Business Jul 22, 2020
Bleak aviation outlook has Asian refiners juggling fuel output
by Elizabeth Low
Firms are having to make a decision on how best to refine their oil to meet current demand amid the coronavirus pandemic.
World Jul 7, 2020
Court orders Dakota pipeline shut in latest blow to U.S. fossil fuel projects
A U.S. court ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access oil pipeline on Monday over concerns about its potential environmental impact, a big win for the Native American tribes and green groups who fought the major pipeline's route across a crucial water supply for ...
World / Politics Jun 21, 2020
End of Venezuela’s oil fortune looms over Nicolas Maduro’s regime
by Lucia Kassai
Oil revenue, the financial lifeline of Venezuela, is quickly drying up, adding to the growing instability of Nicolas Maduro’s embattled regime. Crude exports that once accounted for 95 percent of foreign currency inflow to the country tumbled by almost half this month, after hitting a ...
World / Science & Health | FOCUS Jun 18, 2020
Millions of abandoned oil wells leaking methane, becoming climate menace
by Nichola Groom
Leaks from abandoned wells have long been recognized as an environmental problem, a health hazard and a public nuisance.
Asia Pacific Jun 14, 2020
Vast amounts of Venezuelan oil hidden en route to China, bypassing U.S. sanctions
by Luc Cohen and Marianna Parraga
Last year, China replaced the United States as the No. 1 importer of oil from Venezuela, yet another front in the heated rivalry between Washington and Beijing. The United States had imposed sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil company as part of a bid to topple ...
World / Science & Health Jun 8, 2020
Giant diesel spill in Russia offers glimpse of Arctic’s future
With temperatures rising at twice the global average rate in the Arctic Circle, the frozen ground is thawing and causing cracks in roads and buildings.
Commentary / World May 31, 2020
by David Howell
If swelling production keeps outpacing recovering consumption, we will be returning to the pre-1970 world of cheap oil.
Business May 27, 2020
G20 finance projects give $77 billion a year to fossil fuels
The analysis showed that China, Japan, Canada and South Korea were the worst offenders.
Business / Economy May 25, 2020
Fading fossil fuel prices next big test for Russia’s battered economy
Some predict the peak for oil prices was in 2019, about 15 years earlier than the Kremlin was expecting.
Business / Economy | FYI May 24, 2020
New lows: What do near-negative oil prices mean for Japan's economy?
by Osamu Tsukimori
The benchmark U.S. oil price fell below zero last month for the first time in history.
Commentary / World | Commentary May 19, 2020
How will COVID-19 reshape Asia’s energy future?
by Prashanth Parameswaran
Impacts on the energy realm could have ripple effects for geopolitics more generally.