The United States, the European Union, and the United Arab Emirates are looking to drum up new recruits in the form of other governments to sign onto a global deal that seeks to triple renewable energy investment, according to new documents seen by Reuters. The COP28 climate summit hosts are …
Read More »Russia and China Look to Speed up Development of New Natural Gas Route
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom is working with China to further raise Russian pipeline deliveries to the Chinese market and is discussing speeding up the start of supply via the Far Eastern route, Xie Jun, vice president at China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), said at a gas forum in Russia on …
Read More »Gazprom to Produce Oil and Gas in Kyrgyzstan
«A project has been approved, according to which Gazprom PJSC will produce oil and gas in the country, provide our population with gas and process oil at our refineries,» the Minister of Energy of Kyrgyzstan Taalaibek Ibraev said at the XII St. Petersburg International Gas Forum. According to him, the …
Read More »TotalEnergies Project in South Iraq to be Completed by 2028
According to Iraq’s Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul-Ghani, a $27 billion agreement between Iraq and France’s TotalEnergies inked in July 2023 will generate almost 600 million cubic feet per day (mcf/d) of gas, enough to fuel power plants with a capacity of 5,000 megawatts (MW). According to recent statements made by …
Read More »ExxonMobil, Chevron Intensify Fossil Investments despite Clean Energy Transition Agenda
Oil majors – ExxonMobil and Chevron have reportedly taken steps to intensify their oil and gas investments despite calls for a global clean energy transition. Exxon’s $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer and Chevron’s deal to buy Hess for $53 billion have made global headlines this month. These purchases show …
Read More »European Gas Prices Jump after Egypt Says Imports Stopped
European natural gas prices advanced after a halt in Egyptian imports dashed hopes for a resumption of deliveries to Europe, adding to supply risks just as Israel widened its ground offensive in Gaza. December futures jumped as much as 4.5% on Monday. Prices are around 30% higher than before the …
Read More »American Oil Giants Boost Domestic Footprint as Geopolitical Tensions Mount
ExxonMobil and Chevron have just announced mega acquisition deals to buy U.S. firms, which will boost the footprint of the U.S. oil supermajors in their domestic upstream market and the hottest exploration success of the past few years, Guyana. Betting on expectations of sustained global oil and gas demand and …
Read More »Turkmenistan to Keep Gas Exports to Russia at 5 bcm in 2023
Turkmenistan expects to export about 5 billion cubic meters of gas to Russia in 2023, as specified in the previously signed contract with Gazprom , the deputy CEO of state gas company Turkmengaz, Murat Archayev said. “The Turkmen side, within the framework of its obligations under the contract, fulfills them …
Read More »How the EU’s Carbon Tax Scheme is Reshaping Global Steel Trade
This month saw the launch of the EU’s CBAM policy, a much-needed abbreviation for Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Officials designed the trade policy to put a fair price on the carbon emitted during the production of carbon-intensive goods entering the European Union. They also hope it will encourage cleaner industrial …
Read More »Oil Down 1% ahead of U.S., China Data
Oil prices slipped more than 1% on Monday as investors adopted caution ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting and China’s manufacturing data due this week, offsetting support from tension in the Middle East. Brent crude futures dropped 1.6%, or $1.11, to $89.37 a barrel by 0350 GMT, while …
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