Norway oil output hits 10-year high from new Equinor field
Norway/NCS Production Offshore August 20, 2025 Image: Equinor Image: Equinor (Bloomberg) – Norway’s monthly oil production jumped to the highest in over a decade last month, following the…
U.S. Freeport LNG to Boost Gas Processing after Brief Outage
Freeport LNG is on track to take in more natural gas and soon restart one of its three liquefaction units following an outage that began on Sunday, the company managing…
Utilities Accelerate Asset Acquisitions as U.S. Power Demand Soars
U.S. utilities have signed billions of dollars worth of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals this year, driven by the desire to position themselves for the power demand surge. The electric,…
Japan’s Refineries Can’t Handle All the U.S. Crude Trump Wants
Japan has pledged to buy more American energy products as part of the July trade deal with the United States, but no Japanese refinery is built to handle 100% U.S.-sourced…
Ukrainian Drones Hit Another Russian Oil Refinery
A Lukoil refinery in the Russian city of Volgograd is on fire after being hit by Ukrainian drones overnight, Andrey Bocharov, governor of the Volgograd region, said on Tuesday. The…
India Reduces Solar Output to Keep Power Grid Stable
India is breaking renewable energy records, especially in solar capacity additions and output, but it has been forced to curb solar generation during periods of low demand to keep its…
Is Indonesia’s Small Refineries Plan for U.S. Crude Viable?
Indonesia plans to build more than a dozen small modular refineries to process growing volumes of U.S. crude but analysts have expressed concerns that the plan may not be viable…
India’s ONGC Launches Production Expansion Campaign
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has begun a campaign to boost oil and gas production through well optimization and accelerating the start of production at recently made discoveries, the…
Trump Administration Bans Solar on Farmland
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has banned the use of farmland for the construction of solar installations, effective immediately. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the decision on X, saying, “Millions…
Scarborough LNG targets first cargo in second half of 2026
The Scarborough Energy Project in Western Australia is 86% complete and targeting first LNG cargo in the second half of 2026, according to Woodside Energy. The commitment was announced during…
