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Lots of oil but no power: how Iran ran low on energy

Rolling blackouts underscore impact of US sanctions, lack of investment and costly subsidies

Business - Financial Times - November 16

CEO Chris Wright named by Trump as energy secretary pick

President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that oil and gas industry executive Chris Wright, a staunch defender of fossil fuel use, would be his pick to lead the Department of Energy.

Oil boss Chris Wright named as Donald Trump’s energy secretary

Liberty Energy CEO set to lead administration’s drive to loosen restrictions on the fossil fuel industry

World - Financial Times - November 17

Namibia seeks to double GDP growth from oil and gas finds

Energy minister Tom Alweendo eyes economic boon as population grows restive ahead of elections

World - Financial Times - November 17

Who wins when Nigeria's richest man takes on the 'oil mafia'?

Having built a $20bn oil refinery, Aliko Dangote is now at the heart of a row in the murky industry.

Why Oil Companies Are Walking Back From Green Energy

As leaders gather for a global climate summit, investors are rewarding oil giants like Exxon Mobil that did not embrace wind and solar.

Business - The New York Times - November 18

Singapore oil trader sentenced to 17 years for ‘cheating’ HSBC over $112mn

Octogenarian Lim Oon Kuin handed long jail term as ‘deterrent’ in city-state’s fight against commodity trading corruption

World - Financial Times - November 18

Trump picks oil and gas executive Chris Wright for energy secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, to be his energy secretary. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin ...

Oil Executive Chris Wright Picked as Next Energy Secretary

The CEO of Liberty Energy says there is no climate crisis, and is a vocal backer of the president-elect’s plan to boost oil and gas production.

Business - Inc. - November 18

Oil prices end higher following latest developments in Russia-Ukraine war

Crude futures settled a bit higher on Tuesday as traders tracked developments in the Russia-Ukraine war that looked to raise the risk of oil-supply disruptions from one of the world’s largest ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 19

Pimpinero: Blood and Oil review – road thrills with South American border smugglers

The brutal petrol trade between Venezuela and Colombia in 2012 is the backdrop to Andrés Baiz’s starry if slow-paced tale of brothers navigating the future. It’s called the “ caravan of death ” – ...

World - The Guardian - November 19

How oil ‘wildcatters’ ended up in charge of Trump’s energy policy

Shale barons are jubilant about the Republican’s plan for US ‘energy dominance’. Climate campaigners are not

Business - Financial Times - November 20

Uganda targets 2027 start for world’s longest heated oil pipeline

Financing delays blamed on protests will not derail crude project, says minister at COP climate summit

World - Financial Times - November 20

Oil prices end lower as U.S. supplies rise for a third week

Oil futures settled lower on Wednesday, as a third straight weekly rise in U.S. crude supplies and worries about global demand outweighed support from a “meaningful escalation” this week in ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 20

Oil prices near 2-week high on further escalation in Russia-Ukraine missile exchange

Oil prices climbed Thursday, with U.S. and global benchmark crude trading at their highest levels in nearly two weeks, as traders monitored reports from Ukraine claiming Russia had launched an ...

Business - MarketWatch - 6 days ago

Oil-producing nations under fire at COP29 over fossil fuels omission

EU says draft agreements released at climate summit are ‘clearly unacceptable’

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Phillips 66 charged with dumping oil into Los Angeles wastewater

A federal grand jury has charged energy company Phillips 66 with illegally dumping large quantities of oil into Los Angeles’s sewer system and failing to report the issue. The Justice Department ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Satellite images show Russia giving N Korea oil, breaking sanctions

Satellite image analysis shows several North Korean tankers visiting Russia dozens of times since March.

‘It’s really an honour’: people of oil-rich Azerbaijan welcome climate summit

Cop29 is taking place in a country whose economy has long been dependent on its oil reserves. Oil runs deep in Azerbaijan, the host country of this year’s UN climate summit. Just 30 minutes ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

UN climate summit’s $300bn deal slammed as ‘stage-managed’

Poorer countries concede in fight with rich world and fossil fuel producers over funds to deal with global warming

Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago

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