Energy crisis

Inside one Havana apartment building as Cuba went dark

Frank Alfonso, 39, sits on a mattress on the roof of a building to keep cool as Cuba's national power grid collapsed, marking the second total blackout in a week amid a severe energy crisis that has turned power outages into a daily reality, in Havana, Cuba, July 11, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Stranded oil tankers finally reach S’pore after months stuck in Mid-East amid US-Iran tension

The Greece-flagged Miaoulis 21 oil tanker took more than four months to reach Singapore to discharge its cargo.

OPEC+ approves further oil output increase as Hormuz exports start to recover

The oil producing group has agreed in principle to increase quotas by 188,000 barrels per day from August.

Singapore businesses rattled by higher electricity and gas prices

Zi char eatery Kok Sen is among businesses affected by the rise in electricity and gas prices.

Fuel shortages spread to more parts of Russia as Ukrainian attacks bite

Vehicles queue to refuel at a Rosneft petrol pump on June 29 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Some regional filling stations are facing petrol shortages due to production cuts at major refineries.

Oil back to pre-war levels as Hormuz traffic rebounds; US reassures Gulf allies

Oil tankers are moored off the coast in Ulsan, South Korea, on June 25.

Trump administration, Qatar say EU methane rules threaten bloc’s energy security

It is currently unclear where bigger economies in the union such as Germany stand on the methane rules.

Iran is where the next solar boom will happen

A worker installs a solar power system on a home in Philippines on June 5. Almost every post-war path suggests solar represents one of the best ways to revive a crumbling economy.

Iraq projects oil production to return to pre-war levels within two months

Before the war broke out in late February, Iraq exported about 3.5 million barrels per day of oil, the majority of it via the Hormuz Strait.

War in Iran spurs solar boom in oil-dependent South-east Asia

A worker installs a solar power system on a home in Quezon City, The Philippines.

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