Russia is increasingly using cryptocurrencies in its oil trade with top clients China and India amid U.S. sanctions, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources, who said Russian oil traders were using the cryptocurrencies to facilitate the conversion of yuans and rupees into rubles.
Avangrid announced the investment at CERAWeek in Houston, Texas. At the energy conference Iberdrola executive chair Ignacio Galán and Avangrid chief executive Pedro Azagra met with key U.S. policymakers including Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Bergum, who is also chair of the White House National Energy Dominance Council.
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s oil discovery in 2015 has transformed Guyana’s economic fortunes, filling the government’s coffers with billions of dollars from oil exports. But it’s also left the nation’s outlook extremely intertwined with the whims of the crude market at a time when an expectant population is looking for a rapid uplift in living standards.
Net Power Inc. has reset its plans for Project Permian (SN1) following the completion of the front-end engineering design (FFED) for its first utility-scale project in West Texas. The company said in a media release that the cost estimate was significantly higher than expected, prompting the company to pause long-lead releases for the project.
The sale of AQN’s renewable energy business was completed on January 8, 2025. It was divested to a wholly-owned subsidiary of LS Power for proceeds of approximately $2.1 billion, after subtracting taxes, transaction fees, and other preliminary closing adjustments, including an adjustment for estimated remaining completion costs for in-construction assets.
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), increased by 1.4 million barrels from the week ending February 28 to the week ending March 7, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) highlighted in its latest weekly petroleum status report.
The Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber is a non-profit upstream petroleum organisation which aims to achieve long term success of the upstream petroleum industry in Ghana.