SINGAPORE – Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is expected to raise prices across various grades of crude oil it sells to Asia in September for a second straight month, tracking the strength in Middle East benchmarks, trade sources said.…
MILAN – Italian energy group Eni pledged higher shareholder returns after swinging to a net profit in the second quarter to beat expectations as firmer oil prices offset lower production.
Adjusted net profit was 929 million euros ($1.1 billion), …
French oil company TotalEnergies SE and Norway’s Equinor ASA are exiting a key venture in Venezuela, adding to an exodus of foreign firms in recent years as the country’s energy industry has withered.
The companies transferred to state-owned …
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) on Wednesday reported net profit of 14.4 billion pesos ($722.5 million) in the second quarter, reversing course after a loss in the same period last year thanks to higher …
Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N said on Wednesday it has made a new discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, as the U.S. oil major develops one of the world’s most important new oil and gas blocks in …
LAUNCESTON, Australia – India’s move to commercialise its strategic crude oil reserves is another sign that major Asian importers are taking steps to mitigate the high prices caused by the OPEC+ group’s output cuts.
India, the second-biggest crude importer …
RIO DE JANEIRO (Bloomberg) –If an energy transition is underway around the world, it hasn’t reached the streets of Ilha da Conceicao, the working-class district at the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s oil revival.
There, buses and trucks are …
WASHINGTON – Iran on Thursday opened its first oil terminal in the Gulf of Oman, a move aimed at making Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s regime less dependent on the Strait of Hormuz, often a source of international tension.
The …
LONDON – Gas industry lobbyists have stepped up meetings with European Union policymakers amid a political tussle on whether to badge the fuel as sustainable, analysis from campaign group Reclaim Finance showed.
Gas-related lobbyists held 323 meetings between January …
LONDON/SINGAPORE/MEXICO CITY – A Chinese logistics firm has emerged as a central player in the supply of sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, even after it was blacklisted by Washington two years ago for handling Iranian crude, seven …
BERLIN/KYIV – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended a deal with the United States that allows the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to proceed as a pragmatic compromise, but Ukraine said it was too weak to ensure Russia …
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed the Biden administration on Wednesday for the agreement with Germany, which would allow for the completion of the controversial Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, arguing that it would …
BEIJING – Saudi Arabia was China’s biggest crude oil supplier in June for the eighth consecutive month, customs data showed on Tuesday, while shipments from United Arab Emirates and Kuwait fell further, possibly signalling slower imports of Iranian oil.…
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed on Thursday to settle their dispute over Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline but said they agreed that Moscow must not be allowed to use energy as …
BRUSSELS – Germany on Thursday lost its fight in Europe’s top court against a ruling limiting Gazprom’s GAZP.MM access to the OPAL pipeline that links the Russian gas producer’s Nord Stream pipeline to the country.
The case is part …
LISBON- Portuguese renewable energy firm Greenvolt GVOLT.LS said on Wednesday it had raised 150 million euros ($177.29 million) in an initial public offering to fund its expansion, including in European solar parks and wind farms.
The IPO, which is …
BRUSSELS/LONDON – The European Commission on Wednesday put forward plans for the world’s first carbon border tax, on imports of carbon-intensive steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers and electricity, as part of a programme to meet its new climate target.
The …
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on Friday for better international coordination on carbon-cutting policies to avoid trade frictions, days before the European Union is due to unveil a controversial carbon border tax.
The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism …
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was not consulted or informed about state oil giant Petrobras’ decision this week to raise fuel prices, which underscores the company’s independence, Chief Executive Joaquim Silva e Luna told Reuters on …
WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia’s deputy defense minister was in Washington on Tuesday meeting with senior U.S. officials including White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, the White House said.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the death in 2018 …
LONDON — OPEC and non-OPEC ministers will reconvene on Friday to discuss the next phase of oil production policy after a preliminary agreement was thought to have been blocked at the last minute the day before.
The energy alliance,
LONDON — A group of some of the world’s most powerful oil producers will meet on Thursday to decide the next phase of their production policy.
OPEC and non-OPEC partners, an energy alliance often referred to as OPEC+, convene …
RIO DE JANEIRO/MEXICO CITY/SINGAPORE – Brazil is growing its marine fuel oil exports to Asia’s lucrative premium hubs, where rules mandating lower sulphur content have been squeezing out most of its Latin American peers, according to sources and data.…
BUENOS AIRES – Latin American oil company Vista Oil & Gas and Geneva-based Trafigura on Monday signed a deal to jointly develop 20 wells in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale oil deposit, the companies said in a statement.
The investment …
BRUSSELS – European Union countries on Monday gave the final seal of approval to a law to make the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding, as EU policymakers prepare a huge new package of policies to fight climate …
MOSCOW – Russian oil production has declined so far in June from average levels in May despite a price rally in oil market and OPEC+ output cuts easing, two sources familiar with the data told Reuters on Monday.
Russia’s …
DUBAI – The value of Saudi Arabia’s oil exports in April climbed 109% to 51.7 billion riyals ($13.79 billion) from a year earlier while non-oil exports rose by 46.3%, official data showed on Thursday.
Oil exports made up 72.5% …
LONDON – A Dutch activist group that won a legal battle against Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L over its climate strategy has urged the company to ditch its appeal and hold joint talks on how to reduce its emissions, according …
DUBAI – Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco 2222.SE has secured a one-year extension to a $10 billion loan it raised last year, negotiating improved terms in the process, three sources told Reuters.
Aramco has borrowed tens of billions of …
Iran said on Wednesday the United States had agreed to remove all sanctions on Iran’s oil and shipping, although Germany cautioned that major issues remained at talks between Tehran and world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal.
The …
