China Silent After Trump Asks Beijing for Help in Strait of Hormuz

China has remained publicly silent after U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged Beijing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil chokepoint that has been largely shut…

UAE Gas Field Ablaze as Trump Pushes for Help on Hormuz

Iran set a massive natural gas field in the United Arab Emirates ablaze as it steps up attacks on key energy sites, while US President Donald Trump appealed to allies…

SPURRED BY GULF WAR, Alaska LNG Aims for Go-Ahead Decisions in 2026-27 and Exports in 2031

War in the Middle East is spurring interest in Asia for gas from the $44 billion Alaska LNG project, top executives of lead developer Glenfarne said, who aim to make…

TotalEnergies Finalizes Plan for Azeri Absheron Field’s Second Phase

TotalEnergies expects first gas from the expansion of its Absheron gas and condensate field in Azerbaijan to flow in September 2029, the French supermajor said in an environmental impact assessment…

Key contracts awarded in UK fusion programme

In October 2022, the West Burton coal-fired power plant site in Nottinghamshire, England, was selected to host the UK’s Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP). The demonstration plant is due…

Petrobras to pay $450 million for full ownership of key Campos basin oil fields

Offshore Brazil March 17, 2026 FPSO Cidade de Campos (WO) – Petrobras has exercised its preemptive right to acquire Petronas’ 50% stake in the Tartaruga Verde field and…

Cambridge Atomworks, Mott MacDonald sign microreactor MoU

The Odin microreactor is described as “a low-pressure, molten-salt-cooled, solid-fuel fission reactor integrated with power conversion and heat rejection systems, enabling substantial and compact, standalone electricity supply without external connections”.…

Pilot operation of accident-tolerant fuel completed

The fuel assemblies with experimental fuel elements have undergone a standard cycle of nuclear fuel operation for Russian VVER-1000 reactors – three fuel campaigns of 18 months each. Accident tolerant…