Energy

Bloomberg Ethiopia’s government vowed to continue work on a massive dam that’s stoked tensions with Egypt, even as the Horn of Africa nation contends with the growing spread of the coronavirus. Completing what would be Africa’s largest hydropower reservoir, filling it and producing electricity is a top priority for Ethiopia, State Minister for Finance Eyob Tekalign said on a conference ...

Bloomberg The cost of pollution is headed for its biggest weekly gain in more than two years in Europe on optimism that the economy is preparing to snap back from coronavirus-imposed lockdowns. After falling 25% in March, the price of permits to emit carbon dioxide is still well below where it started the year. The gains are a sign that ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration has a plan for helping drain US storage tanks filling up with crude: Persuade other countries to buy those American barrels first. That “Buy American” pitch is coming in the form of administration officials exhorting foreign allies to prioritise US crude. The effort involves both the departments of Energy and State, said two people familiar with ...

Bloomberg Australia will increase its oil stock through an agreement with the US to help support the global market, following a video conference with G-20 energy ministers. Energy markets in Australia were operating safely and securely and the government is working with the sector to maintain supply for electricity, gas and liquid fuels, Energy Minister Angus Taylor said in a ...

Bloomberg A consortium of Cairn Energy Plc, Pharos Energy Plc and Egypt’s Cheiron Petroleum has proceeded to a second round of bidding for Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s onshore assets in the African country, in a deal that could value the business at as much as $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Shell is proceeding with the planned sale ...

Bloomberg Nigeria is ending decades of subsidies paid to ensure uniform gasoline prices in Africa’s biggest oil producer with crude prices at historical lows, the state-owned energy company said. Official gasoline prices have been cut twice in as many weeks, a move the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) said was intended to bring them in line with the current market ...

Bloomberg Sweden’s biggest wind farm began producing power this month, and the region’s nuclear reactors are feeling the heat. Vasa Vind AB’s Askalen started commercial output on April 1, increasing supplies in a market already bloated by a massive surplus of water for power generation. A day later, two units at Vattenfall AB’s Forsmark nuclear plant north of Stockholm curbed ...

Bloomberg Natural gas production in the US is expected to drop by the fastest pace ever in 2021 as drillers slash spending in response to the coronavirus pandemic that’s sending oil prices to historic lows. Gas output is poised to fall by 4.4% to average 94.49 billion cubic feet a day next year, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said ...

Bloomberg Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the Canadian government needs to release its aid package for the country’s energy industry soon as companies struggle with the Covid-19 pandemic and oil-price crisis. The package may include liquidity for companies and measures to help speed up the cleanup of old wells, Savage saidduring an online presentation. Bill Morneau, the federal finance ...

Bloomberg Uniper SE and Siemens AG said they will develop a hydrogen business in an effort to slash fossil-fuel pollution from industrial processes. Uniper’s Chief Executive Officer Andreas Schierenbeck said his utility will seek to gradually replace coal and natural gas with hydrogen at some of its power generation plants. It will also adapt its gas pipelines and storage sites ...