A $16-billion oil refinery project was being launched at the Kenyan port of Lamu on Wednesday, with builder Aliko Dangote saying it marked a step toward African industrialisation. Dangote, who created Africa's biggest oil refinery in Nigeria, said the Kenyan…
Ukraine's national grid operator has ordered scheduled rolling blackouts in Kyiv, private energy company DTEK said Tuesday, after recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. DTEK said on Telegram that the capital was switching to “scheduled sta…
Ukraine's war is slowing efforts to control illegal amber mining, with industry figures warning that unregistered amber is flooding the market and environmental oversight has been weakened. Illegal amber extraction has long damaged forested areas in Rivne, in…
Spain plans to limit natural gas price increases to 15 percent as winter approaches, Ecological Transition Minister Sara Aagesen said Tuesday. Aagesen said the government would also cap the price of butane tanks, used by many households for cooking and heatin…
EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen warned Tuesday that the bloc faces a challenging winter with “very high” oil and gas prices because of the US-Iran war, but said he did not expect security of supply problems. “There’s no doubt that we are approaching a wi…
Niger's government said Wednesday it had signed a new agreement with the Madaouela Mining Company to relaunch a uranium mining project in the north of the country. The mining ministry said the agreement provides for an initial fee of $10 million, capacity-bui…
Germany unveiled a roadmap on Wednesday for abandoning fossil fuels by 2045, setting out how Europe's largest economy says it will move away from coal, oil and gas. The Environment Ministry said the measures include building renewable power, greater reliance…
Nigeria and TotalEnergies announced Wednesday an $800 million deal to invest in the Ima offshore natural gas field as the country seeks to raise oil and gas production. TotalEnergies has a 40 percent stake in the field, about 20 kilometres offshore from the l…
The European Union said Thursday that a possible US diesel export ban was a "bad idea", after US President Donald Trump expressed support for restricting diesel exports as fuel prices rose. Trump said Tuesday that he backed the idea when asked about it during…
Libya's National Oil Corporation said an oil pipeline linking the Al-Sharara oilfield to the Zawiya export terminal had reopened after an armed group blocked it for several days, ending a disruption it put at $95 million. The NOC said valve number seven had b…
The European Union will keep calling for a ban on new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic despite opposition from Norway, a European Commission spokesman said on September 21. The European Commission is due to present a revised Arctic strategy this autumn. Nor…
The Czech government said Monday it will cap fuel prices from October 1, cut diesel excise tax and tax refineries as prices rise amid the Middle East war. Finance Minister Alena Schillerova said the government had approved a proposal to resume fuel price regu…
Diesel prices have hit records in the United States and France as shortages of refined fuels add to crude supply disruptions from the Middle East and Ukraine conflicts. The AAA automobile association said diesel averaged a record $6.52 per gallon in the Unite…
Cuba was working Saturday to restore power after its seventh major blackout of the year, with state-run utility UNE saying 48 percent of its customers in Havana had regained electricity. UNE said the restoration was being done gradually as conditions permitte…
Germany's coalition government has agreed to cut taxes on vehicle fuel, sources close to the government told AFP on Friday, as Europe's biggest economy faces surging prices linked to the Middle East war. The proposed tax cut would run until the end of the yea…
Germany inaugurated its largest offshore wind farm in the North Sea on Thursday, as the wind industry faces uncertainty over energy policy and market conditions. The He Dreiht wind farm, located 90 kilometres north of Borkum near the Dutch border, has 64 turb…
Prolonged blackouts in The Gambia are disrupting businesses, food storage, hospitals and water supplies just months before the country's December 5 elections. Power cuts that began in June have sometimes lasted 12 to 48 hours. In some locations, water supply…
The family of Alejandro Betancourt remains the majority shareholder of North American Blue Energy Partners, the company overseeing a multibillion-dollar US-Venezuela oil agreement, NABEP told AFP on Wednesday. The United States is taking a 35 percent stake in…
Bhutan is expanding solar power as rising winter electricity demand and lower river flows strain a power system long built around hydropower. The Himalayan kingdom can currently produce about 3,700 MW from hydropower, but that capacity falls by around 80 perc…
Chubu Electric Power said Monday it would withdraw applications to restart two reactors at Japan's Hamaoka nuclear plant after a quake data-tampering scandal, while its president and chairman are stepping down. The company said President Kingo Hayashi and Cha…
Two top executives at Japanese nuclear plant operator Chubu Electric Power will step down after a quake data-tampering scandal, the company said Monday. Chubu Electric Power said President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru Katsuno will be replaced. The compan…
Chubu Electric Power President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru Katsuno will step down after a quake data-tampering scandal at the Hamaoka nuclear plant, Japanese media reported on Monday. Public broadcaster NHK and other local media reported the leadership…
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama said violence would not stop efforts to reopen the dormant Panguna mine after heavy machinery was set ablaze at the site in Papua New Guinea's autonomous Bougainville region. Toroama said in a statement on Sunday that Bo…
Laos is exporting most of the electricity it produces while homes, hospitals and clinics face repeated power cuts, exposing strains in the country's ageing domestic grid despite its push to become the “Battery of Southeast Asia”. The landlocked country sells…
G20 energy talks in Houston put the United States' push for expanded domestic energy production at the centre of discussions shaped by the Iran war, Middle East supply disruption and rising electricity demand. The meeting of energy ministers began Monday and…
Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez signed cooperation agreements with Surinamese President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons on Friday in Paramaribo, including a deal to provide training for Suriname's oil and gas industry professionals. Rodriguez said Venezu…
The International Energy Agency cut its forecast for global oil demand in 2026, citing the recent escalation in the Middle East war and rising energy prices. The Paris-based agency said on Friday that it now expected consumption to fall by 2.5 million barrels…
The average US diesel price rose above $6 a gallon for the first time on Friday, reaching $6.06, the motorists' association AAA said. Diesel is widely used in road hauling, agriculture and construction. The rise came as supplies were tight because of the Midd…
Myanmar's Man Maw tin mine is beginning a slow restart after operations were suspended in 2023, the International Crisis Group said Thursday, with exports to China increasing in 2026. The think tank said ore is moving again at the site in eastern Myanmar's Wa…
Brazil's Superior Court of Justice began debating Wednesday whether to authorize fracking for shale oil and gas deposits, with a nationwide decision expected on October 8. The case concerns an extraction technique used for hard-to-reach oil and gas reserves.…
Thousands of people staged fresh protests near the Gambian capital overnight Wednesday to Thursday over prolonged power cuts, and police used tear gas at sever…
European gas prices reached their highest level since early 2023 on Wednesday, with the Dutch TTF benchmark earlier hitting 80.99 euros per megawatt-hour amid renewed US-Iran conflict and low European reserves. At 1440 GMT, the Dutch TTF contract, the benchma…
The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been reconnected to the grid after almost three weeks of relying on emergency die…
Germany's gas stocks were at a record low for the start of September, storage operators' lobby INES said on Tuesday, warning that the time left to refill reser…
Brent North Sea crude topped $100 a barrel on Wednesday after a flare-up in the US-Iran war renewed concern about disruption to oil supplies. West Texas Inter…
Saudi Arabia's oil export routes are under growing pressure after attacks forced the East-West pipeline shut while Iran and the Houthis restrict the kingdom's two main maritime routes, analysts said. The East-West pipeline runs about 1,200 kilometres between…
Mongolia is facing prolonged fuel shortages and long queues at petrol stations, exposing the landlocked country's dependence on Russian supplies. Mongolia, wh…
Malawi is attracting new mining projects for rare earths and critical minerals, raising hopes of economic growth while experts warn that stronger institutions and local processing will be needed for broad benefits. The southern African country has long depend…
Drivers queued outside fuel stations in Baghdad on Saturday as gasoline supplies fell in Iraq because of import disruptions linked to the Middle East war. Iraq is OPEC's second largest oil producer, but it imports oil derivatives because its refineries do not…
Several hundred coca farmers and supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales demonstrated in Cochabamba on Friday against Bolivia's diesel price increases, defying a state of emergency that bans such gatherings. The protesters demanded that President…
Britain's government is set to approve drilling at the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea this month, the BBC and other British media reported Friday, citing government and industry sources. The Labour government declined to comment. “We do not comment on spe…
The average US diesel price rose to a record $5.9015 a gallon on Monday, the AAA motorists' association said, after damage to Gulf refineries during the war ag…
Germany's PCK Schwedt refinery is still running three years after it stopped relying on Russian oil, but its managers and workers say new supply routes, sanctions risks and unresolved ownership questions are creating uncertainty. The refinery, about 100 kilom…
Bolivia has put state oil company YPFB under temporary state supervision as the country struggles with scarce fuel and long queues at filling stations. A gove…
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright denied that Washington was “stealing Venezuelan oil” as he defended a sweeping energy opening that is set to give the United S…
Uganda officially named its oil “Pearl Sweet” on Wednesday as it prepared to begin first exports by the end of the year. Energy secretary Irene Batebe said th…
France's natural gas storage was 71.3 percent full as winter approached, a level the country's energy regulator described as relatively reassuring, while Europ…
Germany is seeking long-term gas contracts with Algeria to diversify its energy supply, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in Algiers, as German gas storage stood at 53% full. Wadephul told German public broadcaster ZDF that Germany needed more suppliers a…
China's installed solar power capacity surpassed coal-fired power capacity for the first time by the end of July, the National Energy Administration said Tuesd…