• Cheaper coal compared to natural gas is set to make Turkey the biggest coal-burning nation in Europe this year, surpassing Germany, according to data by environmental think tank Ember cited by Reuters’ analyst Gavin Maguire. Runaway inflation in Turkey and the devaluation of the Turkish lira in recent years have raised the amount of money…

  • American progressives who join international supporters in praising the promotion of “sustainability,” along with other causes, are turning a blind eye to the harm that their policies are currently causing in American agriculture, according to farmers who spoke to Fox News. The FFA and other nationwide organizations are thriving, and state-level events such as the…

  • In the U.K., the government is investing in the assessment of the potential for old coal mine sites to be converted into renewable energy hubs. As many governments around the globe aim to phase out the use of coal, researchers are exploring the potential for old mining sites. Rather than be left abandoned, ex-coal production…

  • Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. sont ravies d’annoncer la nomination de M. Pascal Node-Langlois au conseil d’administration de Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. M. Pascal Node-Langlois est un entrepreneur français avec une vaste expérience dans le secteur bancaire. En 1975, il créa la société Stock and Commodity Services SA (SCS), en Suisse. En…

  • President Biden recently announced a “temporary pause on pending approvals of liquefied natural gas exports.” This announcement comes on the heels of news that in 2023 the U.S. surpassed Qatar and Australia to become the world’s two largest LNG exporter. This decision has sparked debate and raised several key points. I will discuss the reasons…

  • In October, Ukraine imports have been almost brought to a halt after falling to nearly 50 thousand t of coal (-1.48 mio t or -96.8% y-o-y). Total imports of coal, including anthracite, in January-October 2022, plunged to 4.5 mio t (-11.6 mio t or -71.7% y-o-y). The import volumes have…

  • Colombian coal shipments to Asia are about to reach a record high of 2.3 Mt in June. Kpler data shows that coal exports to Asian destinations have been on the rise since January 2023. In June, 0.9 Mt of Colombian coal were already shipped to Asia, compared to 1.3 Mt in May. With a Columbia-East…

  • An EU sanctions loophole that allows imports of Russian crude if it’s refined elsewhere made Russia an estimated $1.2 billion (1.1 billion euros) from sales of fuels in the European Union last year, despite the embargo on direct imports from Russia, an investigation by NGO Global Witness showed on Friday. For more than a year,…

  • China’s coal-fired generation has increased the most of any power source this year as hydroelectric production has fallen amid lower-than-normal rainfalls that have reduced water levels on the biggest rivers and depleted hydro reservoirs. Wind and solar generation have also jumped this year as China leads global renewable energy installation capacity, but the need for…

  • Shell has come out with a bold forecast that global LNG demand will rise by 50% by 2040, largely on the back of China-led growth in Asia. But this looks optimistic given LNG remains pricier than coal, of which China and India have plenty. The oil major released its LNG market outlook on Wednesday in…