Sunday, 11 October 2026

Several people were wounded in a likely Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, according to Semafor Net Zero.

Semafor reported the incident was the third strike this week on the airport serving Saudi Arabia's capital.

Earlier attacks killed four people, according to Semafor.

Flights were canceled or diverted, and operations at the airport were suspended, Semafor reported.

OMV Petrom expects the first gas from its Black Sea Neptun Deep development to enter Romania's National Transmission System in the first half of 2027, according to Offshore Magazine.

The company said the project remains on track after the installation of the Neptun Alpha production platform and other recent milestones.

Seven of the 10 development wells have been completed, per Offshore Magazine.

Upcoming work will focus on drilling the remaining wells, installing and integrating subsea infrastructure, connecting offshore facilities to the transport pipeline, and conducting testing.

AYK Energy has partnered with Kongsberg Maritime to supply batteries for four electric tugs, according to Maritime Executive. The four Svitzer TRAnsverse tugs are being built at Cochin Shipyard in India, Maritime Journal reported.

Each vessel will carry an ABS-certified OrionAN+ battery system rated at 4,838 kWh, according to Maritime Journal. The agreement also includes an option for four additional vessels.

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) approved an extension of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited's (TPDDL) green energy trading pilot project until March 31, 2027, according to SolarQuarter.

In a separate regional development, sustainability is expected to feature prominently on Singapore's agenda when it assumes the ASEAN chairmanship in 2027, with the launch of a Green Economic Framework Agreement (Gefa), said Satvinder Singh, deputy secretary-general for the ASEAN Economic Community, according to The Straits Times.

Food experts and economists expect the global rise in diesel prices to make grocery shopping tougher for Canadian consumers this winter. Diesel is a key input for Canada's food supply chain, where high transportation costs feed directly into the prices consumers see on store shelves.

Statistics Canada's dashboard tracking cost hikes across the food supply chain showed diesel prices were up 75% year over year in August.

Progeco won a five-year contract for project management and technical supervision on Azule Energy's Greater PAJ offshore oil development in Angola, according to Splash247.

Saipem and a China Harbour-Cyfield joint venture rank among six contractors bidding to finish the stalled Vassiliko LNG terminal, Philenews reported, citing state infrastructure officials.

SEMCO Energy and UPPCO will buy Xcel Energy's natural gas and electric operations in Michigan's Gogebic and Ontonagon counties, according to a Tuesday press release by Xcel Energy cited by the Mining Journal. The deal is subject to regulatory approval.

In a separate transaction, the Wembley asset sale changes Advantage Energy's asset portfolio, according to Kalkine Media.

Mexico's producer prices rose 4.05% in the year to September, according to Rio Times Online.

Crude oil was the largest single contributor to that increase. Its producer price jumped 34.04% from August, Rio Times Online reported.

In global trading, crude for November delivery was last seen up by USD 0.33, or 0.4%, according to RTTNews.

HELLENiQ Renewables has completed the HELLENiQ ENERGY Group's first battery energy storage system at its industrial facilities in Thessaloniki, according to Naftemporiki.

The project carries an installed power capacity of 100 MW and a storage capacity of 200 MWh, Naftemporiki reported, placing it among the largest electricity storage facilities completed in Greece and southeastern Europe.

HELLENiQ ENERGY's investment in the project totalled approximately EUR 50 million, according to Naftemporiki.

The facility is expected to complete at least one full charge and discharge cycle per day, storing and delivering more than 200 MWh of electricity, Naftemporiki reported.

Govindarasu and his research group are calling for the development of AI-enabled security operations centers, known as SOCs, to help protect the grid.

The recommendation appears in a special issue built around a single theme: using AI security tools against AI attack tools.

Adam Hahn said the rapid adoption of AI will be essential if defenders of critical infrastructure are to keep pace with sophisticated cyberthreats.

Singapore needs to strengthen its energy resilience while making progress on decarbonisation, Tan See Leng said, pointing to bio-LNG as an option amid global disruptions.

Bio-LNG functions like conventional LNG but must deliver at least 65% lower emissions than regular fossil fuels under EU regulations, according to The Straits Times.

Mauritania published a report on two fires that knocked out power across parts of Nouakchott in August, according to Rio Times Online.

The commission tied the two blazes to three new 33 kV cable links installed weeks earlier, according to Rio Times Online.

The report identified failings at the state utility, the energy ministry and the private contractor, Rio Times Online reported.

The commission could not pin down the exact fault that caused the fires, according to Rio Times Online.

India's expansion of battery energy storage systems is running into financial and commercial obstacles even as demand grows for grid flexibility and renewable energy integration, according to EQ Magazine.

High upfront investment costs, uncertain revenue streams, limited market mechanisms and dependence on imported battery components are affecting the viability of storage projects, EQ Magazine reported.

Storage is moving toward the centre of India's renewable energy infrastructure, according to SolarQuarter. The country's recently approved large-scale grid programme includes incentives for 50 GWh of battery energy storage systems.

SolarQuarter framed the next challenge as ensuring that the equipment powering the transition is increasingly designed, manufactured and serviced within the country. That domestic-manufacturing gap connects directly to the cost pressure on storage, since reliance on imported battery components is among the factors EQ Magazine cited as weighing on project economics.

Togo's Council of Ministers approved a draft law on October 6, 2026, to reform the country's electricity sector. The text revises existing legislation and aims to draw private capital into generation, transmission and distribution, according to Energy News Africa.

Under the bill, electricity storage would gain a defined legal status, a new class of eligible customers would be recognised, and outside parties would be able to use the grids.

The draft also expands what independent power producers can do and sets out terms for self-generation, self-consumption and selling surplus renewable output back to the grid.

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCS) is inviting public feedback on Eneos Apac's proposed acquisition of Chevron Singapore, a distributor of petroleum products, according to The Straits Times and The Business Times.

Eneos Apac is a subsidiary of energy, resources and materials group Eneos. The CCS accepted the companies' application on Oct. 2 for a decision on whether the proposed transaction would infringe section 54 of Singapore's Competition Act 2004, according to The Business Times.

Eneos Apac said its only overlap with Chevron Singapore is in the market for lubricant blending and wholesale supply in the city-state, according to The Straits Times.

Public submissions, which can be made via an online form or by email, will close at 5 pm on Oct. 16.

The UN's Global Grids Accelerator arrives without a dollar of new money and acts as a broker rather than a new financing institution, according to ESI Africa. The test for Africa is whether it can get transmission lines to reach financial close, ESI Africa reported.

The Accelerator does not create a new financing institution, ESI Africa said.

Separately, Akon co-founded Akon Lighting Africa in 2014 to provide electricity to rural areas, according to a 2019 case study published in DECISION and cited by Hindustan Times. The initiative says it installed solar solutions in 14 African countries within a year, according to the same case study.

India's three state-run oil marketing companies are set to swing to a combined profit of about ₹14,470 crore for the quarter ended September 30, according to ICICI Securities, as crude prices eased.

Brent crude averaged $91.4 a barrel in Q2FY27, down from $96.9 a barrel in Q1FY27.

The lower crude feedstock lifted fuel marketing margins. Petrol marketing margins are estimated to have improved to about ₹2.9 a litre from a loss of about ₹12 a litre in the prior quarter, according to the estimate carried by Investing.com. Diesel losses narrowed to about ₹16.7 a litre from roughly ₹32 a litre.

Kruger National Park in South Africa will procure more than 25% of its annual electricity demand from off-site utility-scale wind and solar, according to Travel And Tour World. That amounts to about 7.25 million kWh of the park's roughly 29 million kWh total yearly demand once the generation assets reach commercial operation.

Clean power deliveries are scheduled to begin by late 2026, according to Travel And Tour World.

The renewable supply will reach the park through the national electricity grid using wheeling, which allows renewable electricity generated elsewhere in South Africa to be allocated to the park without requiring large-scale generation inside the conservation area, according to Business Day.

South African National Parks (SANParks), Discovery Green, Sasol and Ampli Energy are leading the project and rely on national-grid renewable energy wheeling, according to Travel And Tour World.

A fire broke out on Oct. 2 at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.'s Hussar gas plant near Standard, Alberta, according to westcentralonline.com.

Wheatland County ordered the evacuation of properties within three kilometres of the plant while emergency crews responded.

The company confirmed the blaze was fully extinguished at approximately 3:30 p.m., roughly 10 hours after crews were first dispatched.

Three REnew Pacific renewable energy projects for Fiji and other regional countries were announced at the pre-COP31 Summit in Nadi, according to the Fiji Times.

The projects are designed to promote renewable energy in Fiji and across other regional countries.

In a separate development, a protest was held in the Solhan district of Bingöl against planned solar power projects, according to ANF News. Opponents objected to projects sited on grazing areas used by more than 60,000 animals, as well as pastures and forested areas where beekeeping is carried out.

A New York state appellate court rejected New York City's attempt to hold ExxonMobil, Shell and BP responsible for climate-change costs, agreeing with a lower court that climate-aware customers were not reasonably deceived by alleged greenwashing of fossil fuel products, according to Before It's News.

The appellate court upheld a trial court's finding that advertising and promotional statements by the three companies did not violate the city's consumer-protection laws, Before It's News reported. Both courts held the city took the ads out of context.

Separately, internal ExxonMobil documents disclosed through court filings in an ongoing Massachusetts lawsuit detail the company's long-running internal debate over climate-change action, according to Dim Sum Daily. The newly public records include internal memos and depositions from scientists.

Those records indicate that ExxonMobil's external climate messaging did not always reflect views held inside the company, Dim Sum Daily reported.

Russian liquefied natural gas arriving at EU ports reached 12.18 million tons over January to September, up 9.5% from the same stretch of 2025, the German research group Urgewald found using Kpler tracking data.

The nine-month purchases cost Europe roughly EUR 7.88 billion, according to Urgewald, which said the payments channel revenue to Russia as it strikes Ukrainian cities with daily missile and drone attacks.

Rajasthan is extending its renewable energy strategy past solar and wind generation to cover battery storage, domestic manufacturing and improved grid integration, according to EQ Magazine.

EQ Magazine reported that wider deployment of storage could help the state absorb additional renewable capacity while improving the reliability of its electricity supply.

Separately, the fifth Oman Electricity and Energy Conference is scheduled to open on October 12, with an expected 4,200 participants from 47 countries, according to the Oman Observer.

South Africa's petrol 95 price rose by R3.33 per litre and petrol 93 by R3.12 per litre from October 7, according to the Plainsman and Constantiaberg Bulletin.

Diesel climbed by between R2.84 and R3.24 per litre depending on the grade over the same period.

In the coastal pricing zone, which includes Cape Town, petrol 95 now costs R29.38 per litre.

South Africa's Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources said the average Brent crude price rose from $87.89 to $101 per barrel during the review period. The department attributed the increases to global supply concerns and higher shipping costs, which also pushed fuel prices higher.

Karnataka holds India's highest under-construction wind power capacity at 9 GW, according to B2B Purchase, which reported the state received national recognition at Windergy India 2026 in Chennai on October 9.

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Education and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the eighth edition of Windergy India 2026 in Chennai on October 8, 2026, according to EQ.

India had 59.20 GW of installed wind capacity as of September 30, 2026, according to EQ. Joshi set out a path toward the national ambition of reaching 100 GW of installed wind energy capacity by 2030.

IRENA has set up the Partnership for Accelerating Renewables in Latin America and the Caribbean (PARLAC), a cooperation platform for the region, according to IRENA.

The launch took place at a Global High-Level Forum on Energy Transition in Santo Domingo, IRENA said. The forum was co-chaired by Joel Santos, Minister of Energy and Mines of the Dominican Republic and current President of the IRENA Assembly, with IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera.

IRENA said PARLAC will work on rolling out renewable energy technologies and electrification across the region, sitting alongside existing programs such as the SIDS Lighthouses Initiative.

The platform groups IRENA member states and will link their energy transition work with strategic partners at the regional level, IRENA said. It will also design and run regional and cross-border energy transition projects.

A US presidential order has handed the Department of Energy the power to halt transactions tied to equipment sourced from countries it treats as national security threats, according to Startup Fortune. The order rests on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act, and it reaches gear already running on the grid rather than only new purchases.

The department has 120 days from the signing to issue its rules, putting the deadline at December 24, Startup Fortune reported.

BloombergNEF counted more than 23 GW of large-scale US energy storage projects that have either closed financing or begun construction, the firm told Utility Dive. BloombergNEF said a meaningful share of that pipeline now faces delay or cancellation as developers wait for the department to name which suppliers are barred.

The North Carolina Senate approved a gas-tax relief bill 41-0 and sent it to Democratic Gov. Josh Stein. The measure would suspend the state's 41-cent gas tax through November 30, according to The News & Observer, providing roughly 45 days of relief timed for harvest season and holiday travel.

Replacing the revenue lost during the pause would cost an estimated $360 million. The state's inflationary reserve fund holds about $518 million.

State-owned thermal power stations in Andhra Pradesh generated a record 19,268 million units of electricity during April-September of the 2026-27 financial year, according to The New Indian Express.

The gain tracked a rise in plant availability. Average availability across the state's APGENCO and APPDCL thermal stations increased from 66% to 79%, the outlet reported.

Crude prices settled higher on Friday after Hurricane Isaias approaching the Gulf of Mexico prompted oil companies to halt more than 70% of production in U.S. waters, according to Ship & Bunker. That share equaled about 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of output taken offline.

Brent settled up 44 cents at USD 104.72 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) settled up 36 cents at USD 91.85 per barrel, Ship & Bunker reported.

The gains were capped by China's plan, announced Friday, to resume refined fuel exports after suspending them during its Golden Week holiday.

Nigeria recorded the world's steepest diesel price increase between February and August 2026, with prices rising 82.7%, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

UNCTAD tied the increase to disruptions in global energy supplies that intensified fuel cost pressures across developing economies.

The price of diesel fuel, which moves tractors, trains, and ships around the world, has recently surged, according to ChinaTechNews.com.

Tanzania's competition regulator has rejected a transaction that would have given businessman Rostam Aziz a large holding in the operator of the Songo Songo gas field, which accounts for roughly half of national gas output.

Orca Energy Group Inc., the Canadian-listed company that runs the field, said in a statement late on Oct. 9 that the Fair Competition Commission prohibited the merger application on Oct. 5.

The April agreement would have split Orca's Tanzanian operations between two buyers. Aziz's Taifa Gas Tanzania Ltd. was set to hold 49%, while Amber Energy Investment L.L.C-FZ was to acquire 51%.

Orca said the transaction remains in place and has not been terminated. The company is requesting further detail from the regulator and weighing its next steps.

Lagos State plans to lift electricity supply to more than 3,000 MW by March 2027, up from below 1,000 MW now, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said, framing the goal as part of efforts to end blackouts and build a 24-hour power economy.

The state intends to mobilise an additional 2,000 MW through national grid resources, independent power projects, energy hubs, power barges, energy traders and embedded generation, according to the governor.

Sanwo-Olu said reaching the target would require coordinated improvements across the electricity value chain, including generation, transmission, distribution, gas supply and metering.

Southeast Asia is expected to add more than 100 TWh of electricity demand by 2030, according to a Bain & Company report, with growth driven by data centers, electric vehicles and industrial clusters.

The International Energy Agency recommends stronger national preparedness and deeper ASEAN-wide energy cooperation across multiple energy sectors to build collective resilience against future market disruptions.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. floated using nuclear energy to diversify the country's energy sources, stressing the need to broaden the national power supply.

Marcos visited the Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Institute as the Philippines explores options to strengthen its long-term energy security. The visit was aimed at learning from Singapore's experience in nuclear technology and safety.

Marcos said the Philippines aims to provide families and businesses with access to sufficient, affordable and dependable electricity, with safety remaining the highest priority.

Crude shipping costs on the U.S.-China route reached USD 76 million per cargo, about ten times their pre-war level, adding tens of dollars per barrel to delivered oil prices, according to Oilprice.

The Iran war drove crude shipping costs to record highs by reshuffling trade routes and tying up tankers in longer, inefficient voyages, Oilprice reported.

Supertanker rates on the Persian Gulf-to-China route exceeded USD 1 million per day in September, a record high, according to Oilprice.

Shipping oil from the United States to China costs about USD 80 million, compared with USD 74 million for a standard launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, said Gibson, a shipbroking firm.

At least 16 U.S. transportation companies filed for bankruptcy in less than a month as the Iran war pushed diesel prices higher, according to the Daily Caller.

The national average diesel price reached a record $6.53 per gallon on Sept. 22 before easing to $6.28 on Oct. 9, according to AAA cited by the Daily Caller. The outlet tied the sector's financial strain directly to those higher fuel costs.

At the retail gasoline level, prices have been falling. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County dropped 1 cent on Saturday, its ninth consecutive daily decline, according to Times of San Diego. That brought the county average to $6.343 per gallon.

A transmission line failure on Saturday partly cut eastern Cuba off the national grid, according to Rio Times Online.

State utility UNE forecast demand of 2,900 MW for Saturday's evening peak against available generation of 1,250 MW, a gap of 1,650 MW, with projected cuts reaching 1,680 MW at the worst point of the night, Rio Times Online reported.

Lázaro Guerra Hernández, director general of electricity at the Ministry of Energy and Mines, said more than 1,200 MW of capacity was ready but idle for lack of imported fuel.

Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel said the tightening of the energy blockade had left the country without a fuel ship docking at its ports for nine months. "The tightening of the energy blockade has extended beyond borders, and despite numerous efforts, it has been nine months since a fuel ship docked at our ports," he said. He said the situation had led to increased power outages that affected hospitals and the wider healthcare system, water supply, transportation, and food production and preservation.

EDF Energy chief executive Simone Rossi described new oil and gas extraction projects in the North Sea as a "no-brainer" that aligns with climate commitments rather than conflicting with them.

Rossi advocated UK government approval of the Rosebank and Jackdaw field developments, paired with faster investment in heat pumps and electric vehicles.

In a separate cooperation effort, Minarak Brantas Gas and SOCAR are considering working together on oil and gas exploration and production on Indonesia's East Java island.

Amazon reported a USD 599 million unrealized gain in July, reflecting an increase in the value of some of its long-term electricity contracts over the first half of the year, according to The Seattle Times.

Amazon officials told The Seattle Times the gain was on paper rather than money the company had received.

The gain stems from timing. Amazon and other large technology companies locked in electricity prices for years, sometimes decades, by signing multibillion-dollar deals before prices rose, according to The Seattle Times.

One agreement is a 17-year, USD 18 billion contract to power new Pennsylvania data centers using an existing nuclear plant, The Seattle Times reported. That deal illustrates how demand from artificial intelligence can reshape energy markets and has helped fuel a backlash against data centers in places including Washington state and Texas.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled plans for Great British Grid at the Labour Party conference, framing it as a response to Britain's high energy costs and economic growth challenges, according to rocketnews.com.

The body is planned as a government-owned entity that will work with private companies and network operators to increase competition, cut costs and speed up infrastructure development, rocketnews.com reported.

Great British Grid will have approximately GBP 4 billion in funds, set against anticipated investment of GBP 70 billion over the next five years, according to rocketnews.com.

The government also intends to give developers and businesses broader rights to build their own infrastructure connecting projects to Great Britain's grid, rocketnews.com reported.

Argentina formally accepted Tecpetrol's Los Toldos II Este oil project into the incentive regime for large investments, known as RIGI, according to BNamericas.

The project targets Neuquén province's section of the Vaca Muerta shale formation and is the third onshore upstream oil initiative greenlit under RIGI since a rule change opened the door for such projects to apply, BNamericas reported.

Los Toldos II Este aims to reach an oil production rate of 70,000 barrels per day, according to a resolution published in the official gazette cited by BNamericas.

RIGI provides tax, customs and foreign exchange benefits, along with legal and regulatory stability for 30 years, BNamericas reported.

India's renewable power curtailment stems primarily from delays in building transmission infrastructure rather than excess capacity, new and renewable energy secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi told the Times of India.

India curtailed nearly 8,133 GWh of solar power in the first quarter of FY27, according to the Economic Times.

Sarangi rejected the view that the country was adding renewable capacity faster than the power system can absorb. He said renewable capacity is generally developed against identified demand, through power purchase agreements, contracts with commercial and industrial consumers, or distributed renewable energy schemes such as PM-KUSUM and PM Surya Ghar.

To address curtailment, Sarangi said the response should be to expedite and complete transmission lines and to deploy more battery energy storage.

SANParks has announced a green-energy deal with Ampli Energy to supply more than a quarter of Kruger National Park's annual energy requirements in South Africa.

The agreement covers over a quarter of the park's yearly energy needs, according to SANParks.

In separate commentary, South Africa's fuel-price shock has been attributed partly to government decisions that allowed fuel reserves to be sold, shut refinery capacity and failed to speed up renewable energy development.

The Dangote Group expects Nigeria's naira to trade at N1,330 per dollar in the fourth quarter of 2026, according to a forecast reported by Legit.ng.

The group linked the outlook to rising foreign reserves, increased foreign investment and lower fuel import costs. On Legit.ng's account, the forecast reflects improvements in Nigeria's external position, attractive real interest rates that have drawn foreign portfolio investors, and a shrinking fuel import bill as domestic refining capacity expands.

Domestic refining has reduced the country's reliance on imported petrol. According to africa.com, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery supplied roughly 50 million liters of petrol daily to the domestic market during the first half of 2026.

Nigeria's average daily petrol imports fell 26% in August 2026, africa.com reported. Imports averaged 14.6 million liters per day that month.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) has floated a tender for a 120 MW AC solar photovoltaic project paired with battery storage in Bihar's Aurangabad district, according to SolarQuarter.

The project includes a 60 MW battery energy storage system with 240 MWh of capacity, alongside five years of operation and maintenance services, SolarQuarter reported.

The tender covers design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing and commissioning of both the solar plant and the associated battery storage infrastructure.

Oil India Limited (OIL) took first prize in the technical poster presentation category at the North East Region Gas Conclave 2026.

The conclave, held at Vivanta in Guwahati in association with Resonance Energy, centered on four pillars of natural gas: availability, accessibility, affordability and acceptability.

The event spotlighted the Northeast Gas Grid operated by IGGL, which is designed to connect all eight northeastern states to India's National Gas Grid.

Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o called for urgent investigations, environmental clean-up and compensation for affected residents after a reported fuel spill from Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) infrastructure into River Nyando and surrounding areas in Muhoroni, Kenya.

The spill contaminated River Nyando and the surrounding environment in Muhoroni Sub-County, Kisumu County.

Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) launched investigations to establish the circumstances of the spill.

Nyong'o said affected individuals, households, farmers, businesses and other parties should receive fair and appropriate compensation for verified losses in accordance with the law.

Ecuador switched off power to its largest industrial users on Friday night, 9 October, to protect electricity supplies to homes, according to riotimesonline.com.

The country's Ministry of Environment and Energy attributed the industrial cuts to low water levels at its main hydroelectric plants and a jump in factory demand over the holiday, riotimesonline.com reported.

In a separate development, Goa's government raised electricity tariffs for industrial consumers, passing on higher power purchase costs, according to navhindtimes.in.

The revised industrial electricity charges took immediate effect and apply until January 2027, navhindtimes.in reported.

EV Realty has acquired a site in the Inland Empire for its next electric semi-truck charging hub, according to Electrek. The company picked up the location this week at 2151 E. Philadelphia Street, in what it describes as the West Coast's largest and most concentrated warehousing submarket, positioning it to serve local freight and logistics operations.

EV Realty CEO Patrick Sullivan said the company will have 27 MW of simultaneous truck-charging capacity between the ports and the Inland Empire once the site begins operating.

The company expects construction to start early next year, with chargers coming online before 2028, according to Electrek.

In New Mexico, more than three barrels of wastewater come out of the ground for every barrel of extracted oil, on average, according to Grist.

This produced water is extremely saline and toxic, carrying a mix of petroleum compounds and oilfield chemicals, Grist reported. It can also be radioactive.

State rules in New Mexico ban the use of produced water for anything outside the oilfield, according to Grist.

Grist reported that the volumes have spawned a parallel industry devoted to gathering, transporting, and reinjecting the water deep underground. That practice has driven a rise in seismic activity in the region. It has also produced blowouts that spew toxic water when injection wells fail.

Companies are competing to extract lithium from brine beneath California's Salton Sea, according to Inside Climate News. In Imperial County, rising heat and drought are colliding with the lithium industry's demand for water.

The tension extends beyond California. Across the western United States, almost all proposed or developing lithium projects sit in counties where drought risk is expected to rise sharply, far more than in most of the nation, Inside Climate News reported.

A recent study concluded that most lithium mining areas will lack enough water by mid-century to meet the industry's demands, according to Inside Climate News.

EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič announced an agreement for China to limit hybrid vehicle exports to the EU, according to electrive, after two days of talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing.

The results of the negotiations are scheduled to be evaluated by the European Council on 15 and 16 October, electrive reported.

Four-hour battery storage is now cheaper than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 markets where Wood Mackenzie modelled both technologies, according to the consultancy's latest global report on the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE).

Wood Mackenzie predicts the cost of electricity from batteries will keep declining while power from gas turbines grows more expensive in the coming decades.

Ahmed Jameel Abdullah, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie, said gas turbine shortages and rising fuel volatility are driving up peaking costs, while expanding battery manufacturing keeps pushing storage costs down.

Brent crude climbed above USD 105 per barrel this week after a series of tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, according to Startup Fortune. The waterway still carries a meaningful share of the world's oil and LNG even with wartime restrictions in place.

Fuel-price pressure could persist even after shipping through the Strait of Hormuz returns to normal, according to a report cited by Signal SCV.

The Department of Port Administration (PAAS) is moving forward with a proposed solar power project at Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, according to Samoa News.

The project would generate up to 25 MW of solar power, PAAS said. It pairs that output with a battery system rated to deliver 20 MW and store 80 MWh, so daytime generation can serve load at night and during cloudy periods.

Aditya Birla Renewables is seeking about USD 1.5 billion in rupee-denominated loans to finance its planned USD 1.8 billion acquisition of Solenergi Power, Shell's Indian renewable energy business, according to EQ Magazine. Solenergi Power includes the Sprng Energy group companies.

The company has approached major Indian lenders, including State Bank of India and HDFC Bank, as it works to finalize the funding structure ahead of the transaction's completion, according to EQ Magazine.

A federal judge rejected Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's antitrust case targeting BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute, finding the state had no antitrust standing to sue, according to NaturalNews. Nessel alleged the companies colluded to hold back renewable energy and drive up energy bills for Michigan families.

U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering ruled the alleged scheme sat too far from the Michigan energy overcharges to have caused them, NaturalNews reported.

Chevron's attorneys said the court dismissed the entire case on antitrust-standing grounds and did so without oral arguments.

South Africa's Petrol 95 climbed R3.33 a litre and diesel rose by up to R3.24 a litre on Wednesday, The Witness reported.

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources tied the increases mainly to rising international oil prices, pointing to Brent crude moving from US$87.89 to US$101 a barrel, according to The Witness.

The Witness reported that the pricing changes could raise living costs, tighten household budgets and lift operating costs for businesses.

Ifeacho, a fuel-market expert cited by The Witness, said the country is especially exposed to fuel-price swings because goods, farm produce, workers and services all rely heavily on road transport.

Dangote Refinery raised its gantry price for diesel by NGN 100 per litre, lifting the price from NGN 1,700 to NGN 1,800 per litre, according to TheNewsGuru, citing a market survey on Saturday. The move reverses part of a price reduction introduced earlier in the week.

The higher price may increase costs for businesses and other consumers that depend on the product, according to TheNewsGuru.

The increase came three days after Dangote Refinery cut its diesel price by NGN 80 per litre, which had dropped the gantry price from NGN 1,780 to NGN 1,700, according to Ghanamma.

Despite the upward revision, Dangote Refinery's diesel remained cheaper than products sold by several independent depot operators, according to TheNewsGuru.

Tripura will invest Rs 100 crore to restore the Dumboor hydropower plant, according to neindia.com. The facility was severely damaged by floods in 2024.

The state is targeting 10-11 MW of electricity generation from the restored plant, neindia.com reported. Restoration work is scheduled to begin in December.

Save Lamu, a civil society group in Lamu County, has called on the government and the proponents of the proposed Dangote Lamu oil refinery to publish documents proving that legal requirements were met before construction proceeds further.

The group said the public has not seen documents showing that transparency, public participation, environmental protection and other constitutional obligations had been met.

Save Lamu Secretary General Mohammed Athman said no project-specific environmental and social impact assessment had been published for the refinery. Athman said there was no public record of a NEMA licence or its conditions for the project.

Save Lamu said it would give the national government and Dangote Oil Refinery 14 days to respond to the concerns of Lamu residents before pursuing legal action.

Sri Lanka faces a dilemma over whether to assist vessels connected to Iran, a country under heavy international sanctions, when they require help in the waters around the island nation, according to Lanka Newspapers.

The outlet described the situation as a difficult bind involving Iranian oil tankers, with the country caught between sanctions pressure and requests for assistance at sea.

Separately, the Daily Mirror reported that Sri Lanka could aggressively export apparel, tea and precious gems to Indonesia's growing middle class.

The number of people directly benefiting from Pakistan's Fuel Relief Scheme has crossed 10 million, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, according to Daily Times.

The beneficiaries include motorcyclists, rickshaw and Qingqi operators, and owners of cars up to 800cc, per Daily Times.

Sharif announced a national award for Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja for her role in the programme's digital implementation, according to Daily Pakistan. The same report said Khawaja is due to receive the national honour on March 23, Pakistan Day.

Shields will be awarded to other officials and team members involved in the scheme, Daily Pakistan reported.

Starting Oct. 16, applicants to the USDA's Rural Energy for America Program must finish their energy projects and show a full year of demonstrated savings before they can apply for funding, under changes made by the Trump administration.

The USDA said the revisions are meant to tie payments to measured results rather than forecasts. A USDA spokesperson said the program should "pay for actual production and results of projects, not just projections".

The upfront-cost burden is what worries farmers and renewable-energy advocates. Because applicants now have to fund projects themselves before seeking reimbursement, the new rules could delay or deter applications, they warned. One grant assistance business has already cut all five of its employees after applications stalled.

Rooftop solar applications in Tiruchy district jumped after Tamil Nadu added a state subsidy, with 1,020 applications filed over two months against an earlier monthly average of 200, according to officials of Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL).

The state support sits on top of the central subsidy under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. The Centre pays up to INR 78,000 for a 3 kW rooftop solar system under the scheme, officials of the Southern Discom said.

In Telangana, the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TGSPDCL) called on domestic consumers to install rooftop systems to lower their electricity bills.

EWE AG and Verbund AG said their jointly owned hydrogen subsidiary will develop the CHC Electrolysis JadeWeser project, a 500 MW electrolyzer facility in Nordenham, Lower Saxony, according to Tech Times.

The plant is designed to produce approximately 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2032, Tech Times reported.

A final investment decision for the project has not been taken.

Eni finished installing an offshore CO2 storage platform in Liverpool Bay, UK, the company said on October 9.

The Douglas CCS platform is designed to take CO2 captured from industrial sites across northwest England and North Wales, then send it through existing offshore pipelines converted for CO2 service into depleted gas reservoirs for permanent storage, according to Eni.

Eni describes the facility as a purpose-built offshore platform dedicated to carbon capture and storage for industrial decarbonization.

The structure includes topside facilities weighing 1,885 tonnes and a supporting jacket of 1,755 tonnes. Eight foundation piles anchor the installation, with a combined weight of 730 tonnes.

Serhii K is due to go on trial in Hamburg following his extradition to Germany, according to the BBC. He is charged with causing an explosion and a war crime, accused of attacking civilian infrastructure while allegedly acting on behalf of state agencies of Ukraine. The BBC reported he spent months in isolation in a high security prison before the trial.

Separately, Polish far-right politician Grzegorz Braun called for the restoration of the Nord Stream pipelines and for Poland to participate in the Russian-German energy project, according to the Kyiv Post. Braun said he hoped to declare, "I love the smell of Russian gas in the morning".

Korean officials continued to push back after President Trump announced that South Korea would invest more than USD 50 billion in an Alaska gas pipeline.

South Korea had made no decision to invest in the Alaska LNG project at that point, according to Democratic state Sen. Bill Wielechowski.

Proposed Alaska gas exports to South Korea were being evaluated as part of a broader investment package.

Idaho Governor Brad Little signed an executive order suspending state inspections of dyed diesel fuel for 30 days to lower costs for farmers and ranchers, according to the governor's office.

The measure targets dyed diesel, the fuel used in agricultural operations. The suspension runs for 30 days.

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen issued a separate directive allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel to be used for agricultural purposes on state public roads without penalty through December, according to the Nebraska Examiner. The Pillen directive was intended as relief during harvest time.

The tanker Aframax Rio was attacked on October 5 and again on October 6, with major damage to its superstructure, according to The Hindu.

None of the 23 Indians aboard the vessel was injured, The Hindu reported.

Greenpeace analysis found that an oil slick covering about 25 square kilometers was visible on satellite images as of October 9, according to OC Media.

A representative of a local ecology institute, interviewed by Abkhazian government-controlled media, claimed there was no evidence that the Aframax Rio fire off the coast of Sochi had polluted Abkhazia's coastline, OC Media reported.

The government reduced the petrol price by Rs0.66 per litre and increased the high-speed diesel price by Rs0.52 per litre, according to Daily Times.

The revised fuel prices take effect from October 10 through October 12, according to the Petroleum Division as cited by Daily Times.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that IT Minister Shaza Fatima will receive a Tamgha on March 23 in connection with the government's digital petrol subsidy scheme, according to techjuice.

Ken Etete spent more than a decade operating floating oil production ships for foreign owners off the coast of Nigeria before he began buying them, according to Billionaires Africa.

In 2019, Etete's company, Century Group, agreed to pay USD 40 million for one vessel and USD 15 million for another, Billionaires Africa reported. Four years later, it paid USD 15 million for a third.

The company now owns three floating production, storage and offloading vessels, known as FPSOs, which pump, process and store crude at sea. Century leases the vessels to Nigerian oil producers.

Etete had run such ships for foreign owners before the purchases that built the fleet.

The US Census Bureau has corrected a trade record, saying 597,027 barrels of US crude first logged as a June export to Mexico actually went to Singapore, according to Rio Times.

The correction moves the recorded destination of the June shipment off Mexico's import tally and onto Singapore's, reshaping how the cargo appears in official US export statistics.

India will protect its national interest and energy security as a US decision on punitive tariffs over Russian oil is expected within days, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. Goyal described India as a self-respecting country facing the tariff threat.

Goyal also said India and Mexico will begin trade deal talks next week after finalizing the Terms of Reference.

At the Knott Landfill in Bend, Deschutes County's Solid Waste Department has teamed with Cascade Natural Gas Corp. on a renewable natural gas facility.

The opening phase of work adds 44 vertical gas wells that will draw methane off decomposing waste, according to reporting by Your Oregon News and The Bulletin.

The county says capturing that gas keeps methane from reaching the atmosphere and feeds it back for use.

At the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center in Redmond, conservation work last year trimmed electricity use by 3.6% and natural gas use by 0.3%.

Duke Energy Florida had restored power to approximately 10,000 customers after Hurricane Isaias, leaving about 2,200 customers without power across North Florida.

CenterPoint deployed 105 line workers to support power restoration in Pensacola, Florida, after the storm, according to a statement supporting Florida Power & Light. The company also released about 150 contractor line workers and 100 vegetation management personnel to assist with the restoration effort.

Azerbaijan has gained a strategic advantage by investing in critical oil and gas infrastructure that enables exports from the Caspian Sea to international markets, according to an analytical review by Wood Mackenzie.

The construction of major export pipelines opened the Southern Corridor, linking Azerbaijan's oil and gas supplies to markets beyond the Caspian.

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, commissioned in 2005, carries 1.2 million barrels per day and primarily transports Azerbaijani crude to Ceyhan in Türkiye, according to Wood Mackenzie.

On the gas side, the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) move Azerbaijani gas through Georgia and Türkiye before connecting to European gas networks via Greece and Italy.

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) welcomed the RM15 billion investment to strengthen Malaysia's National Grid under Budget 2027, together with measures to protect domestic electricity consumers and improve energy security.

The RM15 billion in new grid spending forms part of TNB's RM43 billion investment plan running from 2025 to 2027, according to the utility.

TNB said the government's decision to extend electricity bill protection for households using up to 800 kilowatt hours a month will run until December 31, 2026. The measure is expected to benefit more than eight million households, representing up to 90% of domestic electricity consumers.

WTI crude fell 1.2% on October 9, 2026, after Trump said there would be no attack on Iran before the November 3 midterms, easing supply fears, according to riotimesonline.com.

WTI closed at USD 90.40, down USD 1.09, and Brent settled at USD 102.91, down USD 1.37, according to La República of Colombia. Brent fell 1.3% on the day.

Wall Street closed higher as the prospect of an immediate escalation with Iran receded, according to riotimesonline.com.

Hawaiian Electric filed an application with Hawaii's Public Utilities Commission for a 20-year fixed-price power purchase agreement covering the Pulehu Solar project on Maui, according to GreentechLead. The development would combine 20 MW of solar generation with 80 MWh of battery storage.

RWE completed the sale of its 33.33% ownership stake in the Five Estuaries offshore wind project in the United Kingdom to EDF, GreentechLead reported.

Lebanon's Ministry of Energy and Water signed amended power purchase agreements with solar developers C.D.N. and EONE, advancing efforts to activate previously licensed photovoltaic projects, according to GreentechLead.

In the United Kingdom, Hygen Energy signed an offtake agreement with GeoPura for hydrogen from its planned 35 MW Bradford Low Carbon Hydrogen facility in West Yorkshire, GreentechLead reported.

John DLG Demapan Jr., a Precinct #1 House of Representatives candidate in the CNMI, said he supports the CUC solar project and planning for a new power plant. "I want to be clear: I support the CUC solar project, and I also support planning for a brand-new power plant. I believe we need both," he said, describing solar as a first step toward reducing dependence on imported fuel.

Mexico is weighing a fracking expansion into its northern Burgos and Sabina basins as part of a government initiative to lift domestic gas production and reduce dependence on US energy imports.

The country imports 75% of the natural gas it consumes.

Activists and residents have questioned claims of minimal environmental impact, arguing that the extraction method threatens water supplies and causes irreversible environmental harm.

K-Electric, Karachi's power utility, warned on Friday that it may introduce electricity load management during evening and nighttime peak hours.

The utility attributed the potential cuts to a nationwide shortage of re-gasified liquefied natural gas, which it linked to international supply disruptions and delayed cargo deliveries.

K-Electric said load management would be an extreme, last-resort measure, and that daytime electricity supply would remain largely stable.

Petra Power is selling solid oxide fuel cells to two customer groups: data-center operators that cannot wait for grid power, and the Defense Department, according to The Brief.

The company's solid oxide fuel cells are ceramic devices that convert fuels such as natural gas into electricity without burning them, according to TechCrunch. The company was founded in 2017.

Petra Power has received nearly USD 9 million in Defense Department contracts so far, and aims to scale that work in the coming years, TechCrunch reported.

The company is targeting its first customer deployment in 2028, with full-scale production hoped for in 2029, according to Goodman cited by TechCrunch.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney designated the Pacific Link oil pipeline, formerly known as the West Coast Oil Pipeline, as a project of national interest.

The designation enables a faster regulatory review that could allow pipeline design and construction to begin by next fall.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said he was disappointed by the decision because the resources needed to respond to a major oil spill are insufficient today.

Nine out of 10 decided respondents in an ATB survey believe Pacific Link and the associated Pathways carbon capture network will proceed.

Lahore and surrounding districts endured six to eight hours of daily power outages in urban areas and eight to 16 hours in rural areas over the past week, according to techjuice.pk.

The outages stem from a supply shortfall. A Lesco officer, speaking to private news media, said forced load-shedding had become common because the company was not receiving enough electricity to meet demand, making uninterrupted supply difficult to maintain.

The cuts grew more frequent during evenings and nights, according to thecurrent.pk, as rooftop solar systems stopped generating and demand for grid electricity rose.

Residents reported prolonged load-shedding and frequent power tripping across the affected districts.

Three proposed megaprojects, a steel plant in Iowa, an aluminum smelter in Oklahoma and a long-sought gas pipeline in Alaska, face significant questions about whether they will fully materialize.

Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium have not reached a final investment decision on the proposed smelter in Inola, Oklahoma. The companies are soliciting proposals for engineering design services and seeking to clear permitting hurdles.

Iowa legislation unlocked as much as USD 1.4 billion in tax incentives for the proposed steel mill.

South Korean Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said the country's investment in Alaska's LNG project would hinge on commercial viability.

EU finance ministers approved greater energy-spending flexibility for Greece on October 9, 2026, supporting Athens' investment plans through 2028, according to Greek Reporter.

Greece plans approximately EUR 1 billion of investment covering energy storage, household equipment, public buildings and transportation infrastructure, Greek Reporter reported.

The country will finance the projects from national resources rather than through a new EU grant.

Under the approval, eligible Greek expenditure can be excluded from the EU framework's limit on net primary expenditure growth, up to 0.3% of GDP annually and 0.6% cumulatively through 2028, according to Greek City Times.

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has asked the Federal Government to allocate independent marketers at least 30% of the discounted petrol supply currently going to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), according to Naija News.

The association wants its members to buy the product from NNPC at the discounted rate and sell it through their own filling stations, TheNewsGuru reported.

PETROAN said extending the initiative to more fuel stations would widen access to cheaper petrol, ease pressure on NNPC retail outlets and help reduce queues formed by motorists seeking discounted fuel, according to TheNewsGuru.

The association said it had submitted the proposal to the government and was awaiting a response.

North Carolina suspended its 41-cent-per-gallon motor-fuel tax after Governor Josh Stein signed a bipartisan relief bill aimed at lowering pump prices, according to Newsweek.

The suspension expires November 30, Newsweek reported.

Drivers may pay less at the pump, though stations can wait until older, tax-paid inventory is sold before reflecting the change, according to Newsweek.

The state will replace transportation revenue lost from the suspension using money from the Stabilization and Inflation Reserve, directing those funds to accounts that would otherwise receive the revenue, including the Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund, Newsweek reported.

A drone attacked the Panama-flagged crude oil tanker MT GEM NO. 2 near Sharjah Anchorage in the UAE on October 9, according to Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal. All 22 Indian seafarers aboard were safe, Sonowal said.

The vessel was struck by an unidentified projectile, and the resulting fire was extinguished, according to the maritime security agency.

BP is actively considering bids for oil and gas blocks under India's new exploration policy, chief executive Meg O'Neill said, according to the Economic Times.

O'Neill said the company is examining India's current exploration rounds, telling the Economic Times, "We are actively looking at the current exploration rounds". She described the policy as having the provisions needed to attract large energy explorers.

India's Samudra Manthan policy is intended to accelerate deep-water oil exploration, according to the Economic Times.

The European Union condemned a diesel supply deal struck between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying any loosening of sanctions would hand Moscow fresh revenue to fund its war in Ukraine, according to dpa.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas rejected any softening toward Moscow. "This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won't," she said.

EU foreign ministers are set to target more individuals and organizations backing Russia's war effort than in any sanctions round since the conflict began, Kallas said, per dpa.

The South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) has gone to market for an integrated terrain reconnaissance to reduce the risks of a 2D seismic survey in the Jonglei Sub-Basin's Block B2 in South Sudan, according to the Sunday Times. The company now houses the country's oil assets, including the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF).

The Strategic Fuel Fund holds 90% of the Block B2 project, with the remaining 10% held by South Sudan's Nile Petroleum Corp, the Sunday Times reported.

The underlying agreement provided for the construction of a 60,000 barrels-per-day oil refinery in Pagak, in northeastern South Sudan.

Acquiring seismic data in Jonglei faces several obstacles, according to the Sunday Times. These include poor or non-existent infrastructure, severe seasonal flooding, and environmental sensitivities tied to the Sudd wetlands. The report also cited logistical constraints such as remote access and surface noise, along with insecurity and conflict.