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China: the indispensable partner of Maduro's Venezuela
Beijing Jan 9, 2026 China was the dominant buyer of Venezuelan oil under deposed president Nicolas Maduro, the fulcrum of a symbiotic partnership that propped up the South American economy and gave Beijing regional influence. But after a US military operation seized the Venezuelan leader and President Donald Trump pledged to take over the country's decrepit crude production facilities, China's future with Caracas is murky. Here are the key questions: How much oil was China buying? China imported around 400 ... read more |
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Chinese villagers struggle for heat as gas subsidies fadeXushui, China (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 Almost a decade after China began curbing coal burning to stop thick winter smog, villagers in northern Hebei province are struggling to afford their heating bills with most gas subsidies now phased out. ... more 
Delta and beach bar sand bodies offer new framework for buried shoreline reservoirsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 New research brings together decades of work on how delta and beach bar systems interact to form composite sand bodies that can host important subsurface reservoirs in lakes and seas. The study exam ... more 
Orbital cycles control Jurassic shale oil sweet spots in Sichuan BasinTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 A high resolution study of Jurassic mudstones in the Sichuan Basin in southwest China links Earth's orbital cycles to the way organic rich shale formed in a lacustrine setting, providing a framework ... more 
Polymer nanoparticles drive platinum free solar hydrogenGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Hydrogen is seen as a central energy carrier in future low carbon systems because its use produces only water, but large scale deployment still depends on cleaner and more abundant production method ... more |
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US oil blockade of Venezuela: what we knowWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 US forces in the Caribbean - where Donald Trump has deployed a massive flotilla of warships - have been tasked by the president with blockading "sanctioned oil vessels" going to and from Venezuela. ... more 
ExxonMobil slows low-carbon investment push through 2030New York (AFP) Dec 10, 2025 ExxonMobil is slowing medium-term investments in low-carbon ventures by some $10 billion compared with its outlook a year ago, the oil giant announced Tuesday. ... more 
Israel, Qatar and US hold trilateral meeting in New YorkWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 The United States, Israel and Qatar held a trilateral meeting in New York Sunday, a senior White House official told AFP, months after Israeli jets conducted an airstrike in Doha, unsuccessfully targeting Hamas leadership. ... more 
Lula orders road map to cut fossil-fuel use in BrazilBrasilia (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ordered his cabinet on Monday to craft a road map to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, a promise the country made as host of United Nations climate talks last month. ... more 
Iran Guards warn US vessels during drill in GulfTehran (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps on Thursday kicked off naval wargames in the Gulf, issuing warnings to US warships in the area, more than five months after the 12-day war with Israel that briefly drew in American forces. ... more |
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Norway to examine scenarios for post-oil economy
Oslo (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Norway said Wednesday it will set up a commission to study potential scenarios for the country's post-oil economy, a commitment the Greens Party secured in exchange for backing the government's 2026 budget bill. Norway, the largest producer of oil and natural gas in Europe excluding Russia, owes much of its prosperity to its reserves of oil and gas, which are responsible for climate change. Those reserves are however starting to decline. In hard-fought negotiations overnight Tuesday to Wedn ... read more 
Fighting intensifies in oil-rich southern SudanPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Fighting intensified in southern Sudan's North Kordofan region on Tuesday as residents in the capital El-Obeid told AFP a paramilitary drone had exploded near an army division headquarters. ... more |
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Iraq invites US companies to bid on oil field run by Russia's LukoilBaghdad (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 Iraq's oil ministry announced on Monday that it had invited US companies to bid on an oil field which had been operated by the now American-sanctioned Russian company Lukoil for years. ... more 
Trump confirms call with Maduro, Caracas slams US maneuversCaracas (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 US President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday he had recently spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro amid soaring tensions between the two countries, while Caracas slammed what it called US preparations for an attack. ... more 
Carney advances new Canada oil pipeline, raising climate concernsToronto, Canada (AFP) Nov 27, 2025 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement Thursday with the western energy-producing province of Alberta to advance a new oil pipeline, sparking immediate concerns about Ottawa's commitment to battling climate change. ... more 
Hydrogen tanks set to reshape zero emission aviation sectorBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 A new scientific review highlights the urgent challenge of reducing aviation's carbon footprint, as air transport contributes 3 to 4 percent of global CO2 emissions. Hydrogen is identified as a fuel ... more 
Novel electrode could improve affordability of hydrogen fuelBerkeley CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 A University of California, Berkeley chemist has engineered a new technology that could make hydrogen-producing fuel cells last longer and hasten the arrival of cost-competitive, eco-friendly versio ... more |
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