Bloomberg Norway is turning on the taps at Europe’s biggest offshore gas field at just the right time for Britain. Output from Troll will increase to a record this year after the government raised a production cap, and it could pump even more, according to Stavanger-based operator Statoil ASA. That should help exports from Norway, the UK’s biggest foreign supplier, …

KHOBAR / Reuters State oil firm Saudi Aramco said the first phase of a new Energy Industrial City in Saudi Arabia will be completed in 2021. Last week, the Saudi government said it approved Saudi Aramco’s plans to set up two new companies that will develop and operate the new Energy Industrial City as the kingdom seeks to expand its …

Bloomberg The eclipse set to darken skies next month threatens to sideline solar farms and rooftop panels in a wide swath of the US, wiping out enough power generation to supply about 7 million homes. This rare event, during which the moon will completely obscure the sun, will cast a shadow along a 70-mile-wide (113-kilometer) corridor stretching from Oregon to …