Ukrainian Drone Strikes Push Russian Oil Supply to 15-Year Low

Crude oil deliveries to Russia’s refineries slumped in 2025 to the lowest level in at least 15 years, mostly due to unplanned outages in the second half of the year…

TotalEnergies Expects Strong Q4 Refining to Offset Lower Oil Prices

TotalEnergies expects higher oil and gas production and stronger refining margins in the fourth quarter to have offset a drop of more than $10 per barrel in oil prices, the…

  • Gas
  • January 20, 2026
Healthcare firm to open new liquid oxygen plant in Kenya

Kenyan healthcare solutions provider Hewatele is set to open a new liquid oxygen production facility in Kenya. The project is expected to ease persistent medical oxygen shortages and reduce the…

  • Gas
  • January 20, 2026
Direct air capture firm advances full-scale project in Ireland

Direct air capture specialist NEG8 Carbon has partnered with engineering consultancy Prochem Engineering to carry out an engineering study for what is expected to be Ireland’s first full-scale direct air…

Gas Analyst Flags ‘Historic Cold’

In an EBW Analytics Group report sent to Rigzone by the EBW team on Tuesday, Eli Rubin, an energy analyst at the company, noted that “historic cold launche[d]… soaring NYMEX…

  • Gas
  • January 20, 2026
Galactica project in Colorado produces first helium

The Galactica project in Colorado reported its first helium in December, according to an update from Helium One Global. Operational focus has now shifted to stabilising production throughput at the…

  • Gas
  • January 20, 2026
Galactica project in Colorado produces first helium

The Galactica project in Colorado reported its first helium in December, according to an update from Helium One Global. Operational focus has now shifted to stabilising production throughput at the…

Cold Snap in China Pushes LNG Prices Higher After Months of Decline

Winter weather has driven heating demand in China higher and with it, LNG prices, Bloomberg has reported, citing prices of 4,001 yuan ($574) per ton of LNG this Monday, up…

India Locks In Major LNG Supply Deal With Abu Dhabi

India has closed a 10-year liquefied natural gas supply deal with ADNOC. The value of the deal is $3 billion, making it one of the largest for the energy importer.…

China Is Importing Its Last Ultra-Cheap Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil

The last tankers that loaded sanctioned Venezuelan oil before the U.S. blockade and the ousting of Nicolas Maduro are set to arrive in China in the coming days in what…