Bloomberg Oil and Natural Gas Corp. plans to tap the debt market for the first time, an opportunity that may be hard to pass up for bond bulls. India’s largest state-run energy producer may sell bonds and take out loans of as much as $4 billion to pay for the purchase of the government’s $5.2 billion stake in Hindustan Petroleum …

CAIRO / Reuters Egypt is looking to reverse a series of bans on its agricultural products that has hit one of its most promising export sectors, Abdel Hamid al-Demerdash, the head of Egypt’s Agriculture Export Council told Reuters. Egyptian crops from strawberries to peppers have been hit by temporary bans on concerns over pesticides residues. Sudan introduced a blanket ban …

Bloomberg Natural gas is about to get a glimpse of its future role in the US power mix as solar energy’s backup. During the upcoming August 21 eclipse, operators of giant solar fields from California to the Carolinas will cede market share to fast-start natural gas generators as well as hydroelectric plants and other sources to fill the gaps as …