have signed an agreement to construct 1,900-kilometer undersea pipeline to carry natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe…

Oil&Gas Drilling

China's Top Coal Province to Seek Investors Extracting Gas from Abandoned Mines

Shanxi holds about 2,052 sq km of depleted coal mine zones that could contain an estimated 72.6 billion cubic metres of coal-seam gas.

UK’s First Grid-Injected Hydrogen Pilot Gets Underway

The UK’s first live pilot to inject zero carbon hydrogen into a gas network to heat homes and businesses is now fully operational.

Distributed Generation

Trump Administration Says it will Approve Largest U.S. Solar Farm

Federal officials plan to approve a massive solar farm with energy storage in the desert outside Las Vegas, paving the way for a $1-billion project that will pr…

Oil & Gas Trade

Jordan Gets The First Supplies of Israeli Gas

Under the agreement, the U.S.-Israeli consortium will supply Jordan gas for 15 years from the field in the Mediterranean.

Crude

China Sinochem to Start $4.6 Billion Quanzhou Petrochemical Complex in Mid-2020

China Sinochem Group is expected to start up a new crude processing unit and a petrochemical complex in southeastern China around mid-2020, marking the state fi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Power is Emissions-Free, but at What Cost?

Nuclear power generates electricity without emitting greenhouse gases or other air pollutants. Yet it hasn’t been extensively deployed to fight climate change …

Oil & Gas Trade

Venezuela's PDVSA to Deliver Gasoline to Fuel-starved OPEC Nation

With an emoji of a flexing bicep, Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., or PDVSA, on Tuesday celebrated what was once a routine task in th…

Oil & Gas Trade

New Dispute Over Oil Could Be Brewing Between Russia and Belarus

Moscow and Minsk have had several oil and gas rows over the past decade in what has been described as love-hate relationship between president Vladimir Putin an…