Europe eyes “mother of all trade deals” with India
Europe is preparing for its biggest trade deal with India, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told delegates attending Davos 2026 today. The President, buoyed by the EU’s recent Mercosur…
US hydrogen one year into Trump 2.0: progress, but on tighter terms
We’re now a little over 12 months into US President Donald Trump’s second term, and the impact the past year has had on the clean hydrogen sector cannot be understated.…
Gold, Silver Hit Record Highs as Trump Threats Over Greenland Rattle Markets
Gold and silver surged to all-time highs as markets reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on European countries in a bid to force a deal allowing…
Mol to Buy Gazprom Stake in Sanctioned Serbian Refinery
Mol Nyrt. and Gazprom Neft PJSC have agreed on the terms of a deal which will see the Hungarian company gain control of Serbia’s only oil refinery, paving the way…
Kazakhstan’s Tengiz Oilfield Shuts After Power Facility Fires
Kazakhstan’s largest oilfield has been forced into a temporary shutdown after fires damaged a critical power generation and distribution facility at the Chevron-operated Tengiz oilfield, extending a run of supply…
Equatorial Guinea seeks $300 million oil, LNG prepay deals to fund production revival
(Bloomberg) – Equatorial Guinea, OPEC’s smallest member, has turned to commodity trading companies for prepayment deals on oil and liquefied natural gas to help finance a revival of domestic hydrocarbon…
Historic Ceasefire Sees Kurdish Forces Exit Key Syrian Oilfield
Kurdish forces have withdrawn from the largest oilfield in Syria as the Syrian government announced a ceasefire deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that could lead to normalization…
Global Traders Launch Legal Venezuelan Oil Sales to China
Vitol, the world’s biggest independent oil trading group, is offering Venezuelan crude to Chinese refiners at a discount that’s three times narrower compared to the illicit sales from Venezuela before…
Bolivia Assures Investors It Will Keep Existing Lithium and Energy Contracts
Bolivia’s new leadership has pledged it would keep its existing lithium and oil and gas contracts, even those awarded to Russia and China under the previous leftist ruling, as La…
Indian Refiner MRPL Shifts from Russian to Venezuelan Oil Supply
Indian state-run Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) is exploring potential purchases of crude from Venezuela after stopping imports of Russian oil, a top official at the refiner said on…
