Trade

Rising Demand for Steel And Energy Pushed Global Coal Use

The global maritime coal trade grew 0.7 per cent last year, helped by increased output in China and Indonesia, according to Germany’s VDKI coal importers lobby…

Oil & Gas Trade

Jordan Parliament Seeks Ban on Israel Gas Imports

Jordan’s parliament Sunday voted in favour of a law to ban gas imports from Israel, weeks after the Jewish state began pumping it to the kingdom in a $10 billi…

Coal Trade

China's Coal Imports Raced Ahead in 2019

China's coal imports raced ahead in 2019, surprising many who had expected that in the months of 2019 to come the government would clamp down strictly on shipme…

Shale Gas

A Crude Restructuring: How America's Shale Revolution Changes the Oil Market in the Middle East

In the first week of January 2020, US special forces executed a strike killing the leader of Iran’s foreign paramilitary arm, Qasem Soleimani, and raised the a…

Oil & Gas Trade

Libya's Eastern-Based Forces Move to Halt Oil Exports

A move by Libya's east-based forces to choke off oil exports from its territory threatens to throttle much of the country’s oil production

Oil & Gas Trade

Eastern Libya Halts More Than Half the Country's Oil Output

Eastern Libya ports controlled by commander Khalifa Haftar, who is trying to seize the capital Tripoli, are shutting down oil exports, slashing national crude o…

Coal Trade

Seaborne Coal Trade Around The World Rose 0.7 Per Cent in 2019

Imports and exports, counted together, rose to 1.218 billion tonnes from 1.210 billion tonnes in 2018, VDKI Managing Director Franz-Josef Wodopia said in an spe…

Electricity Trade

Belarus to Negotiate Direct Electricity Supplies with Latvia

Belarus will discuss the possibility of directly supplying Belarusian electricity to Latvia, BelTA learned from Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas after he …

Electric Car

Fuel cell EVs Expected to Be The Cheapest Commercial Vehicles within 10 Years

At the CES 2020 trade show, Ballard Power Systems and Deloitte China announced the release of a joint White Paper that projects fuel cell EVs to be less expensi…

Oil & Gas Trade

India May Significantly Boost U.S. Oil Imports

India and the United States will discuss India’s energy security and the Asian country buying increased volumes of U.S. crude oil when U.S. President Donald Tr…

Energy Storage Battery

Tesla May Be Only Big Winner in U.S. Batteries Bound for China

Tesla Inc. may be the single largest beneficiary of a provision tucked into the trade deal between the U.S. and China.

US And China Sign Trade Agreement of The First Step, Energy Tariffs Remain

The US and China have agreed the first step of a broader deal to diffuse a trade war between the two economic giants, though key tariffs on energy imports into …

Power Construction

Ghana, Siemens Sign 250m-euro Deal to Upgrade Power Grid

Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Ghana to upgrade the nation’s electricity grid using €250m of financing from Germany.

Oil & Gas Trade

Israel Starts Exporting Natural Gas to Egypt Under Landmark Deal

Israel began exporting natural gas to Egypt on Wednesday under one of the most important deals to have been signed by the neighbors since they made peace decade…

Oil & Gas Trade

India Exploring Ways to Source Crude Oil from Russia: Pradhan

India is exploring ways to source crude oil from Russia, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. “We are working on the strategy to diversify our crude oil suppl…