This summer’s extreme temperatures have broken the normal “Bell curve” distribution of temperature variations and pushed it sharply to the right into record breaking highs. This is not normal – literally.

Yemen's armed forces say they hit crude transfer lines running from Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province to Yanbu with drones. Riyadh confirmed oil facilities in the Eastern Province were struck but claimed the drones were launched from Iraq.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam arrived in Baghdad to advance energy cooperation with Iraq, with the revival of the Kirkuk-Tripoli crude oil pipeline emerging as the centrepiece of talks.

Canadian natural gas utility Fortis BC has received the go ahead from British Columbia’s provincial government to proceed the project following the exemption of the requirement for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.