Energy Prices Pose Threat to EconomyFactories and service providers need to boost output, but oil and gas supplies are tight Oil supply fears drive US benchmark to 7-year highThe US crude oil price hit a seven-year high yesterday on fears that fuel demand was recovering faster from the economic slowdown than producers could bring supply to the market Down the rabbit holeThe promise and perils of decentralised finance Gas puzzlersThe first energy squeeze of the green era has important lessons for governments The fuel crisis Running on emptyWhat shortages and supply troubles reveal about Boris Johnson’s government Less battle, more banter OPEC Boss Urges Oil-and-Gas ProjectsOfficial warns of more energy shortages, volatility without new fossil-fuel investment Europe starts to feel heat from rising energy pricesSpain’s leftwing minority government to claw back €3bn from utility groups Chevron triples clean energy pledge to $10bn but sets no new net zero targetsChevron will spend $10bn over the next seven years boosting its renewable energy production and cutting its carbon pollution, as pressure mounts on US oil producers to clean up their operations. Energy expert says European ‘lives at stake’US official blames Russia for risks owing to low stockpiles and high prices Last Update : Jun 3, 2019 13:34