Friday, July 25, 2025

Germany has a Plan Underway to Reduce Russian Gas Dependency by Installing an LNG Terminal

From Bloomberg Nuclear exit, coal phaseout boost Germany’s Russian gas dependency with LNG import terminal Germany faces a dilemma: how to get stable energy to counter the intermittent nature of its solar and wind plants The old trading city of Hamburg in northwest Germany will soon become the center for a drive in Europe’s biggest economy to diversify natural gas

Iraq Invites Foreign Bids for Oil & Gas Blocks in New Areas

Includes Iraq’s first offshore block in its territorial waters From Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq on Monday invited foreign companies to bid for contracts to explore and develop oil and natural gas reserves in nine new blocks as the OPEC nation seeks to boost its output capacity. “We invite all international companies to participate,” Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi told a

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Oil Prices Fall on Higher U.S. Supply, Doubts about Russia’s Resolve

From Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell 1 percent on Monday, with U.S. crude easing from two-year highs on prospects of higher supply, and uncertainty about Russia’s resolve to join in extending output cuts ahead of this week’s OPEC meeting. U.S. light crude was down 80 cents or 1.3 percent to $58.15 a barrel by 1:47 p.m. (18:47

Climate Change was a Distraction to the EPA Fulfilling its Core Responsibilities says EPA’s Rockies Regional Administrator

EPA’s priorities have changed: Benevento From the Casper Star-Tribune Wyoming disliked the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, a 2015 proposed regulation on utilities that aimed to cut carbon dioxide emissions by more than 30 percent. State economists said the plan would take a painful bite out of Wyoming’s coal production. At worst, production could see a 50 percent cut