China, Hong Kong stocks fall on Sino-U.S. tensions

[ad_1] * SSEC -0.7%, CSI300 -0.8%, HSI -1.7% * HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used -1.7%, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 2.8% * FTSE China A50 -0.9% SHANGHAI, Dec 7 (Reuters) –…

Coming U.S. shale results will test extent of oil hedges, output cuts

[ad_1] By Arathy S Nair, Arunima Kumar (Reuters) – As low crude oil prices leave U.S. producers struggling to eke out profits, investors will focus on production hedges and cost-cuts…

Papua New Guinea, France’s Total sign fiscal agreement for Papua LNG project

[ad_1] By Sonali Paul, Tom Westbrook FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil and gas company Total is seen at La Defense business district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, February…

After signs of rapprochement, Turkey-EU ties sour again

[ad_1] By Tuvan Gumrukcu, Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s relations with the European Union appeared to take a turn for the worse on Tuesday, as Ankara voiced dissatisfaction with…

REFILE-FEATURE-Scared by global warming? In Iceland, one solution is petrifying

[ad_1] By Alister Doyle, Thomson Reuters Foundation (Adjusts dateline) OSLO, Feb 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On a barren hillside in southwest Iceland, workers are installing huge fans to suck…

OPEC+ agrees to raise output by 500,000 bpd from Jan -source

[ad_1] By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – OPEC+ agreed on Thursday to raise output by 500,000 barrels per day from January, an OPEC+ source told…

Analysis: Global fuel prices jump as Asia, U.S. to rev up demand in second quarter

[ad_1] SINGAPORE/NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global oil and fuel prices are picking up as demand returns to pre-pandemic levels amid easing coronavirus lockdowns in key countries like China and India…

SSE weighs options as Innogy UK retail merger collapses

[ad_1] FRANKFURT/BENGALURU/LONDON (Reuters) – SSE SSE.L and Innogy IGY.DE scrapped plans to merge their British energy retail operations on Monday after the industry regulator proposed a cap on consumer bills,…

Explainer: Mexico’s electricity spat pits investors against more state control

[ad_1] By Adriana Barrera, David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government’s fight with private power firms over access to the grid owned by state-run Comision Federal de…

France’s Engie hands UK home energy customers to challenger Octopus

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – French power group Engie ENGIE.PA will quit the British residential energy supply market and hand its 70,000 residential customers to renewables specialist Octopus Energy, the companies…