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Oil market is getting more accessible. What it means for WTI, Brent
Oil trading was once largely the preserve of commodity houses, institutional investors and professional traders able to make bets involving thousands of barrels at a time. That barrier is becoming much lower.CME Group announced in June…
Offshore wind workers get funding boost
The Scottish Government has awarded a combined £861,000 of funding to three wind projects through the £3.85 million Offshore Wind Skills Programme.
Ayrshire College, the National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland (NMIS) and…
Oil rises over 1% after U.S. forces strike Iran’s Larak Island
Vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on August 10, 2026. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty ImagesOil rose Monday, amid heightened concerns over supply disruptions after U.S. forces struck…
Illegal waste crackdown continues as stadium-sized dump is cleared
The UK’s most notorious illegal waste site has been fully cleared after a major government-backed operation.
The area, which was larger than the pitch at Wembley Stadium, sat on land in Kidlington, Oxfordshire and was shut…
U.S. Navy blockade slashes Iran oil exports as Trump shifts to economic
Iranian crude oil exports have plunged in August as the U.S. relies on economic pressure through its naval blockade, rather than military strikes, to coerce Tehran into a deal to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran has loaded about…
AI diagnostics unlock opportunity for gas operators
A new AI-driven diagnostic platform could help gas operators identify liquid carryover and mist breakthrough in pipelines before they cause equipment damage or disruption.
PhaseVu AI combines live plant data with visual…
U.S., Russia vie for a bigger slice of the world’s third-largest energy
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of "Inside India" — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world's fastest-growing large economy.India's growing energy…
Three North Sea wells decommissioned
A £40 million decommissioning campaign in the North Sea has completed the plugging and abandonment of three subsea wells.
The work, carried out by Spirit between April and July, removed more than 234 tonnes of infrastructure…
Energy sector is in focus because of Iran, AI and California. Here are
POWER POINTWhat I'm hearing from energy insidersGreetings from Colorado, where I had the opportunity to do a nearly hour-long chat with the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission. While most of the conversation with Andrew Ferguson was…
Government launches £28 million funding challenge
The government has launched a £28 million funding challenge to develop energy storage technologies that are capable of supplying electricity for more than 100 hours.
The Ultra-Long Duration Energy Storage (Ultra-LDES)…