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33 storiesTrump says large-scale oil, gas and mineral exploration will begin in Greenland
US President Donald Trump said on October 14 that large-scale oil, gas and mineral exploration would soon begin in Greenland. He did not provide specific details of the exploration plan.
Novak says Russia needs gasoline imports through at least year-end
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Russia would continue importing gasoline through at least the end of 2026 to supply the domestic market and rebuild stocks. He also said the first diesel shipment to the United States would…
Daily expressway EV charging up 51.42% over China's National Day holiday, NEA data show
Electric vehicles charged 163 million kWh at China's expressway chargers from October 1 to 7, a daily average of 23.2566 million kWh, up 51.42% year on year, according to National Energy Administration data. The figures cover 62,700 express…
NEA: highway EV charging hits 2.97m sessions in first three holiday days
China's National Energy Administration reported 2.9686 million highway electric-vehicle charging sessions and 71.6193 million kWh of charging in the first three days of the National Day holiday, up 48.41% and 49.39% from the same period las…
China completes main structure of first offshore CO2-injection gas platform
The main structure of the new central platform for the Dongfang 1-1 gas field, described as China's first offshore CO2-injection enhanced gas recovery demonstration project, has been completed and the platform has entered commissioning, acc…
Trump says Russia will supply millions of tonnes of diesel after call with Putin
US President Trump said after a call with Russian President Putin that Russia would immediately supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets, 500,000 tonnes in November and then a further 1 million tonnes. A Kremli…
France to release 10 million barrels of diesel reserves to curb fuel prices
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on the evening of October 7 that France will release 10 million barrels of strategic diesel reserves over the next three months in response to recent fuel price rises, Jiemian reported, citing CC…
China’s largest desert oilfield tops 26 mln tonnes of oil and gas from below 6,000 metres
China National Petroleum Corporation said the Hade-Fuman oilfield, described as the country’s largest desert oilfield, has produced more than 26 million tonnes of oil and gas from below 6,000 metres. At the Zhentan 1 well on the northern ed…
ISO approves seven China-led natural gas standards, regulator says
The International Organization for Standardization has approved all seven natural gas international standards led by China, according to information from the State Administration for Market Regulation cited in Chinese media reports. The bat…
IEA members agree to speed up oil reserve release, about 100 million barrels remaining
The International Energy Agency said on October 7 that its member governments agreed to accelerate the oil stock release plan announced in March, which could put about 100 million more barrels on the market if all committed but unreleased r…
Kpler: Middle East crude exports top pre-war levels on four days in late September
Kpler preliminary data show Middle East crude exports rose above pre-war levels on four of the seven days in the final week of September, reaching 19.5 million to 22.5 million barrels per day on Sept 24 and Sept 27-29, against a pre-war ave…
Tianwan nuclear power unit 7 in Jiangsu connects to grid for the first time
Unit 7 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant, controlled by China National Nuclear Power under China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), connected to the grid for the first time on October 8 and sent its first electricity to the grid. Outlets…
IMF's Georgieva says high oil prices likely to persist into 2027
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in Singapore on 7 October that high energy prices could last for some time even if the current fighting in the Gulf ends soon. She said current Brent crude futures price trends pointed to high…
Japan begins 24th round of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water discharge
Tokyo Electric Power Company started a new round of discharges of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on October 5, according to Chinese financial media, which said it is the sixth round of Japan's 2026 fisca…
Iraq delivers 2 million barrels of crude outside Strait of Hormuz, a first in decades
Iraq Oil Tankers Company confirmed on October 3 that it used a large tanker to carry 2 million barrels of crude out of the Strait of Hormuz and deliver it to buyers waiting outside, a method the state firm's president said it had not used f…
London power outage hits central districts and City of London
Large parts of central and eastern London and the City of London lost power at about 10:30 local time on 5 October, with the cause reported as a fault in an underground cable. More than 30 postcode areas were affected, hitting thousands of …
Tianfeng Securities says solid oxide fuel cell growth ceiling may be underestimated
A Tianfeng Securities research report says the advantages of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) have strengthened further and their growth ceiling may be underestimated. The broker said it favours SOFC system makers, citing short delivery times,…
Brent and WTI crude futures rise more than 5%
Brent and WTI crude oil futures rose more than 5% during trading on October 8, Chinese outlets reported. Jiemian quoted Brent at $105.407 a barrel and WTI at $92.771 a barrel.
OPEC+ keeps November oil output unchanged for a second month
Seven OPEC+ producers decided on October 4 to hold November crude output at October levels, OPEC said in a statement relayed by Jiemian, meaning output stays unchanged for a second consecutive month. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, Russia,…
China sets 2027 non-state crude oil import allowance at 257 million tonnes
China's Ministry of Commerce has published the total allowance, application conditions and procedures for non-state trade crude oil imports in 2027, setting the allowance at 257 million tonnes. Provincial commerce departments and central en…