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Topic: energy

A vessel at the Dangote refinery complex in Lagos, Nigeria

Wednesday, 8/19, 09:28 PM

How the Iran War Made Africa's Richest Man Even Richer

When war in the Middle East sent fuel prices soaring, Aliko Dangote's giant Lagos refinery was ready.
The crisis that squeezed households across Africa turned Nigeria into a fuel exporter for the first time and added billions to the fortune of the continent's richest man.

The Bank of England and the City of London

NEWPolitics 2 h

UK Inflation Climbs to a Four-Month High as Energy Bills Jump

Oil tankers at a product terminal

Business 26 d

Houthi Blockade of the Red Sea Sends Oil Above $100

An oil refinery lit up at night

Business 27 d

Oil Tops $100 for the First Time Since May as the Gulf Crisis Deepens

Business 29 d

Oil and Petrol Prices Climb as the Iran War Squeezes the Strait of Hormuz
Politics 29 d

Burnham to Scrap VAT on Household Electricity from October
Business 31 d

Brent Crude Passes 90 Dollars as Hormuz Shipping Stalls
Politics 31 d

Burnham Signals North Sea Shift as He Prepares to Take Office
World 32 d

Tokyo's city government says staff can wear shorts, and not everyone is convinced
Business 32 d

Cuba buckles under blackouts and a deepening economic crisis

An oil tanker (file image)

Business 34 d

Gulf shipping grinds to a halt as war pushes oil higher

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important oil chokepoint, has fallen to a trickle as fighting between the United States and Iran resumes, sending crude prices sharply higher and reviving fears of a squeeze on global energy supplies.

Parliament House in Canberra, Australia

Technology 34 d

Australia moves to put environmental limits on AI data centres

A gas station price sign in Lewiston, Maine

Business 36 d

US inflation cools to 3.5% in June as gasoline prices fall

Aerial view of a large data center complex

Technology 37 d

New York becomes first US state to pause large data center construction

An oil platform in the North Sea (file image)

Politics 37 d

North Sea Oil Industry Presses Prime Minister Burnham to Approve New Drilling

In brief

World 41 d

Rotterdam, Europe's Biggest Port, Is Pressed to Go Greener
Technology 41 d

Microsoft's Carbon Emissions Rise 25 Percent as AI Drives a Data Center Boom
Business 41 d

Oil Prices Surge as US-Iran Fighting Threatens the Strait of Hormuz
Business 42 d

How to Add Air Conditioning at Home, and What It Costs
World 42 d

Owner Says North Sea Jackdaw Gas Field Will Not Materially Influence Climate Change
Business 43 d

Oil Prices Jump After US-Iran Strikes Renew Threat to the Strait of Hormuz

Science 43 d

As Heatwaves Worsen, Architects Design Apartments That Stay Cool Without AC
Business 45 d

UK Fuel Prices Fall as the Oil Spike Unwinds, With More Cuts Expected
Business 46 d

OPEC+ Moves to Raise Oil Output Again as Prices Soften
Politics 46 d

US Removes Energy-Saving Guidance From Federal Sites During Heatwave
Technology 47 d

Data centers are becoming a ballot-box issue as towns push back against the AI build-out
Business 47 d

The largest US power grid takes emergency steps to keep the lights on in a July heat wave

Oil pumpjacks at sunset (file photograph)

Business 48 d

Oil edges up in thin trade before the US holiday as tensions ease

Cargo terminals at the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia (file photograph)

Business 48 d

Carney backs an Alberta-to-Pacific oil pipeline to court Asian buyers

Rows of servers in a data center (illustrative photograph)

Technology 48 d

Google and Amazon's rising emissions expose the hidden cost of the AI boom

An open refrigerator stocked with food (file photograph)

Business 48 d

Can your fridge cope with a heat wave? What the climate-class label means

In brief

Business 50 d

Brent crude ends June with its biggest monthly fall since the pandemic
World 50 d

A US heatwave tests the power grid as AI data centers drive up demand
Business 51 d

Hormuz shipping rebounds faster than feared as oil prices ease
World 51 d

Putin admits fuel shortages as Ukrainian strikes hammer Russia's refineries
Business 52 d

The AI boom's hidden vulnerability: the weather
World 53 d

As US sanctions choke its fuel, Cuba races to build solar — with China's help

A gas pump nozzle refueling a vehicle

Business 54 d

Oil has fallen back to pre-war levels. Why hasn't gasoline?

A Total service station

Business 55 d

Paris Court Orders TotalEnergies to Account for Customers' Emissions

An oil pump jack at work

Business 56 d

Oil Slides to Pre-War Lows as Iran Ceasefire Calms Supply Fears

In brief

Business 57 d

Oil slides further as Trump accuses companies of gouging drivers at the pump
Business 57 d

When the thermometer hits the ledger: the economic cost of extreme heat

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