In the security collective, Anterix has established a network of leading firms in the field which will provide electric utilities installing private networks additional security, taking cyber defenses to a new level.
The news of another coronavirus variant that prompted some countries to close their borders frightened traders who exited their bullish positions on the commodity in droves a week ago. Now, however, sentiment is reversing. Crude oil had...
A year ago today, Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial. 12 months and billions of shots later, several countries are already on a third round of...
The OPEC+ decision to stick to its oil production plans early next year came as a surprise to many observers, considering the market noise leading up to last week’s meeting that an oversupply was looming. Going forward, how OPEC+...
A law intended to tackle anonymous trolls on social media is unlikely to stop online bullying, but it could allow Australian government ministers to continue a trend of suing their critics
After a sharp plunge that saw oil prices collapse below $70/bbl for the first time in months, the oil bulls appear to be back in control. Crude oil has climbed nearly 5% on Monday after Saudi Arabia hiked prices for buyers in the U.S....
This week, the American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated the inventory draw for crude oil to be 3.089 million barrels. U.S. crude inventories have shed some 60 million barrels since the beginning of the year. Analyst expectations for...
The first major contracts for Saudi Arabia’s Jafurah field – supposedly, the biggest shale gas field outside the U.S. – were awarded last week, as the Kingdom aims to become the third largest natural gas producer in the world by 2030, to...
The Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen targeted on Tuesday oil infrastructure and military compounds in Saudi Arabia with drones and ballistic missiles, the movement said today on its broadcast channel Al Masirah. Saudi Aramco’s oil...
A flood of bullish factors have sent oil prices higher at the start of the week, with fears about Omicron fading on the back of some promising reports. Chart of the Week- The purported aim of the US government’s decision to release 50...
U.S. coal stockpiles fell in September 2021 to the lowest level of total monthly coal stocks at the electric power sector since at least 2001, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in an Electricity Monthly Update of its...
Saudi Aramco is selling 49 percent of its gas pipeline network to a consortium led by BlackRock, for which it will receive $15.5 billion—another step of the Saudi oil giant’s push to monetize oil and gas infrastructure assets in deals...
In the second major crisis in three months, the Navy's bungled response to leaks at a key Hawaii Fuel depot threatens U.S. defense strategy in the Pacific.
Activist investor Elliott Management is right – if SSE wants to be the UK renewables champion it needs green heavyweights on board Elliott Management’s open letters are improving. When the US activist hedge fund tried to take a pop at...
The Russian government is considering the possibility to allow Russia’s largest oil producer, Rosneft, to export natural gas to Europe via pipeline, the Kremlin said on Tuesday—a move that could ease the gas crunch in Europe, if...
On Tuesday, European natural gas futures jumped after U.S. and European allies weighed new sanctions against Russia if it should invade Ukraine. Cold weather is not the only driver of natgas prices but also geopolitical instability in...
Is the era of Big Oil coming to an end? Worldwide, industry and policy leaders are finally making earnest pledges to decarbonize. The United States has passed a $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill that includes heavy investment and...
The tender of crude oil from the strategic petroleum reserve of the United States has attracted at least two foreign refiners as bidders, Bloomberg has reported, citing unnamed sources with knowledge on the matter. The White House...
At higher latitudes, traditional GPS navigation is not reliable, but muons produced when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could be used to navigate in the Arctic, as well as underground or in the water
A series of extraordinary superspreader events at festive celebrations across Europe suggests the omicron coronavirus variant dramatically increases the risk of being infected at social events
Oil prices rose early on Tuesday for the second day in a row, as traders are cautiously optimistic that the new Omicron COVID variant would not lead to massive lockdowns around the world to the point of severely reducing global oil...
Iraq's oil minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar expects crude oil to recover to $75 per barrel, Reuters has reported, citing an interview of Abdul-Jabbar for Iraqi state TV. Shortly after the comment, oil prices rose, and are trading at $75 for...
Coal-based thermal power generation was recorded at 511.9 BU in the same period last year, Union Power Minister R K Singh said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. As per the reply in the House, coal based thermal power generation...
The reliability of early-stage cancer biology research is called into question by an investigation that concludes more than half of experimental results can’t be replicated by independent scientists
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US hedge fund questions UK energy firm’s decision not to spin off its renewables arm The US activist investor Elliott Management has ratcheted up the pressure on the UK firm SSE, with a public attack on the company’s energy transition...
Jain was appointed to the post on February 7, 2017, for a period of 5 years. Prior to his role at NHPC, he was the Director (Personnel) at Air India Limited since 2012. "He was not performing in his earlier roles also. This will be an...
"For higher supply of coking coal in the country and to ensure it is provided at a cheaper rate, the decision to yet reduce ash percentage with upgraded technology and the price of coking coal to be linked to imported coal are the...
India has tied up supplies from Russia to the US in a bid to diversify its oil import basket, cutting reliance on the Middle East to meet its oil needs. "Rosneft and IOC signed a contract for the supply of up to 2 million tonnes of oil...
Fuel rates have remained largely steady since Diwali (November 4) when the Centre and some states reduced duties. Accordingly, diesel and petrol prices in Delhi stood at Rs 86.67 per litre and Rs 95.41 per litre, respectively.
The ministry released the Request for Proposal (RFP) document in October inviting bidders for setting up a total manufacturing capacity of 50 GWh with an outlay of Rs 18,100 crore. As many as 100 participants from 20 companies attended...
The RP has received two binding bids --- from Petro Rio SA of Brazil and Geneva SA of Brazil --- and these bids will be opened along with the new offers, the people said.
Ten days after disruption began, prime minister reveals new target after phone call to head of Northern Powergrid Homes still without power following Storm Arwen will be reconnected by Tuesday at the latest, Boris Johnson has said. The...
The Biden administration’s ambitious goals for EVs depends on developing better supply chains for critical minerals. As awareness intensifies of terrible labor and environmental conditions in overseas mines, the need intensifies to for...
Sea ice in Canada's Hudson Bay has been unusually late to refreeze, raising fears over the impact on polar bears waiting for sea ice so they can break their fasts and hunt seals
Toyota and Hyundai have produced hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, while smaller manufacturers such as Riversimple are also working on hydrogen-powered cars.
India's top refiner is also seeking collaboration with Russian petrochmicals company SIBUR to explore the feasibility of setting up a dual-feed cracker along with downstream units at IOC's 300,000 barrel per day Paradip refinery in...
It remains unclear whether the omicron coronavirus variant causes less severe disease, but even if this is true, hospitals could still be overwhelmed by the sheer number of cases