UK’s smart meter targets leaving energy users short-changed, says Martin Lewis
Energy customers are being short-changed by “perverse” government targets to install electronic smart meters in homes across the UK, according to the consumer campaigner...
Oil demand growing at slowest rate since height of pandemic, says IEA
The world’s demand for oil is growing at its slowest pace since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, causing global market prices to slump...
Grangemouth oil refinery to close by end of June, putting 500 jobs at risk
The owners of the Grangemouth oil refinery have confirmed it will shut by the end of June next year, in a blow to Scotland’s...
BP extends use of AI in five-year deal with spy tech firm Palantir
The oil and gas supermajor BP is to use artificial intelligence to speed up the decision-making of its engineers, after signing a five-year deal...
Oil firms vow to fight judicial review of North Sea oil and gas projects
Two of Europe’s biggest oil companies have vowed to fight two legal cases brought by environmental campaigners against their plans to develop new oil...
Sanctioned Russian oligarchs allowed to invest in UK North Sea oil producer
The government faces growing criticism after a company backed by two sanctioned Russian oligarchs was allowed to become a part-owner of the UK’s largest...