Deliveries of Russian crude to Chinese ports rose to 2.09 million barrels a day in the first 18 days of February, vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show. The increase — from 1.72 million barrels a day in the whole of January and 1.39 million in December — has more than offset a drop from India.

Rosatom later reported that in meetings on Monday, Likhachev also held talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić "during which they discussed expanding cooperation in nuclear energy, attracting Serbian companies to Rosatom's international projects, and training Serbian applicants in nuclear fields at Russian universities".  

India's crude oil purchases underwent a transformative change in 2026, with significantly reduced volumes of Russian Urals and incremental growth in Middle East Gulf barrels comprising its portfolio as of January,

Hungary has announced that it will block adoption of the EU's 20th sanctions package against Russia.

However, Hungary’s main nuclear power programme is rooted in Russian technology. Earlier in February, first concrete was poured for unit 1 of Hungary’s Paks II expansion project (also known a Paks unit 5).

The 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding issued for mobile sources also provides the legally required finding that the US Environmental Protection Agency has relied on to regulate GHG emissions from other industrial sources, including the power sector and, for methane emissions, the oil and natural gas sector.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has awarded over 11 GW of solar, hybrid and wind Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE) capacity under its Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) schemes.

Digital twins of existing gas assets will enable hydrogen market transformation, mapping systems holistically.

Brent edged down 28 cents, or 0.4%, to $71.38, WTI lost 20 cents, or 0.3%, to $66.23.

After months of no contact, discussions with the US have resumed amid heightened threats of a potential conflict, following Washington’s increasing military buildup in regional waters near Iran that began in January.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded contracts worth £8.1m ($11m) from its Fusion Industry Programme to 14 organisations to develop shielding and fusion fuel technologies for future fusion power plants.

Slovenia's JEK2 project is for a new one or two-unit nuclear power plant, with up to 2,400 MW capacity, next to Krško NPP which has a 696 MWe pressurised water reactor generating about one-third of the country's electricity.

Croatia does not have nuclear energy capacity in the country, but it is the co-owner with Slovenia of the Krško nuclear power plant close to its border. That plant provides about 16% of Croatia's electricity needs.

This energy buying pledge—part of an estimated $33 billion in US goods purchases pledged by Jakarta—includes $3.5 billion for LPG, $4.5 billion for crude oil, and $7 billion for refined gasoline, according to the agreement released by the Office of the US Trade Representative on Feb. 19 in Washington.

Brent rose 23 cents or 0.34% to $67.65, WTI was up 19 cents or 0.3% at $62.52.