Asian refining margins for 10 ppm gasoil climbed for a fourth consecutive session on Friday, posting a second straight weekly gain, riding on tighter supplies amid lower Asian exports in the spot market and steady arbitrage shipments to the West, said Hydrocarbonprocessing. Refining margins or cracks for 10 ppm gasoil jumped to USD11.24 per barrel

Despite promises of improved infrastructure and better disaster preparedness, governments and energy giants are failing to provide backup energy provisions to areas hit hard by extreme weather conditions again and again. As these events are becoming more frequent and stronger, how will the energy industry prepare for the future of energy provision? The ongoing discussion

The British government will announce the biggest round of its renewable energy scheme on Monday, hoping to build up enough extra offshore wind capacity to power about eight million homes. Under the so-called Contracts-for-Difference (CfD) scheme, qualifying projects are guaranteed a minimum price at which they can sell electricity, and renewable power generators bid for

European energy prices might be at record levels, but there is still room for prices to run, according to a Bloomberg analysis. Of course, natural gas prices are soaring everywhere-not just in Europe. The U.S. benchmark price for natural gas has nearly doubled over the last year, with front-month Henry Hub prices reaching $4.690/MMBtu as

OPEC and its allies expect global oil markets will continue to tighten this year even as they revive output, but then flip into surplus again in 2022. The data — to be presented to the group’s Joint Technical Committee on Tuesday — ought to reassure the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners that

The U.S. is holding its largest sale of oil from strategic reserves this year at a time when the outlook for fuel demand is darkening amid the resurgent Covid-19 virus. The Energy Department plans to auction off 20 million barrels of crude, twice as much as it offered for sale 3 1/2 months ago. The

Crude oil futures were lower during mid-morning Asian trade Aug. 16 as investor concerns over the fast-spreading delta variant resurfaced amid restrictive movement curbs in oil consuming giant China and growing number of cases in the US. At 10:51 am Singapore time (0251 GMT), the ICE October Brent futures contract was down 80 cents/b (1.13%)

A widespread increase in demand drove chemicals production up in the second quarter, with the global chemical operating rate climbing higher in June. The latest global data from the American Chemistry Council shows increased momentum in June, albeit with clear regional differences, adding weight to widespread management expectations of continued growth in the second half

Investors poured more money than ever into renewable energy in the first half of the year, but the pace is far from enough to sufficiently curb increasing carbon emissions. As much as $174 billion was spent on solar, offshore wind and other green technologies and companies in the period, according to data from BloombergNEF. While

Russia’s government has formed a carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) initiative to produce blue hydrogen, the state announced late last week. The group includes the leaders of Gazprom, Novotek, Rosneft and Gazprom Neft as well as other heads of Russian NOCs and government bodies. It will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, who is Russia’s former