ADNOC says it will invest $6.2 billion in Abu Dhabi gas project
The United Arab Emirates' state oil company ADNOC said it will invest $6.2 billion in an Abu Dhabi natural gas development project. ADNOC said it had taken th…
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EU urges three-year pause on methane reporting fines for oil and gas firms
The European Union told member states on Monday to hold off imposing fines on oil and gas firms over methane emissions reporting failures for three years, after pressure to pause new rules. Importers of oil and gas are required from January to monitor and rep…
West African leaders approve Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project
West African leaders signed an agreement approving construction of a gas pipeline linking Nigeria and Morocco at an ECOWAS summit in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The planned Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline would run for about 6,000 kilometres, or 3,700 miles, through…
Polish miners train for wind power jobs as coal employment falls
Some Polish coal miners are training for work in the wind power industry as Poland slowly shifts away from coal and toward cleaner energy sources. Grzegorz Witek, a miner from Silesia, travelled with seven other miners to Gorzyca in western Poland for a train…
Sweden approves two offshore wind farms and rejects 11 projects
Sweden's government said it has approved two offshore wind power farms, while rejecting 11 other wind projects because of their impact on the country's defence capabilities. The approved projects are Fyrskeppet Offshore in the Bothnian Sea between Sweden and…
Spanish nuclear regulator backs longer life for Almaraz plant
Spain's nuclear safety regulator has backed extending the operating life of Almaraz, the country's largest nuclear power plant, to 2030, beyond the government's planned 2028 shutdown. Almaraz provides about seven percent of Spain's electricity. It is due to c…
Cameroon targets under-reported gold output in mining crackdown
Cameroon's government announced on Wednesday that it was cracking down on the gold mining sector over gaps between the volumes produced and the amounts declared by companies. Authorities estimate that illegal gold exports to the United Arab Emirates have depr…
IEA says critical minerals investment fell in 2025
On 16 July 2026, the International Energy Agency said investment in critical minerals fell in 2025, even after Western countries promised to increase domestic production for national security reasons. In its annual Global Critical Minerals Outlook report, the…
Fuel shortages push Cuban farm back to oxen
A severe energy crisis in Cuba is changing how some farms work, with farmer Alexander Quesada now using oxen to plow at Finca Burgambilia, an organic farm west of Havana, while a tractor he received from the government sits unused. Quesada, 52, built the eigh…
Norway offshore maintenance strike ends as wage dispute goes to arbitration
A Norwegian union representing offshore oil workers and an employers' group agreed Tuesday to send their wage dispute to an arbitration board, ending a month-long strike. The Norwegian Union of Energy Workers, known as SAFE, began the strike in mid-June after…
Greenpeace Africa urges halt to Dangote refinery plan in Kenya
Greenpeace Africa called on 14 July 2026 for a halt to a proposed oil refinery project by Aliko Dangote in Kenya's coastal region, warning that it could damage the environment and local livelihoods. The refinery is planned for Lamu port and would have a capac…
Nigeria says oil output reached six-year high in June
Nigeria's crude oil production reached a 74-month high in June, authorities said, averaging 1.56 million barrels per day. The Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission said the figure was 104 percent of the country's OPEC quota. The commission said lat…
Aeolian Islands debate desalination as water supplies strain under tourism
Residents of Italy’s Aeolian Islands are debating whether to build more desalination plants or continue bringing drinking water by ship, as the islands face limited natural water resources and large numbers of tourists. Vulcano, one of the archipelago’s eight…
France shuts three nuclear reactors as heatwave affects cooling water
France's main energy provider, EDF, said three nuclear reactors had been temporarily shut down and eight others were running at reduced power because of a heatwave in France. EDF told AFP that reactors at the Golfech, Bugey and Chooz plants had been shut down…
Cuba restores power after third nationwide blackout in less than 10 days
Cuban authorities said power had been restored across the country after the island's third nationwide outage in less than 10 days. The state-run UNE electricity company said the latest blackout began at about 11:05 am on Tuesday, or 1505 GMT, leaving Cuba's 9…