More: energy security
After the Strategic Reserves Run Dry
Two-Thirds Gone, Winter Ahead
On 30 September the US Department of Energy put the last 40 million barrels of its share of March’s emergency release...
The Diesel Weapon
Twenty-Four Hours in October
On 1 October Washington told Europe to release 120 million barrels of diesel from its emergency stocks over six months, or...
Iran Sets Conditions for Reopening Strait of Hormuz Amid Global Energy Concerns
Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, stated that the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the US meets seven conditions that were outlined...
Europe Can Pay for Rearmament. Its Weakest Budgets Can’t
Wages Frozen, Gas Doubled, Warships Wanted
On 1 October Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu unveiled €54 billion of savings in France's 2027 budget. They include a...
Europe Weighs Diesel Stock Release as US Pressure Mounts, Sources Say
European Union countries discussed a French proposal to release diesel stocks due to US pressure related to soaring fuel prices and the Iran war....
The Red Sea, Not Hormuz, Now Decides Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy
A Pipeline Back On, and Nowhere to Go
On 22 September, Saudi Aramco began pumping crude again through the East-West pipeline, the 1,200-kilometre line that...
China’s Fuel Export Halt: Is Beijing Turning Energy Security Into Geopolitical Leverage?
A Holiday Notice That Moved the Oil Price
On Wednesday, on the eve of China's Golden Week holiday, PetroChina cancelled most of the gasoline and...
Will Trump’s Diesel Threat Force Europe to Release Its Emergency Fuel Reserves?
The Trump administration has warned France and Germany to release emergency diesel reserves to help lower global fuel prices or risk facing a potential...
America’s Diesel-Ban Threat Shows Europe Is Paying for the Iran War
A Promise Meets a Midterm
On 22 September, Donald Trump said he might support a ban or quantitative limit on US diesel exports. Soon afterwards...
Europe’s Climate Rules Collide With an Energy Crisis
The European Commission is considering delaying the European Union’s landmark methane emissions rules for oil and gas imports as governments warn that the regulations...