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A Tumultuous Year for South America’s Oil Industry

Feb 19, 2024 at 13:00 | Matthew Smith

Last year, 2023, was a tumultuous period for South America’s oil industry. Increased recognition of climate change saw regional governments push to reduce emissions and implement policies aimed at enhancing…

Large Crude Carriers See 3-Month High Day Rates on Red Sea Attacks

Feb 19, 2024 at 10:02 | Charles Kennedy

Rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) transporting oil from the Middle East to China have risen to a three-month high of $66,600 per day as insurance costs spike amid…

Hydrogen Mining: The New Energy Transition Challenge

Feb 19, 2024 at 09:28 | Irina Slav

Earlier this month, French researchers reported the largest flow of natural hydrogen in a mine in Albania. One of them referred to it as “a Jacuzzi.” New Scientist, which 

Warm Winter Drags U.S. Natural Gas Prices to Three-Decade Low

Feb 19, 2024 at 08:43 | Tsvetana Paraskova

One of the warmest winters on record in the United States has created a natural gas glut, dragging benchmark gas prices to their lowest levels in three decades and prompting…

Charting the Course of U.S. Oil Production

Feb 19, 2024 at 07:25 | Osama Rizvi

Despite facing significant challenges in recent years, the US remains the largest oil producer in the world and set a new annual production record in 2023. The narrative surrounding…

A Ban on LNG Exports Could Boost Carbon Emissions

Feb 19, 2024 at 07:09 | Robert Rapier

President Biden recently announced a “temporary pause on pending approvals of liquefied natural gas exports.” This announcement comes on the heels of 

Canada’s Oil Majors Are Sitting Out The Energy M&A Wave

Feb 16, 2024 at 15:06 | Alex Kimani

After a two-year hiatus triggered by the historic oil price crash of 2020, the U.S. oil and gas sector saw a surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2023 despite a…

Unsustainably Low Lithium Prices Set the Stage for the Next Supply Crunch

Feb 16, 2024 at 13:20 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The crash in lithium prices over the past year is holding back reinvestment in new supply, the world's largest producer of the key battery metal, Albemarle, says.    Slowing growth…

Carmakers' EV Enthusiasm Fizzles Out

Feb 16, 2024 at 11:56 | Irina Slav

Carmakers in the United States have been eager to help advance the EV agenda in the past half a decade or so. Ford, GM, and all the European and Japanese…

Are OPEC+ Members Ignoring 2024 Production Cuts?

Feb 16, 2024 at 10:08 | Tom Kool

Oil prices continued their sideways journey, with some bullishness emerging from weak US retail sales swiftly quashed by new escalation in the Middle East, with Israel attacking Rafah and the…

Why APA is Underperforming the Sector and Why That May Change

Feb 16, 2024 at 09:30 | Editorial Dept

There are times when I look at the price and performance of a stock as compared to the performance of the underlying company and just scratch my head. That could…

Wind and Solar Growth in China Not Enough to Offset Coal Expansion

Feb 16, 2024 at 09:00 | Irina Slav

In 2023, China’s economy expanded by 5.3%. This would have been an impressive number worth celebrating for any other country. For China, however, the number was widely seen as…

Energy Efficiency Standards Face Pushback From Consumers and Producers

Feb 16, 2024 at 07:16 | Haley Zaremba

  “The greenest energy is the energy we don’t use,” the World Economic Forum wrote in a report from the sidelines of COP27 back in 2022. The report highlighted…

Why Toyota May Have the Best Strategy in the EV Race

Feb 16, 2024 at 07:14 | ZeroHedge

Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the last four quarters, Tesla generated total revenue and earnings of $96 billion and $15 billion, respectively. Toyota’s…

Can Hydrogen Cars Compete With EVs?

Feb 16, 2024 at 06:58 | Haley Zaremba

  Hydrogen could be the next big thing in the automotive world. In its pathway to net zero by mid-century, the International Energy Agency projects that hydrogen will account for…

Rystad: Energy Transition Requires $3.1 Trillion in Grid Investment by 2030

Feb 16, 2024 at 06:56 | Rystad Energy

Renewable energy developments continue at break-neck speed, with $644 billion to be spent on new capacity in 2024, but outdated and inadequate power grids could prove to be…

Tajikistan Boosts Electricity Exports to Afghanistan Despite Domestic Rationing

Feb 16, 2024 at 06:44 | Eurasianet

In a development underscoring the delicate balance between addressing the needs of Tajikistan's domestic population and the government's reliance on stable revenue, the state-owned power company has said…

Cutting-Edge Experiments Lead to Breakthrough in Superconductor Development

Feb 16, 2024 at 06:38 | Brian Westenhaus

An international team that includes Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists has developed a new method to make and manipulate a widely studied class of high-temperature superconductors.…

UK Battery Storage Firms Wrestle with Financial Turmoil

Feb 16, 2024 at 06:36 | City A.M

Developing the UK’s battery storage capacity is crucial to the green transition.  One of the downfalls of renewable energy, such as wind and solar, is that…

Oil Majors Pursue Projects with $30 per Barrel Breakeven

Feb 15, 2024 at 16:00 | Alex Kimani

The U.S. and global oil and gas sector is currently enjoying a third year of relatively high energy prices with oil demand on a steady growth trajectory. WTI crude has…

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