The global rise in borrowing costs is a “particular concern,” the International Monetary Fund has said, as UK bond yields reach a level last seen in the financial crisis. The yield on the 10-year UK gilt climbed four basis points on Wednesday morning to near 5.27 per cent, which followed the previous day’s rally that saw yields spike as much as 15 basis points. Longer-term gilt yields were up five basis points to almost 5.89 per cent, nearing highs reached on Tuesday. Similar moves are taking place across the globe, with India’s…

Norway has seized a Russian commercial cruise ship off the Svalbard archipelago at the request of Ukrainian oil and gas firm Naftogaz, which is seeking enforcement of a $4.22 billion award over Russia’s asset expropriation when it annexed Crimea. “At the request of Naftogaz Group, Norwegian authorities have seized the Russian vessel Professor Molchanov at the port of Barentsburg in Svalbard as part of global efforts to enforce the arbitral award obtained by Naftogaz and other Group companies against the Russian Federation in connection…

Russia collected 326.2 billion rubles, or about $3.76 billion, in net oil revenue in August, down 22% from a year earlier and the lowest monthly total since February. Russia’s tax authority calculated August oil revenues using a crude price of just over $59 per barrel. Urals, Russia’s main export grade, averaged almost $95 per barrel during the spring after the Iran war pushed buyers toward barrels outside the Persian Gulf. Total Russian oil and gas revenue fell 16% year over year in August to 424 billion rubles. Oil and gas provide…

The average price of diesel in the United States hit $5.7832 per gallon on Thursday, which is just three cents lower than the record-high of $5.8159 in mid-June 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent fuel prices to record highs, data from AAA showed. The U.S. national average gasoline price is about $1 per gallon below the all-time high of $5.0165 from June 2022, but at over $4.10 a gallon now, the gasoline price is the highest it has been at this time of year, and is $1 higher than the average $3 before the war in Iran began at the end…

The dip in Russian oil production is only temporary, as output is expected to recover once refineries come back online after unscheduled maintenance, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday. “This is a temporary phenomenon, and, generally, oil production will increase as the refineries resume operations and the situation stabilizes,” Novak said, as carried by Russian news agency TASS. Amid the ongoing fuel crisis in Russia, authorities have regularly sought to alleviate concerns and talk up the resumption of refinery…

The dip in Russian oil production is only temporary, as output is expected to recover once refineries come back online after unscheduled maintenance, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday. “This is a temporary phenomenon, and, generally, oil production will increase as the refineries resume operations and the situation stabilizes,” Novak said, as carried by Russian news agency TASS. Amid the ongoing fuel crisis in Russia, authorities have regularly sought to alleviate concerns and talk up the resumption of refinery…

The recent incident at Leipzig Airport in which explosive-laden drones interrupted flights is the "new normal," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on September 2, vowing more restrictive measures on Moscow. "Leipzig marks a new escalation on European soil, directly attributed to Russia," she said. "Every loophole Russia exploits is one we must close. We are looking at ways to cut even deeper into Russia's war chest." Von der Leyen was speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte a day after Germany officially blamed…

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines, the world’s largest tanker operator, expects the shipping disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz to continue for longer than previously expected, with no normalization by the end of the year, due to this week’s re-escalation of hostilities. “Given the current situation, it’s difficult to see operations resuming in any form by the end of the year,” Mitsui OSK Lines’ chief executive Jotaro Tamura told Bloomberg in an interview published on Thursday. In a quarterly financial report last…

U.S. uranium production is climbing from a base so depleted that a threefold increase still leaves America dependent on imports for most of its reactor fuel. Output rose to 2.1 million pounds in 2025, its highest level since 2017, before reaching 2.13 million pounds in the first half of 2026, according to the EIA. Second-quarter production increased 4.7% to 1.09 million pounds. U.S. nuclear-plant operators purchased 46.9 million pounds of uranium in 2025, more than 22 times the amount produced domestically. Uranium of U.S. origin accounted for…

Crude oil prices are on their way up again, driven by the latest flare-up of hostilities in the Persian Gulf—but they are also up because U.S. crude inventories are down again, and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is moving closer to critical levels. The importance of oil inventories came to the fore soon after the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran at the end of February. It was thanks to these inventories that the world avoided a sharp and painful spike in oil prices. The OECD agreed a controlled release of 400 million…

Scientists and start-ups believe naturally occurring hydrogen could be the next major geological breakthrough, unleashing huge amounts of hydrogen to power the clean energy transition. Researchers in the United States, Canada, and Australia are mapping and discovering potential sources of so-called geologic hydrogen, or white hydrogen, which would be mined instead of produced from electrolysis using renewable energy, the way the so-called green hydrogen is currently obtained. Several major discoveries in recent months have raised hopes that mined…

As the artificial intelligence boom drives major energy demand growth and catalyzes an all-of-the-above approach to energy development, enhanced geothermal energy is catching a windfall of investment dollars and renewed policy interest. A new wave of next-gen geothermal energy projects and startups may have the backing it takes to bring the cutting-edge, round-the-clock clean energy technology out of the lab and into commercial markets across the United States. Geothermal energy is not a new technology, but its applications are severely limited…

A diesel-price shock may be approaching Western economies. That's because the industrial fuel sits at the epicenter of freight, agriculture, construction, and heavy industry; soaring prices ripple quickly through supply chains, raising transportation and construction costs, reigniting food inflation, weakening consumer sentiment, and intensifying margin pressure on small and medium-sized businesses. The latest AAA data show that the nationwide average retail price reached $5.69 per gallon. That leaves diesel just below its April…

Chevron will invest more than $7 billion in Venezuela over the next five years and more than double its oil production in the country to about 600,000 barrels per day, Reuters reported Wednesday. The investment follows new agreements with Venezuela that give Chevron improved fiscal, commercial and legal terms and additional acreage in the Orinoco Belt. Chevron said its three Venezuelan joint ventures will invest the money through 2031, with total production costs remaining below $20 per barrel. Chevron currently produces about 290,000 bpd in Venezuela,…

Chevron will invest more than $7 billion in Venezuela over the next five years and more than double its oil production in the country to about 600,000 barrels per day, Reuters reported Wednesday. The investment follows new agreements with Venezuela that give Chevron improved fiscal, commercial and legal terms and additional acreage in the Orinoco Belt. Chevron said its three Venezuelan joint ventures will invest the money through 2031, with total production costs remaining below $20 per barrel. Chevron currently produces about 290,000 bpd in Venezuela,…

Ryanair has warned that the price of jet fuel could soar next summer, threatening some of its European competitors with collapse.  The budget airline said it has taken emergency measures to protect itself from the higher jet fuel prices caused by the Iran war, trimming its passenger targets from 216m to 214m for this year.  The Dublin-based firm said it has secured fixed-price contracts for 80 per cent of its fuel needs for the coming year, but opted to cut some flights to reduce the amount of fuel it has to buy at market rates. …

OPEC+ is likely to leave its oil production policy unchanged for October when seven of its core members meet on Sunday, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing three sources close to the matter. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Oman are due to meet online at 11:00 GMT Sunday. The seven producers have spent much of 2026 raising their monthly production quotas, with the September increase completing the phased rollback of 1.65 million barrels per day of supply cuts first agreed in 2023. Much of that additional supply has failed…

OPEC+ is likely to leave its oil production policy unchanged for October when seven of its core members meet on Sunday, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing three sources close to the matter. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Oman are due to meet online at 11:00 GMT Sunday. The seven producers have spent much of 2026 raising their monthly production quotas, with the September increase completing the phased rollback of 1.65 million barrels per day of supply cuts first agreed in 2023. Much of that additional supply has failed…

OPEC+ is likely to leave its oil production policy unchanged for October when seven of its core members meet on Sunday, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing three sources close to the matter. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Oman are due to meet online at 11:00 GMT Sunday. The seven producers have spent much of 2026 raising their monthly production quotas, with the September increase completing the phased rollback of 1.65 million barrels per day of supply cuts first agreed in 2023. Much of that additional supply has failed…

President Donald Trump made a potentially market-moving announcement last Friday evening. He said the United States had reached what he called “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY,” giving the U.S. majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. Trump further claimed that the agreement would greatly increase U.S. oil supplies and substantially lower gasoline prices.  Let me be clear at the onset that I have seen no evidence that Trump, members of his family, administration…