Author: Erick Parel

Russians spent record amount on cars in 2024 – data

Energy News Beat   Chinese and Russian brands dominated sales in the $50 billion market, according to Avtostat Russians spent a record 4.91 trillion rubles ($50.1 billion) on new cars last year, according to data from analytical agency Avtostat. Chinese and domestic Russian brands dominated sales in 2024, filling the gap left by Western and […]

Trump asks Musk to ‘go get’ astronauts stranded in orbit

Energy News Beat Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have spent seven months in orbit instead of the originally planned eight days US President Donald Trump has asked his close ally and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to bring back two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were unable to return to Earth and have […]

Only 6% of Greenlanders want to join US – Danish poll

Energy News Beat 45% of survey respondents reportedly also recorded that they see President Donald Trump’s interest in the island as a threat Greenlanders are overwhelmingly rejecting the idea that US President Donald Trump could purchase their island from Denmark and incorporate it into his country, local media reported on Tuesday, citing a new opinion […]

West African bloc confirms exit of member states

Energy News Beat   ECOWAS had given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger until July to reconsider the move, but they said their departure was irreversible Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have formally withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after months of strained relations between the regional authority and military rulers of […]

US Navy bans DeepSeek – media

Energy News Beat American service personnel have been told that relying on the Chinese-developed AI model raises security and ethical concerns The US Navy has barred its sailors from using the artificial intelligence model from the Chinese company DeepSeek, CNBC reported on Tuesday. In an email sent to service personnel on Friday, the Navy warned […]

d’Amico fixes five tankers

Energy News Beat EuropeTankers d’Amico International Shipping Italian product tanker owner and operator d’Amico International Shipping (DIS) secured employment for five of its vessels. The Milan-listed company’s Irish-based d’Amico Tankers has fixed four handysize vessels through new deals and extended the charter of one of its MRs. The charterers and financial terms were not disclosed, […]

Sustainable Development Goals great on paper, not in real world

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: The UN needs to be thrown out of the United States and all funding cut. They have caused the global humanitarian migration crisis and are causing more harm than good. The EU is lagging behind on sustainable development progress, with lots of ambitious policies in the books but far […]

Three firms seal $3.3 billion LNG-to-power deal in Philippines

Energy News Beat The three firms announced in separate statements on Tuesday the completion of the transaction. The transaction involves the acquisition by MGen and TNGP, through Chromite Gas (CGHI), of a 67 percent equity interest in South Premiere Power (SPPC), Excellent Energy Resources (EERI), and Ilijan Primeline Industrial Estate (IPIEC). Furthermore, CGHI and SMGP […]

Venture Global gets OK to introduce gas to seventh Plaquemines liquefaction block

Energy News Beat The US FERC approved Venture Global Plaquemines LNG’s request from January 22 to commission and introduce hazardous fluids to liquefaction block 7, it said in a filing dated January 28. Earlier this month, the regulator approved the commissioning of the liquefaction train system blocks 7 and 8 with nitrogen gas. FERC granted […]

Brussels wants to extend the EU’s gas storage mandate beyond 2025

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