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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      BP PLC
      How BP’s ‘Sun King’ court enabled the rise and fall of Bernard Looney

      Former employees say oil major has tended to overlook its rising stars’ mis-steps

      A montage of Bernard Looney and the BP logo
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      LexOil & Gas industry
      Oil and gas and renewables: virtue is starting to look like its own reward Premium content

      Investments are starting to yield a reasonable return — with a lot less price volatility

      Only 1 per cent of the investments that go into the energy transition come from the oil and gas industry, according to the IEA
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Energy Source
      Biden needs a ‘Goldilocks’ answer to electric vehicle subsidy question Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, IEA urges oil and gas companies to pay up for the energy transition

      Vehicles recharge at a Tesla Supercharger station in in El Cerrito, California
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      UK energy
      UK energy price cap to rise by 5% in January

      Move by energy regulator will see bills rise to £1,928 a year for a typical home

      A smart energy meter, used to monitor gas and electricity use and a central heating thermostat dial at a home in London
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      Anglo American’s high-stakes bet on a new way to feed the world

      The mining group plans to invest $9bn in a Yorkshire mine that will produce a fertiliser mineral for which there is currently little demand

      Montage of images showing a persons hands holding a pile of crumbled polyhalite, with green crops in the foreground and the Woodsmith logo on a yellow background behind
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Oil producers face ‘moment of truth’ over green investment, IEA warns

      Sector’s clean energy spending is far below that needed to hit Paris climate goals, agency says

      Flammable gases released from a flare stack at a oil refinery in Germany
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      UK energy
      Scotland’s Grangemouth refinery to close in early 2025

      Plans to convert site near Edinburgh to fuel import facility expected to put 80% of the 500 jobs at risk

      Grangemouth oil refinery
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Opec
      Oil price falls as Opec+ postpones meeting

      Traders interpret delay as sign cartel is struggling to agree further production cuts

      Pressure gauge and oil pumps
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Thyssenkrupp AG
      Thyssenkrupp writes down value of steel business by €2.1bn

      German group’s shares rally as investors hope unit will be spun off

      A worker in a Thyssenkrupp steel furnace
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Markets InsightRebecca Patterson
      Falling inflation might not dent gold’s rally

      Precious metal can gain even if the US economy heads to a soft landing

      Gold bars being laid out on soft black fabric
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      LexCopper
      Copper: China plants red flags on red metal ahead of green switch Premium content

      Expect China’s state-backed miners to continue bidding up the price of the metal

      A Peruvian copper mine operated by MMG
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Energy Source
      How we think the Opec+ meeting will play out Premium content

      A falling oil price and the Israel-Gaza conflict create a potent backdrop for Sunday’s meeting of the oil cartel

      A montage of the Opec logo along with an oil pump jack
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
      Fortescue shareholders reject executive pay proposal

      Protest vote comes after metals group approves A$1.1bn for green projects

      Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest wearing a blue suit and yellow tie
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      ArcelorMittal SA
      ArcelorMittal eyes US LNG in search for stable gas supplies

      Steel group seeks alternative source as concerns persist over high European energy prices

      An ArcelorMittal steel foundry
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Batteries
      Northvolt in new sodium-ion battery breakthrough

      Swedish start-up has developed an energy storage technology with no critical minerals including lithium which could minimise reliance on China

      People work on Northvolt sodium-ion cells
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Adair Turner
      On its own, carbon capture is not a climate change panacea

      At COP this year, a commitment must be made to rapidly phasing down the use of all fossil fuels

      An engineer works on a carbon capture pilot site in Bakersfield, California
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Plastic pollution
      Oil producers accused of stalling progress on plastics pollution treaty

      Countries including Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran push for waste management rather than curbing plastic production

      Person in boat clears plastic waste from a canal
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Lithium28 min
      Inside the global race for lithium batteries | FT Film

      Lithium is the 'new oil' of the clean energy era, crucial to the production of batteries for electric vehicles

      FT Moral Money: The Lithium Mining Race
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      US confident Arab states will not weaponise oil, says Biden adviser

      Amos Hochstein tells FT energy markets are coping ‘fairly well’ despite pressure from two wars

      Amos Hochstein
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      News in-depthPetrobras
      Petrobras aims to transform Brazil into global energy power

      South American nation set to join world’s top crude producers by end of decade

      The P-71 floating production unit
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Opec+ weighs further oil production cuts as anger mounts over Gaza

      Saudi Arabia prepares to prolong reductions into spring after price hits four-month low of $77

      An oil pump jack
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      InterviewChevron Corp
      Chevron plots carbon storage future despite Australia plant setbacks

      Oil major’s $54bn Gorgon natural gas project has failed to meet targets for capturing CO₂

      Gorgon liquefied natural gas and carbon capture and storage facility
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Oil and gas firms face virtually no extra borrowing costs, S&P finds

      Rating agency says investors ignore climate risks when lending to some fossil fuel companies

      A flame rises from a gas flare stack at an oil refinery
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      News in-depthOil & Gas industry
      Convicted mining tycoon Steinmetz linked to Italy’s largest oil refinery

      Rome blessed purchase of Sicily plant by a company connected to billionaire convicted of corruption in Switzerland

      Beny Steinmetz
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      How traceability of gold became a focus for independent jewellers

      Certification of small-scale miners provides ethical reassurance but consumer demand for low prices creates pressure

      Daniela Colaiacovo
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