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Crude Oil

Oil Terminal Blast In Nigeria Takes Production Offline

An oil terminal was shut down in Nigeria after an attack caused a blast on the facility, and the operator of the terminal declared force majeure that will see c…

Offshore Wind Power

Mainstream Renewable, Aker Get 50% Stake in Floating Offshore Wind Project in Japan

​Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Offshore Wind have completed a transaction, acquiring an initial 50% of an 800-megawatt floating offshore wind project in …

Crude Oil

Global Crude Oil Prices Extend Losses Ahead of Fed Meeting

Brent crude futures were last down by $3.05 or 2.7% at $109.62 a barrel at 0351 GMT on Monday.

Natural Gas

Lukoil Strikes Gas at a Caspian Structure, but Major Oil Prospect Proves to be a Mirage

Russian producer was hoping for a much-needed boost in oil reserves within large licence block in Russian sector of the Caspian Sea

Oil Exploration

Drilling Firm Challenging Denial of Oil Exploration Efforts in Big Cypress Swamp

Burnett Oil Co. did not have a rendering of its proposed exploratory oil drilling facility it might build in the Everglades should permits be granted. This is a…

Natural Gas

Average US Gas Price Rises 22% in Two Weeks to Record $4.43

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up a whopping 79 cents over the past two weeks to a record-setting $4.43 per gallon (3.8 liters) as Russia…

Crude Oil

Rising US Oil Clout on Show in Houston

A glance at the attendee list at one of the world's largest energy industry events in Houston this week left little question about the growing influence of the …

Crude Oil

Petroecuador Plans to Double Oil Output in Next Five Years. Target Set at 800,000 Boed

Petroecuador, Ecuador's state-owned oil company, on Friday said it will look to double production to 800,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in the nex…

Crude Oil

China's Jan-Feb Daily Crude Oil Throughput Falls to Lowest Since End-2020

China's daily oil processing rate dropped 1.1% in the first two months of 2022 from a year ago, to the lowest since December 2020, as independent refiners scale…

Electric Car

Electric Vehicle Market: Is Lithium the New Oil?

More governments today are working towards creating new legislation and regulations for pollution and emission reduction. This has made electric and hybrid cars…

Nuclear Power Plant

Ukraine Restores Power Supply to Chernobyl Power Plant

Ukraine has restored electricity supplies to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) after it was disconnected from the grid last week, the International Atomic…

Rooftop PV System

China Drives Rooftop Solar Growth

China is driving growth in rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity after it increased its installations to 27.3 gigawatts (GW) in 2021 from 19.4GW in 2017.

Oil Field

Bohai Sea Oilfield Output Exceeds 500 Million Tons

The Bohai Sea oilfield, China's largest crude oil base, had produced a cumulative total of oil equivalent exceeding 500 million tons as of Monday, after it has …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Adani, Ballard Ink MoU for Hydrogen Fuel Cells Commercialisation in India

Adani Group and Ballard Power Systems entered a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) last month to evaluate the commercialisation of hydrogen fuel cell…

LNG

Dutch Limit Gas Production at Groningen Despite Energy Crisis

The Dutch state announced in 2019 that Groningen output would end by October 2022 to limit seismic risks in the region, with gas only to be extracted thereafter…