China’s Coal Imports Fall Sharply as Domestic Output and Renewables Rise
China’s coal imports booked a decline last year, at 9.6% from 2024 to a total of 490 million tons. The sizable decline was driven by higher domestic production and a…
Texas Upstream Employment, Job Postings Drop
Texas upstream employment and job postings declined in the fourth quarter of 2025. That’s what the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) said in a statement sent to…
Black Moon Energy unveils robotic helium-3 lunar mission
Helium-3 production and supply company Black Moon Energy has unveiled plans for a robotic mission to the Moon, which will collect data and carry out key activities needed to reduce…
Geoeconomic concerns head list of global risks as world ‘is on a precipice’
Geoeconomic confrontation presents the biggest short-term risk to businesses, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2026 report. It was selected as the top risk most likely to trigger…
Newly launched digital platform predicts biogas output from digesters
Waste-to-value technology company Alchemyca has launched a digital platform that predicts biogas output from organic waste feedstocks in real time. The Claritix platform is designed to close the visibility and…
UK issues record auction for offshore wind as grid evolves
The UK government has awarded 8.4GW of contracts under its biggest single auction for offshore wind. It claimed the auction will unlock around £22bn in private investment, supporting around 7,000 jobs.…
UK issues record auction for offshore wind as grid evolves
The UK government has awarded 8.4GW of contracts under its biggest single auction for offshore wind. It claimed the auction will unlock around £22bn in private investment, supporting around 7,000 jobs.…
Large Crude, Product Builds Weigh on Oil Prices
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States saw a build of 5.27 million barrels in the week ending January 9. Crude oil inventories…
WTI and Brent Rise as Geopolitics and Washington Rattle the Market
Oil prices pushed higher on Tuesday afternoon, with traders weighing a familiar but combustible mix of Middle East risk and Washington-driven policy uncertainty. As of 2:34 p.m. ET, U.S. benchmark…
EU allocates funding to drive cross-border CCUS
The EU is allocating nearly €2m in project finance funding to support carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) in Denmark’s Øresund region. The funding, comprising a budget of €1.2m and…
