All articles by Annabel Cossins-Smith

Annabel is a staff writer across energy titles, with degrees in History and International Journalism.

India’s fuel demand hits record high, driven by transport sector

India’s fuel consumption for FY2024 increased 5%, hitting a record high as demand from the transport sector and raised naphtha…
US court upholds environmental licence for deepwater oil facility

A US appeals court has upheld federal approval of a proposed deepwater oil-export facility offshore the Texas Gulf Coast after…
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K begins operations at its Indonesian gas power plant

Japanese transport company Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) has begun commercial operations at its FSRU, which will supply LNG to a…
Oil India to open Numaligarh refinery by 2025 as price concerns persist

Oil India will bring online its planned Numaligarh oil refinery in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam by December 2025,…
Gazprom buys former Shell stake in Sakhalin Energy for $1bn

Russian state-owned oil and gas major Gazprom has acquired a 27.5% stake in Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Sakhalin…

US awards $6bn to industrial decarbonisation

A new arm of the US DOE on Monday announced a $6bn federal funding package for the decarbonisation of 33…
JERA and ExxonMobil agree on hydrogen and ammonia development

Japan’s biggest power generator, JERA, and oil and gas major ExxonMobil have agreed to jointly explore the development of a…
Summit Midstream sells $625m stake in Utica shale

Pipeline operator Summit Midstream Partners announced on Friday plans to sell its Utica shale assets to midstream company MPLX for…
Russia slams $30 oil price cap proposal from Ukraine

Russia said on Thursday that the US is unlikely to agree to a proposal from Ukraine to slash the current…
US to return oil reserves to highs of two years ago by year-end

US stockpiles of crude oil in its strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) will equal or exceed the levels seen before a…