Category: Energy News Beat

Iran Sees Its Oil Production Rising to 3.6 Million Barrels per Day by March 2024

Energy News Beat Iran expects its oil production to rise to 3.6 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of the current Iranian year in March 2024, from around 3.3 million bpd now, Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji has said. The minister talked about Iranian oil production during a visit by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi to […]

‘We want permanent ceasefire,’ Palestinians in Gaza say as truce extended

Energy News Beat Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – Ayman Harb, a father of three children, stuck it out with his family in the Gaza City neighbourhood of Shujayea for more than a month of the war, even as Israeli bombs and tanks destroyed the besieged enclave’s largest urban centre. Last week, just before a four-day […]

Gaza truce extended by two days, Qatar and Hamas say

Energy News Beat A humanitarian pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas will extend by two days, mediator Qatar and Hamas have said, hours before an initial four-day truce in Gaza was set to expire. “The State of Qatar announces that, as part of the ongoing mediation, an agreement has been reached to extend the […]

Residents In Blue States Pay Much More For Electricity Than In Red States: Study

Energy News Beat Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Blue state residents, whose governments have adopted aggressive climate policies, are paying much more for electricity and fuel than their counterparts who live in red states that lack such policies, according to a new report from America’s largest membership organization of state […]

Females And Young Adults At Higher Risk Of COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects: Study

Energy News Beat Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Females and young adults are at an increased risk of suffering from side effects after COVID-19 vaccinations. People who take three doses as compared to two may present different side effects, a Japanese study finds. The study published on Scientific Reports in […]

64 US Bank Branches File To Shut Down In A Single Week; Are You Affected?

Energy News Beat Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Big banks such as PNC Bank and JPMorgan Chase have filed to close several branch offices in multiple states amid a troubling pattern of rising branch shutdowns in recent years. Between Nov. 12 and 18, several banks filed to close branch locations, with PNC […]

Kiev denies Russian sleeper spies now activated in security agency

Energy News Beat Aleksey Danilov, secretary of the Ukrainian security council, had been cited earlier by The Times claiming SBU was rife with Russian moles Russia has a network of sleeper agents in the SBU, Ukraine’s secret service, one of Kiev’s top security officials, Aleksey Danilov, has said, according to The Times on Monday. Later, […]

NATO’s stubbornness to blame for Ukraine crisis – Putin aide

Energy News Beat The US and its allies are clinging to their crumbling hegemony by waging a “hybrid war” against Russia, Yury Ushakov has said The Ukraine crisis was sparked by NATO’s stubbornness and reluctance to address Moscow’s security concerns, Yury Ushakov, a senior foreign policy aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has said. Speaking […]

Israel-linked tanker briefly seized off Yemen’s coast

Energy News Beat The attackers tried to flee, but were stopped by an American warship, the US Central Command claims Armed assailants seized an Israel-linked tanker of the coast of Yemen, but surrendered when warships from the US-led counter-piracy force answered a distress call, according to the US Central Command (Centcom). A group of gunmen […]

India’s growth forecast raised

Energy News Beat The Indian economy could perform better than expected next year, with the S&P Global Ratings revising its growth forecast upwards on Monday. The rating agency now projects India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 6.4% in the financial year 2024 compared to the previous forecast of 6%, “as robust domestic momentum seems […]