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Croatia's grid operator clears key milestone for €50bn Pantheon AI data centre project
Croatia's grid operator has approved the technical blueprint for connecting the planned Pantheon AI data centre to the national grid, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for what developers say will be the country's largest-ever private investment.
Nigeria's Dangote refinery completes $2.5bn private placement after strong investor demand
Dangote said it had issued and allotted about $2.5bn of new equity after receiving demand equivalent to 3.7 times the original offer size.
Michigan regulators reissue permits for Line 5 tunnel
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has reissued the permit for Enbridge's Great Lakes Tunnel Project.
Russia's gas queues start to ease, but the fuel crisis is far from over
Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian refineries has made the country's refining sector a strategic liability for the Kremlin, and the resulting fuel crisis has pushed Russian refining to record lows even as LNG exports to Europe hit record highs.
Low Danube levels threaten Serbia’s river traffic, disrupt fuel imports
Exceptionally low water levels on the Danube are threatening to disrupt river navigation in Serbia and have slowed imports of petroleum products, adding pressure to fuel supplies amid high demand and elevated global oil prices.
Yemenis vow to extend Saudi blockade to Jeddah, Yanbu
A senior Houthi adviser said the movement's naval blockade of Saudi Arabia will expand from Jizan to Jeddah and Yanbu, the Red Sea terminal Riyadh has used to bypass the closed Strait of Hormuz, after Trump threatened military retaliation.
Riyadh's Red Sea lifeline comes under fire
Confronted with a Houthi naval blockade and burning tankers off Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's carefully engineered workaround to Hormuz is unravelling just as Asian refiners scramble for alternatives.
Chevron, BP evacuate some Gulf workers ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha
Chevron and BP evacuated some of their staff from platforms in the US Gulf of Mexico this week as Tropical Storm Bertha approached the region, but the disruption ultimately proved minor.
UniCredit Serbia, KfW launch €43mn green financing scheme
UniCredit Bank Serbia has launched a €43mn KfW-backed credit line for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, part of a €47.3mn package expected to reach 300 companies and cut 24,000 tonnes of CO2 a year by 2028.
Houthis strike Saudi tankers as Red Sea route unravels
Yemen said on July 23 it had struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, opening a second front against global crude flows.
Former Uzbekneftegaz boss goes on trial as billionaire Fazylov's energy empire unravels
The trial of former Uzbekneftegaz chairman Bahodir Siddiqov deepens scrutiny of state energy contracting as Bakhtiyor Fazylov’s once-dominant business empire continues to unravel.
Aminex seeks resolution after operator proposes work programme changes to Tanzania gas project
Tanzania-focused upstream oil and gas company Aminex is in talks with its partners to resolve a dispute over the development of Tanzania’s Ntorya gas field after the project’s operator proposed cutting this year’s work programme.
Iran steps up strikes on Kurdish bases in northern Iraq,Yemenis hit Saudi tankers in Red Sea
Iran steps up drone and missile strikes on Iranian-Kurdish opposition bases at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, with fresh attacks reported July 22. A US service member was killed July 18 by ordnance from a downed Iranian drone.
Iran threatens regional energy infrastructure if US hits its bridges, power plants
Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters says its forces will target oil, gas and power infrastructure across the region and block all oil exports if the US acts on Trump's threat to bomb Iranian bridges and power plants over Hormuz ship attacks.
Super El Niño arrives more than a month early
Sea surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the tropical Pacific have remained above the +2.0°C threshold for a "super" El Niño for more than a week, reaching an anomaly of around +2.1°C by mid-July — more than a month early.
Turkey's unlicensed solar capacity hits 24.2 GW
Unlicensed rooftop and self-consumption solar capacity in Turkey reached 24.2 GW by May 2026, taking total installed solar capacity to around 27 GW, according to grid operator TEİAŞ data.
UK lawsuit against EACOP threatens Uganda's energy future, AEC says
The African Energy Chamber has criticised a legal challenge against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in the UK High Court, arguing that Uganda’s energy future should be decided by its own institutions rather than foreign courts.
Climate change, not dams, driving Caspian Sea shrinkage, researcher says
The Caspian Sea's decline owes more to climate change than to dams or river abstraction, a water policy researcher says, with the Volga's navigation-focused dams limiting draw-off and Tehran's groundwater and wastewater plans making little progress.
Ukraine not behind latest drone attacks on tankers serving main Kazakh oil export route, claims Kyiv
Ambassador to Astana suggests Russia is running false flag operations.
Iraq's al-Zaidi to visit Tehran with offer to host Iran-US talks
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is set to visit Tehran late this week with an offer to host direct or indirect talks between Washington and Tehran, in a bid to stop the latest US-Iran confrontation widening into a regional war.
The gas blamed for warming the planet is about to be used to store Ireland’s renewable electricity.
Energy Dome, a Milan-based energy-storage developer, plans to build a battery in County Offaly that uses carbon dioxide rather than lithium to store power.
Oman opens renewable electricity market to direct power sales
Oman has introduced a regulatory framework allowing renewable energy producers to sell electricity directly to eligible consumers, marking a major shift away from the country's long-standing single-buyer model.
PANNIER: Central Asia on cusp of ending quest for independence in electricity provision
Big hydro projects should get the region over the line.
Two more tankers "mysteriously catch fire" in Hormuz as Iran warns vessels to avoid US guidance
Two oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz were brought to a halt after explosions triggered “extensive fires”, Iran said, the latest maritime incident since fighting between Iran and the United States flared up again.
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