Energy Industry

A Chinese investor looks at stock index and prices of shares (red for price rising and green for price falling) at a stock brokerage house in Nanjing city, east China's Jiangsu province, 14 February 2019.The China stock market on Thursday wrote a finish to the five-day winning streak in which it had surged almost 150 points or 5.9 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just beneath the 2,720-point plateau and it may extend its losses on Friday (15 February 2019). The global forecast for the Asian markets is mixed to lower on concerns for trade and the outlook for interest rates. The European and U.S. markets were mostly lower and the Asian markets are likely to open in similar fashion. The SCI finished barely lower on Thursday following losses from the energy producers, while the financials and properties came in mixed. For the day, the index dipped 1.37 points or 0.05 percent to finish at 2,719.70 after trading between 2,707.49 and 2,729.46. The Shenzhen Composite Index rose 9.16 points or 0.66 percent to end at 1,398.84.No Use China. No Use France.

Forecasting energy futures amid the coronavirus outbreak

David G. Victor

Friday, April 3, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan nurses wear protective gear during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo

Africa in the news: New EU-Africa strategy, impacts of the oil price crash, and spread of coronavirus

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, March 14, 2020

COVID-19 is a reminder that interconnectivity is unavoidable

Morgan D. Bazilian and Samantha Gross

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Electricity lights up the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa, June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RC1806779CB0

Figure of the week: Funding Africa’s power sector

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addresses supporters after receiving the staff of command from indigenous people during the AMLO Fest at Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico December 1, 2018. Picture taken December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

AMLO reverses positive trends in Mexico’s energy industry

Friday, December 20, 2019

Yasser al-Rumayyan, Saudi Aramco's chairman, and Amin H. Nasser, president and CEO of Aramco, attend a news conference at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - RC14A8AB6F00

The Saudi Aramco IPO breaks records, but falls short of expectations

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Allseas' deep sea pipe laying ship Solitaire lays pipes for Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea September 13, 2019. Picture taken September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Stine Jacobsen - RC19E7D92D80

Congress, Nord Stream II, and Ukraine

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Figure 3: India's gross electricity generation by source

Charts of the Week: Climate and energy

Friday, September 20, 2019

Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator Cory Booker, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Kamala Harris, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former Housing Secretary Julian Castro pose before the start at the 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Houston, Texas, U.S. September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman - HP1EF9D00SX2R

Campaign 2020: What candidates are saying on climate change

Friday, September 13, 2019

Men walk past electricity pylons as they return from work in Orlando, Soweto township, South Africa March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1C1FC73920

Africa in the news: South Africa bails out Eskom, Kenya Airways is nationalized, and Kenya and Namibia announce green energy plans

Saturday, July 27, 2019