Apr 2025

While advanced economies debate peak fossil fuel demand, billions of people still lack access to reliable and affordable energy, especially in the Global South

Indian E&P company wants to take domestic production to a new horizon, given the amount of unexplored opportunities

Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Nigeria and Kazakhstan all add significant volumes as core OPEC-9 feels the strain of compliance

The oil alliance’s decision to keep to the plan amid tightening economic fundamentals seems to have been lost in the global geopolitical maelstrom, misplaced market speculation and haze of conjecture

Gas will become a more important part of the energy mix longer-term, raising the alarm for much-need investment as supply struggles to keep up with demand

A timebomb in copper mining should prompt policymakers to rethink road transport before battery-electric vehicles go down a dangerous dead end

The Paris-based energy watchdog is reverting to its core mission and putting security over transition

There is method to the US president’s apparent madness, and those seeking to understand need look no further than their local bookshop

While the government might complain about the vicissitudes of the international gas market, the UK's transition away from the fuel is fraught with challenges

Tariffs, sanctions and trade conflicts are upending the oil market, impacting crude differentials and shipping rates and creating uncertainty

The often-hidden yet powerful hand maintains supply chain linkages and global flows amid disruptions

Well-functioning democracies are required for healthier economies and a thriving oil industry

At some point it is likely that $70/bl will be quietly accepted as the producer-consumer sweet spot for a US administration having to balance both sides of the ledger

Iran’s oil is caught in the crosshairs of support from China and Russia and US maximum pressure, with options becoming more and more limited

Bearish market sentiment and bullish long-term outlook for oil and gas consumption prevails at CERAWeek

The country’s renewed focus on energy security has seen it move closer to Russia and Saudi Arabia on supply

Investor certainty key to diversifying country’s oil and gas exports amid fresh talk of improving infrastructure to boost energy security

Political backbiting and slumping drilling activity point to further declines ahead of next year’s election

Companies including Shell, TotalEnergies and Chevron are turning to Suriname’s oil potential as South America’s smallest country seeks to replicate the success of neighbouring Guyana

Plans to boost capacity have seen little progress as the country lags behind other major oil consumers and importers

Gas use in India has seen significant growth over the past year and looks set to accelerate further, even if the government’s 2030 goal remains a stretch

Strong economic growth targets are encouraging for the country’s energy demand growth, even if meeting those goals might be a tall order

Renewed China tensions threaten island’s inflows of oil and gas from overseas

Petronas is making huge efforts to arrest falling oil production and accelerate gas increases to meet rising demand, but political tensions persist

Petronas-Eni eyes joint venture to prioritise key gas developments, with huge opportunities for growth in Indonesia and a steady Malaysia portfolio

Castberg may not be enough to offset declines in other fields, while its vastly different quality has far-reaching implications for buyers

The Central Asian country is positioning itself as a low-carbon leader, but antiquated infrastructure and a dependence on Russia are holding it back

The spectre of Saudi Arabia’s 2020 market share strategy haunts a suffering OPEC+ as Trump upends the energy world

As cash-strapped Western governments commit to substantially raising defence expenditure, a similar dynamic is playing out in Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas sector, as Saudi Aramco maintains it heavy capex push despite reduced revenues

Gas production slumped to an eight-year low in 2024, but new discoveries and partnership with Cyprus paint a more positive outlook

Two recent developments raise the prospect of a revival in northern Iraqi oil and gas fortunes, but familiar obstacles could thwart momentum

IOCs and Western lenders are reluctant to commit to new oil and gas projects in African frontier countries

Cote d’Ivoire’s ambitions to become a major regional producer have gained renewed momentum, with established players and new entrants striking upstream deals and committing to long-term investment

Nigeria’s mega-refinery is traversing the world in search of crude for the majority of its needs and may well export large swathes of its products

Crucial talks at the IMO focus on a two-tier emissions trading scheme combined with a marine fuel standard

STRATOS project in Texas granted Class IV permits despite deep uncertainty over Trump administration’s readiness to support carbon management tech

Agreement on a two-tier emissions trading scheme does not go far enough to meet IMO GHG reduction targets, say observers

Liverpool Bay project on track for 2028 startup as Italian energy company reaches financial close with government for CO₂ transport and storage network

Spain’s unprecedented blackout highlighted the risk for green hydrogen producers with exposure to Europe’s creaking power grids

State administrations are using a flawed metric to justify green energy projects

Direct air capture is still in its infancy, but organisations are seeking to leverage global collaborations and AI to discover new materials, with an aim of scaling up the technology and cutting costs

Gulf Energy to provide AIQ with exclusive access to its proprietary datasets and industry-leading documents. ENERGYai is already trained on petabytes of operational data from ADNOC, and this agreement will provide the solution with access to even greater quantities of relevant, high-quality industry information

AI is powering the Middle East & North Africa’s digital transformation, but can the region meet soaring energy demand sustainably? Small modular reactors may hold the key