INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

energy

Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.
  • IEA cited sluggish economic growth, global trade tensions, the rise of electric cars and the shift away from crude to produce power. Annual demand growth will slow from around 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2025 and 2026 "to just a trickle over the next several years, with a small...
  • EU energy ministers push gas price talks into next week

    Gas prices are high, albeit lower than during the middle of the year, spurring worries that European homes and businesses could face blackouts or unpayable bills, if not this winter then next.
  • UK inflation slows to 10.7% in November

    The data was published on the eve of an interest rate decision from the Bank of England, which is widely expected to deliver the ninth hike in a row as policymakers try to tackle rampant prices. It also comes as strikes spread across the economy, with workers protesting over salaries...
  • EU eyes all acceptable energy price cap as winter arrives

    Several EU countries, including France, Poland and Spain, want a price cap lower than the one proposed by the European Commission, with fewer conditions attached. Some EU countries including Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, view a too-rigid price cap as a threat to supplies, comporting the risk that deliveries could...
  • Algeria’s Sonatrach starts production in new gas field

    The company announced the completion of production of the Tinrhert gas field at the end of November 2022.
  • Pipeline leak in US results in 588,000 gallons crude spill

    Canadian-based TC Energy, which operates the pipeline, detected the leak Wednesday night in Kansas and immediately halted the flow of oil through the pipeline.
  • John Kerry

    US could change green subsidies rules as EU fears unemployment

    The United States is open to amending lucrative green subsidies that have drawn transatlantic anger for allegedly encouraging job losses in Europe, US climate envoy John Kerry said. In a BBC interview, Kerry signaled unease over the UK government's decision to permit the opening of a coal mine despite ambitions...
  • Global government spending on clean energy transitions rises to $1.2 trillion

    The increase brings total amount of investment support that governments have allocated to clean energy to $1. 215 billion.
  • Saudi Crown Prince: ‘Arabs will race for progress and renaissance once again. We will prove that every day’

    China has established comprehensive strategic partnership relations with 12 Arab countries separately, says Xi Jinping during Arab-China Summit in Riyadh.
  • Kazakhstan threatens to ban ArcelorMittal after worker death

    ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakhstan threatened Thursday to ban global steel giant ArcelorMittal from operating in the Central Asian country after another fatal accident at a factory belonging to the Luxemburg-based company. Kazakhstan's infrastructure and industry minister Kairbek Uskenbayev said "tough decisions" were being made against the company, after a worker...
  • US oil futures drop 3%, finishing at new low for 2022

    Analysts note that conditions in the oil market have loosened compared with earlier in the year, adding to oversupply worries at a time when more economists are warning of recession. The pullback in oil prices also comes amid trader disappointment at a recent decision by OPEC oil exporters not to...
  • ADEX to provide US$25m funding to Togo to raise solar park capacity

    The Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX) has signed an agreement with Togo’s Ministry of Economy and Finance to raise the production capacity of the Mohamed bin Zayed Solar Park in the country from the current 50 megawatts to 70 megawatts.
  • Xi Jinping reaches Saudi as China seeks energy cooperation

    The trip -- only Xi's third overseas journey since the coronavirus pandemic began, and his first to Saudi Arabia since 2016 -- comes after US President Joe Biden's visit in July, when he pleaded in vain for higher oil production.
  • Libya tells foreign energy firms it’s safe to return

    TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Libya's state energy firm urged its foreign oil and gas partners to resume exploration and production Tuesday assuring them security had begun to improve dramatically after clashes earlier this year. Rival administrations in east and west have vied for power since March, in a standoff that has...
  • IEA says energy crunch driving renewables boom

    Paris, France— The energy crisis is fuelling an acceleration of the rollout of renewable power, raising hopes for efforts to meet ambitious targets against global warming, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. Total renewables capacity worldwide is set to almost double in the next five years and overtake coal as the...
  • UAE, UK experts discuss science, tech help in net-zero agenda

    ABU DHABI, UAE - Experts from UK and the UAE participated in a Sci-Tech Virtual Tour of the Emirates science and technology ecosystem. The virtual tour was organized by UAE’s Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), UAE Embassy in London,...
  • Oil rises as China eases Covid restrictions, Russia price cap

    World oil prices rallied after more easing of Covid containment measures in China and as a price cap on Russian crude agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia came into force. Brent North Sea crude and WTI advanced over 2.5 percent, also after OPEC and its Russia-led allies decided to...
  • EU head says bloc must act over US climate plan changes

    EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc must act to address "distortions" created by Washington's $430-billion plan to spur climate-friendly technologies in the United States. The European Union must "take action to rebalance the playing field where the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) or other measures create distortions", von...
  • OPEC+ to maintain current output level amid uncertainty

    Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to maintain their current output levels. Representatives of 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries led by Riyadh, and their 10 allies headed by Moscow, decided to stick to a production cut of two million barrels per...
  • Kremlin rejects $60 oil cap Ukraine says will ‘destroy Russia’s economy’

    The $60 oil price cap will come into effect on Monday or soon after, alongside an EU embargo on maritime deliveries of Russian crude oil.
  • German government to stop unjustified energy price increases

    BERLIN, GERMANY - The German government aims to put a stop to energy price hikes it sees as unjustified with planned gas and electricity price controls, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) reported Saturday. Price increases are to be prohibited until the end of 2023 - unless the supplier can prove "that the...
  • Guyana sells $750 mn of carbon credit to US oil firm Hess

    Guyana, with 800,000 inhabitants, is already the country with the most reserves per capita in the world -- over 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent -- ahead even of Brunei, Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates.
  • Ukraine welcomes Russian oil price cap agreed by EU, G7

    Ukraine welcomed a US$60 price cap on Russian oil agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia, saying it would "destroy" Russia's economy. The price cap, previously negotiated on a political level between the G7 group and the European Union, will come into effect with an EU embargo on Russian crude...
  • Envoy eyes more cooperation, $6.32bn bilateral trade this year as UAE-Belgium ties mark 51st anniversary

    Brussels needs to find new energy suppliers and we recognize the important role of the UAE on that front, Belgian ambassador to the UAE Antoine Delcourt tells TRENDS
  • Energy crisis driving climate-friendly power savings, says IEA

    PARIS, FRANCE - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven countries across the world to boost energy efficiency, creating "huge potential" to tackle high prices, security and climate change, the IEA said on Friday. Governments have scaled up fossil fuel subsidies to cushion the impact of rising energy costs on households...
  • TotalEnergies cuts UK investment

    Move comes UK imposes windfall tax on energy firms.
  • OPEC set to stick or cut more amid plan to cap Russian oil price

    LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Major oil producers are expected to stick to their current output strategy or even slash production further when they meet on Sunday in the face of falling prices, a potential Russian oil price cap and an embargo on Russian crude shipments. At their last ministerial session...
  • AMEA Power completes $1.1bn deal to deploy 1GW of energy projects in Egypt

    The landmark 500 MW wind and 500MW solar projects, represent US$1.1bn of investment into the Egyptian economy and takes the company’s clean energy portfolio to 2GW in the country.
  • Europe’s inflation declines for first time in 17 months: EU agency

    Boosted by soaring energy and food bills triggered by Russia's war in Ukraine, the rate of price increases had hit a new historic record every month since November 21. The November figure will decrease pressure on the European Central Bank to further increase interest rates, although its president has expressed...
  • UK ousts China from new nuclear project Sizewell

    LONDON, UK - Britain on Tuesday ousted China's nuclear firm CGN from construction of its new Sizewell C nuclear power station, which will now be built with remaining French partner EDF. The announcement came one day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned that the "golden era" of UK-China relations was...
  • ‘Russian targeting of Ukraine energy is war crime’

    BERLIN, GERMANY - Russian missile strikes on energy infrastructure in Ukraine constituted a "war crime", German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said Tuesday after hosting talks with his G7 counterparts. A Russian campaign of missile strikes has severely damaged Ukraine's energy infrastructure and plunged millions into darkness as the country endures...
  • Qatar reaches long-term gas supply deal with Germany

    QatarEnergy's partner, US firm ConocoPhillips, will supply the gas from Qatar's North Field East and South projects from 2026 to the Brunsbuttel LNG terminal being developed in northern Germany, said Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, Qatar's energy minister and CEO of QatarEnergy.
  • Kazakhstan eyes energy takeovers after blackouts, ‘mismanagement’

    ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakhstan warned Monday it could nationalize struggling energy companies in the oil-rich Central Asian country after the latest blackout there left thousands without electricity in freezing temperatures. The vast ex-Soviet country is a net exporter of energy, but high gas prices this year fueled historic and bloody...
  • SCCI, Moscow Chamber discuss trade, cooperation

    SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) discussed business and investment opportunities in the UAE and Russia with the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The meeting that took place at Expo Center Sharjah (ECS) brought together Abdallah Sultan Al-Owais, SCCI's Chairman, and Vladimir Platonov, Chairman...
  • DEWA commissions two new transmission substations

    DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has commissioned a new 132/11kV substations in Al Awir First with a transmission capacity of 150 MVA, at a total cost of US$49 million (AED180 million). DEWA also inaugurated a new transmission 400/132kV substation in Jebel Ali First and overhead cables...
  • Europe promises continuous support to Ukraine against Russia

    Several European leaders were in Kyiv on Saturday to commemorate the victims of the 1932-33 Holodomor -- Ukrainian for "death by starvation" -- which is regarded by Kyiv as a deliberate act of genocide by Stalin's regime.
  • EIC calls UAE as the leader in renewable energy sector

    London, UK --The Energy Industries Council (EIC), one of the world’s largest energy trade associations, has released a report on the state of the UAE’s energy industry, showcasing the country’s energy mix and its leading position in renewable energy sector. “The UAE offers a great mix of energy projects for...
  • Jordan Minister calls for MENA-Europe electric connection project

    AMMAN, JORDAN - Jordan's Minister of Energy Saleh Kharabsheh stressed on the importance of conducting an electrical interconnection project to supply Europe with green energy from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. He made the remark during a meeting on Thursday with a British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union (BGIPU)...
  • Gas price cap divides EU energy ministers’ meeting

    BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - EU energy ministers met Thursday to debate measures to mitigate the energy crunch in Europe but were divided over a gas price cap proposal slammed by many as a "joke". They were to discuss a proposal by the European Commission, unveiled just two days earlier, that would...
  • UAE approves law to link up renewable energy units with electrical grid

    Abu Dhabi, UAE— The UAE's Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure has announced the approval of the federal law regulating the linkage of distributed renewable energy production units to the electrical grid. The new law aims to enable the production of electricity from renewable sources and achieve the UAE's objectives in...
  • QatarEnergy inks 27-year gas supply deal with China firm

    The deal "marks the longest gas supply agreement in the history of the LNG industry", said Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar's energy minister and QatarEnergy's chief executive.
  • Several MoUs give a boost to Saudi-Thai relations

    The two countries agree to set up Saudi-Thai Coordination Council, vow to enhance investments and cooperation in sectors such as energy and tourism and fight corruption.
  • World stocks rally but oil prices tumble

    Global main stock markets rallied as investors fished for bargain shares and shrugged off losses elsewhere, but oil prices fell as concerns over the global economy persist. London stocks were lifted by official data showing UK retail sales rose 0.6 percent in October, rebounding from a 1.5-percent slump in September....
  • UAE Minister discusses economic ties with Caribbean countries

    ABU DHABI, UAE - UAE Minister of Economy Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri visited the Havana International Fair 2022 in the Republic of Cuba, at the invitation of the Cuban government. The visit was aimed at exploring opportunities for cooperation and establishing new economic partnerships between the UAE and Caribbean...
  • Siemens posts Q4 profit of $3bn

    Firm posts FY 2021-22 net profits of around US$4.6 billion.
  • Saudi Arabia, South Korea agree to boost energy and defence ties

    Among the agreements was Saudi investment for South Korean refiner S-OIL's Shaheen project, which would build petrochemical production facilities in South Korea worth $6.7 billion, according to the office of President Yoon Suk-yeol.
  • GCC growth may slow down in 2023 and 2024

    The regional economies -- set to expand by 6.9 percent in 2022 -- may moderate to 3.7 percent and 2.4 percent in 2023 and 2024 respectively, says a World Bank report.
  • UK inflation jumps to 41-year high on soaring energy and food bills

    Domestic fuel bills rocketed further despite the UK government's energy price freeze as the market faced fresh fallout from key producer Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Runaway inflation comes despite Britain's energy support, which sought to limit annual energy bills at an average of £2,500 per year.
  • Russia now routes oil through Turkey to reach EU

    The 27-nation bloc has also placed an embargo on Russia coal. While it has not banned natural gas imports from Russia, Moscow has slashed supplies to the EU.
  • Saudi Crown Prince begins Asian tour amid row with Washington

    Mohammed bin Salman left Monday for the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. The official Saudi Press Agency said the trip would include "a number of Asian countries", though officials have not yet confirmed details of the itinerary.
  • It’s time to create and support Climate Solidarity Pact

    Proposing the creation of a Climate Solidarity Pact, bringing together developed and emerging economies to combine resources and capacities to benefit everyone on the planet, Guterres has urged wealthy nations and global financial institutions to support emerging economies.