Energy
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Brazilian Court Suspends 18 Oil and Gas Blocks After Environmental Challenge
A federal judge in Brazil has halted the offering of 18 exploration blocks across three basins, ruling that the governme...
India Bans Renewable Energy Projects Within 1km of Borders, Expands Security Vetting to 50km
New MHA guidelines prohibit solar, wind and hybrid energy projects in a 1km strip along the LoC, LAC and International B...
DOE Commits $100M to Train Critical Minerals Workforce, Aiming to Double Graduates
The PROSPECT initiative will fund scholarships and new programs to fill a projected 6,000-engineer gap in mining and mat...
ADNOC Gas Q2 Net Income Tops Guidance at $665 Million, Lifts 2030 Growth Target on Expansion Spree
ADNOC Gas posted net income of $665 million, beating the upper end of its own guidance, and raised its 2030 EBITDA growt...
EU Gas Reserves Plunge to 2009 Low as Ormuz Stranglehold and Russian Halt Bite
Europe’s gas storage levels have slumped to just 57% — the lowest August level since 2009 — as the blockade of the Strai...
Yucatán Breaks Ground on Mexico’s First Wind Farm Under Sheinbaum’s 2025 Energy Policy
The Tizimín II project marks the first private wind farm to move from permit to construction under Mexico’s newly opened...
Hormuz Crisis Drives Big Oil to Record $48B Profit as Diesel Soars
The Strait of Hormuz closure after the US-Iran conflict handed Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell and TotalEnergies a combined $4...
Japan and Oman Pledge Joint Push to Restore Free Navigation in Strait of Hormuz
Prime Minister Takaichi and Sultan Haitham discuss the critical Iran situation, Oman’s mediation with Tehran, and the ne...
Nuclear Energy’s Contested Place in the Push for Sustainable Power
Nuclear power supplies around 10% of global electricity and produces no direct carbon emissions, but uranium supply conc...
Oil majors' cash flow surges to $90bn, reigniting debate over spending priorities
Record Q2 2026 cash flows at the world's largest oil companies have sparked a battle over whether the windfall should go...
Portugal to Build Waste-to-Energy Plant as Algarve Landfills Hit Limit
The Portuguese Environment Agency will launch a tender on October 15 to study a waste-to-energy facility for the Algarve...
Trump Rules Out Force, Bets on Economic Squeeze as Hormuz Deadlock Rattles Oil Markets
US President signals a quieter approach on Iran, highlighting sanctions-driven inflation and currency collapse, while th...
Greenland Warns Trump-Linked Oil Firm Over Unauthorized Drilling Prep Amid Annexation Threats
A Texas-based oil company with ties to Donald Trump has moved drilling equipment to Greenland without local approval, dr...
Fire Quelled at Aramco’s Jazan Refinery; Houthi Shadow Grows
Saudi Arabia extinguished a fire at its 400,000 bpd Jazan refinery without disclosing damage, while Houthi attacks on Sa...
Amazon Confirms Massive Gas Plant for Texas Data Centers — Emissions Nearly 10% of France’s Annual CO2
Amazon will build a 7.65 GW gas-fired power plant in Texas to directly supply its data centers, bypassing the grid. The ...
Iran-Oman Hormuz Deal Near, But Tehran Demands U.S. Reparations Before Reopening Vital Oil Route
Iran signals an agreement with Oman on a new Strait of Hormuz shipping route is imminent, yet insists the waterway will ...
ExxonMobil Names Preferred Contractor for Mozambique's $20B Rovuma LNG Project
U.S. supermajor selects MDC consortium for onshore EPC work on the 18.6 mtpa Rovuma LNG development, marking a pivotal s...
Iran Seeks US Compensation for Hormuz Violations as Oman Deal Looms
Iran and Oman are close to a deal on a new shipping route through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran insists the...
Iran Sets Preconditions for Reopening Strait of Hormuz, Putting Oil Markets on Edge
Tehran's demand that the U.S. lift sanctions, withdraw troops, and pay reparations before ending the naval blockade thre...
Oil Climbs 1% but Weekly Rout Exposes Hormuz Deal Anxiety
Brent and WTI edged higher on Friday but remained on track for a second straight weekly decline of over 7% as traders wa...
Explosive Drone Crashes Near Bulgaria’s Trans-Balkan Gas Pipeline
An armed drone resembling a Ukrainian decoy model crashed and detonated close to a critical gas compression station in n...
Why Iran-Oman Shipping Talks Alone Won't Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran signals progress in talks with Oman over a new shipping lane, but reopening depends on US compensation and sweepi...
Start-Up Innovation Emerges as Critical Buffer Against Energy Shocks
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed the fragility of global energy supply, but agile start-ups with breakthr...
Texas Orders Audits of Data Centre Construction, Clouding Google and Microsoft Expansion
Governor Greg Abbott has directed the state’s utility regulator and grid operator to audit new data centre projects, a m...
WTI Crude Sinks 10% as Hormuz Talks Fuel Hopes, but Supply Risks Persist
Oil markets priced in a breakthrough over the Strait of Hormuz this week, sending WTI down sharply. Yet physical exports...
Startup Aternium Plans Green Hydrogen Plant with Deuterium Co-Production to Fill US Supply Gap
The Delaware facility marks a private-sector push to establish domestic heavy water production and make renewable hydrog...
Progress in Iran-Oman Talks to Reopen Strait of Hormuz; US to Lift Blockade as Oil Exports Set to Resume
An unnamed U.S. official says rapid progress between Tehran and Muscat could soon lead to reopening the strategic waterw...
Redefining Grid Reliability: Hydro One’s Zerdin on Integrating DERs and Customer Needs
With extreme weather and rising demand, utilities are rewriting reliability and resiliency. Hydro One’s Joe Zerdin discu...
SpaceX Plans On-Site Natural Gas Power Plants for $16.8 Billion Texas Chip Factory
Elon Musk's SpaceX will build its own gas-fired power plants and battery arrays to supply the massive Terafab semiconduc...
U.S. Senate Approves Russia Energy Sanctions Bill, Tariffs on Oil Importers Await House
The Senate passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act with broad bipartisan support, empowering the pr...