Business May 3, 2021
NGOs call on Asian Development Bank to end fossil fuel loans
The international lender holds its annual meeting this week with a focus on a green economic recovery.
Commentary / World May 2, 2021
India’s COVID-19 crisis threatens a global oil recovery
by Julian Lee
Stay-at-home advisories are likely to hit motor fuels, which until now had been supported by a mass switch from public transport to private cars and motorbikes.
Business | FOCUS Apr 29, 2021
As rivals made fortunes, Exxon retreated from oil trading amid pandemic
by Devika Krishna Kumar and Gary Mcwilliams
"They were careful with capital during a period of time when they maybe shouldn't have," one trader who left Exxon in the last year said of its management.
Business | FOCUS Apr 29, 2021
Pandemic boost for global car sales to spark surge in oil demand
by Alex Longley, Debjit Chakraborty and Andy Hoffman
The car renaissance could be the latest example of how COVID-19 will leave a lasting impact on our lives.
Business Apr 24, 2021
Honda to stop selling new gasoline cars, including hybrids, by 2040
The move makes Honda the first Japanese automaker to set such a goal in response to the global trend of decarbonization.
World | ANALYSIS Apr 22, 2021
Rich nations under fire for funding 'bridge fuel' gas overseas
by Megan Rowling
Pressure on wealthy governments to stop financing polluting coal projects in developing nations is getting results, but the battle is far from over, environmentalists say.
Business Apr 21, 2021
Clean crude? Oil firms use offsets to claim green barrels.
by Timothy Gardner, Nerijus Adomaitis and Rod Nickel
Oil-and-gas companies worldwide are increasingly trying to market their products as cleaner using a range of controversial methods, including buying credits.
Business Mar 27, 2021
Suez Canal steps up efforts to free stuck vessel as U.S. watches energy market impact
Dredging and tugging aimed at freeing a mega-vessel stuck in the Suez Canal failed on Friday to end a blockage that has lifted shipping rates for fuel tankers and scrambled global supply chains for everything from grains to baby clothes. U.S. President Joe Biden said ...
Commentary / World Mar 21, 2021
Gas won’t save a nation that can’t fill up its tank
by David Fickling
Despite its world-beating exports of coal and liquefied natural gas, Australia is seriously short of oil.
World Mar 18, 2021
What countries will fight over when green energy dominates
by Marc Champion
Some experts predict that the end of an era defined by uneven access to fossil fuel deposits will produce a security dividend, similar to the one after the end of the Cold War.
Business Mar 1, 2021
This company helps roughnecks find renewable energy jobs
by Josh Saul
Alfred Burt grew up following his father across the oil patches of Texas. He carried on the family tradition, working on rigs for 26 years until the pandemic crashed oil prices in April and he lost a drilling job with Apache Corp. that paid ...
Commentary / World Feb 24, 2021
Germany’s empty pipeline logic
by Josef Joffe
The pipeline across the Baltic has pitted the United States and the European Union against Germany, and a swelling chorus of domestic critics against German Chancellor Angela Merkel.