Global Energy Archives — Page 2 of 5

February 3, 2023 No Responses

Price Cap On Russian Refined Fuels To Disrupt Trade

The European Union’s ban on imports of Russian refined oil products, including diesel and jet fuel, will disrupt global flows once it takes effect on Sunday and could hurt Moscow more than an embargo on crude oil. Although Western sanctions...

January 7, 2023 No Responses

Shell To Pay First UK tax In Five Years

Shell has said it will pay tax in the UK for the first time since 2017 after making huge global profits last year. The energy firm said it expected to “take a hit” of around $2bn (£1.7bn) on profits in...

December 31, 2022 No Responses

ExxonMobil Sues EU To Block Energy Windfall Tax

US energy giant ExxonMobil is suing the European Union (EU) in a bid to stop its new windfall tax on oil firms. A windfall tax is imposed on firms that benefited from something they were not responsible for. Energy firms...

December 10, 2022 No Responses

Oil Bounces On Pipeline Shutdown

Oil prices bounced on Friday as closure of a major Canada-to-U.S. crude pipeline disrupted supplies, but both benchmarks were headed for a weekly loss on worries over slowing global demand growth. Brent crude futures were at $76.70 a barrel, up...

December 8, 2022 No Responses

UK To Double US Gas Imports

The United Kingdom has agreed to double imports of US gas over the next year as it tries to stabilise soaring energy prices. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the plan would “bring down prices for British consumers and help end Europe’s...

December 3, 2022 No Responses

TotalEnergies To Cut North Sea Investment

French oil giant TotalEnergies has said it will cut North Sea investment by 25% next year after the windfall tax on oil and gas firms in the UK was extended. The company will cut £100m of spending on new wells...

November 25, 2022 No Responses

Oil Muted As Price Cap Proposal Eases Supply Concerns

Benchmark Brent oil edged lower on Thursday while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude held steady, hovering in sight of two-month lows as the level of a proposed G7 cap on the price of Russian oil raised doubts about how much...

November 24, 2022 No Responses

Samsung Secures $1.08b Deal For Five LNG Carriers

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received orders for the construction of five liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Already, the South Korean shipbuilder signed a shipbuilding contract with an undisclosed shipowner in Oceania.&...

November 23, 2022 No Responses

Qatar, China Seal 27-Year LNG Supply Deal

QatarEnergy and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) have entered into a 27-year sale and purchase agreement (SPA) for the supply of 4 million tons per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China. The contracted LNG vol...

November 7, 2022 No Responses

Oil Falls As China Sticks To Strict COVID Policy

Oil prices fell more than 2% at the start of Asia trade on Monday after Chinese officials at the weekend reiterated their commitment to a strict COVID containment approach, dashing hopes of an oil demand rebound at the world’s top crude...

October 5, 2022 No Responses

LNG: TotalEnergies Targets Top Position, Tô Expand Bunker Services

French energy giant, TotalEnergies is ramping up investments in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in a scenario that excludes Russia and is in a ‘very favourable’ position to benefit from the evolution of energy markets as a result of the energy transition....