Trump on Wednesday widened his threats to include a 10% tariff on China and the EU, two of the world’s largest energy markets. The new threats follow Trump’s plans to impose tariffs as high as 25% on goods from Canada and Mexico, which are major crude suppliers to the US.
Sasol is falling back on coal after encountering obstacles in its plan to pivot to natural gas and green hydrogen in its path to net zero by 2050. The return of Donald Trump — who has promised to help the coal industry — as US president may also dampen some criticism for companies using the dirtiest fossil fuel.
Australian pretoleum exploration and production company Woodside Energy Group Ltd. has reported a slip in quarterly revenue and production amid a seasonal demand drop. The company said in its quarterly report that its Q4 revenue landed at $3.47 billion, 6 percent below the previous quarter.
The EPA usually insists that its rules are not burdensome, but, hey, what would you expect professional regulators to say? So we took note of a newly published study in Science (10 January 2025 issue), an econometric analysis written by researchers from eleven institutions (most of them respectable) with a lead author from Electric Power Research Institute, an electric industry-sponsored institution.
The slew of executive orders (EOs) signed by Trump included the repeal of 78 Biden-era executive actions and the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Climate Treaty — the latter also done under Trump’s first presidential term.
Stargate’s initial equity funders are Softbank, OpenAI, Oracle and MGX. Softbank will have financial responsibility for the company and Masayoshi Son, the firm’s chief executive, will act as its chair.
Middlemen who supply Russian oil have stopped offering cargoes after the latest U.S. sanctions imposed by the Biden administration targeting Russian producers, tankers and insurers, Bharat Petroleum CFO has revealed. The sanctions have targeted Surgutneftgas and Gazprom Neft, two Russian oil firms that handle 25% of Russian oil exports. The two companies shipped an average of 970,000 bbls a day in 2024. Bharat Petroleum and other Indian state refiners buy Russian oil in the spot market, mainly from traders.
Kuwait is a wealthy petroleum-based economy and the fifth richest country in the world by gross national income per capita. It’s OPEC’s 5th largest producer, and is home to 101 billion barrels in proven oil reserves, the 7th largest in the world. Indeed, Kuwait’s oil reserves are considerably bigger than the U.S.’ ~70 billion barrels. Unfortunately, similar to many OPEC producers, Kuwait’s economy is too reliant on oil.
The Golden Ivan property, located in British Columbia’s prolific Golden Triangle, is a gold-rich region with staggering potential. And the Chilean projects, including the Zulema and Tierra de Oro, offer exposure to copper and gold in a mining-friendly jurisdiction. By spinning these assets out into Chilean Metals, Power Nickel is giving investors a direct stake in these promising projects, allowing them to realize their full value.
Even if all these signals were overlooked, the effect that Biden sanctions had on international prices should have been proof enough that the surplus narrative is in a precarious relationship with reality. Had the oil market really been in surplus—and a large one—the sanctions would not have had any palpable effect on benchmarks.