Oil Policy News
21 Feb 2023
The oil and gas sector has "no excuse" for failing to cut its methane emissions last year when the...
17 Feb 2023
Indonesia is likely to issue allocation quotas for coal-fired power plants linked to the national grid "soon"...
16 Feb 2023
Italy will counter-propose a 90% GHG reduction target for new car sales in 2035 in talks with member states before they...
16 Feb 2023
Annual upstream oil and gas investment needs to rise by 28% to reach $640 billion in 2030 to ensure adequate global supplies...
14 Feb 2023
The European Commission has not set an end date for sales of heavy-duty vehicles powered by fossil fuels and other liquid...
14 Feb 2023
The EU Parliament formally approved Tuesday legislation effectively banning sales of new fossil-fuelled cars and light...
10 Feb 2023
The growth in sales of electric vehicles (EV) compared to internal combustion (ICE) vehicles will cut...
9 Feb 2023
UK climate law charity ClientEarth on Thursday said it is taking oil major Shell's board of directors to court for failing to move away from
7 Feb 2023
Tumbling energy revenues and soaring expenditure pushed Russia's federal budget to a deficit of 1.76 trillion rubles...
6 Feb 2023
Gasoil cracks slumped to 11-month lows in Asia at the start of the week after the EU agreed to a $100/b price cap...
3 Feb 2023
Russia is considering taxing its oil producers off the Brent crude benchmark rather than the current Urals...
2 Feb 2023
New sales of fossil-fuel-powered heavy-duty vehicles could be allowed up until 2040 according to a draft proposal for...
2 Feb 2023
Oil and gas operators in the US emit methane at vastly different rates, as some operators have reduced emissions...
1 Feb 2023
The European Commission's Green Deal Industrial Plan, unveiled Wednesday, will if implemented be like the Inflation Reduction Act in the US for Europe and…
30 Jan 2023
New proposed emissions standards for diesel vehicles in the EU could set back the net-zero emissions push by causing auto...
30 Jan 2023
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, together with the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), could see global carbon dioxide (CO2)...
27 Jan 2023
Russian president Vladimir Putin has told his government to look into the way that it calculates taxes on the oil industry...
25 Jan 2023
Los Angeles County has blocked new oil and gas drilling and will phase out of existing operations, expanding on a city-wide ban...
24 Jan 2023
Banks continue to favour investment in traditional energy sources such as oil and gas at the expense of renewable...