2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (155+ words) China remains by far the world’s coal heavyweight: Its power sector alone consumes one-third of the world’s coal. Rising natural gas prices wrought by the Iran war will boost global coal consumption to a new record of nearly 9 billion metric…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (249+ words) Ukraine is also angling to increase exports to Europe this winter, the CEO of the country’s top private energy company said. Despite attacks by Russia on its natural gas production fields, Ukraine has moved to a gas surplus and is…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (492+ words) View / A long war will permanently damage oil demand Semafor View / A long war will permanently damage oil demand One lesson from the return of crude oil prices back above $100 per barrel is that US President Donald Trump seems to…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (174+ words) Listed companies in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi are growing quickly, benefiting from higher oil prices and their ability to keep energy exports flowing. Gulf corporate profits in second quarter show growing divide between economies Corporate profits in the second…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (159+ words) The 21.2 billion-riyal ($5.8 billion) second-quarter shortfall was almost double the previous quarter’s, with few signs that passage through the Strait of Hormuz is easing. Qatar posted its widest quarterly budget deficit since 2016 as the Iran war choked off most of its…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (167+ words) Abu Dhabi tech vehicle MGX, which closed its first fund in July at $49 billion, is the largest, according to ADGM. Abu Dhabi’s financial hub ADGM says entities licensed there now hold more than $100 billion in AI-focused investment, as it…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (125+ words) Coal generation has stopped growing in 17 out of 26 Chinese provinces and regions. Coal plateaus in China amid electrification surge Fossil fuels are starting to plateau in China, as renewables drive more power generation in a new phase for the country’s…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (166+ words) Semafor Oil importers less vulnerable to supply shocks than expected Maritime shipping lanes may not be the most important chokepoint facing the global oil market. The evidence of the past few months suggests that most oil-importing countries are less economically…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (464+ words) Venezuela is not just another member of OPEC. It is one of the group’s five founders, present when the organization was conceived in Baghdad in 1960 as a counterweight to the “Seven Sisters,” the Western oil majors that held the upper…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (135+ words) Semafor US, Iran feel pain from energy disruptions US gas prices hit record highs and Iran doubled the price of fuel consumed over quota, as energy disruptions hit at the pump in both countries. Tehran announced a new “exclusion zone…...