The property sector crisis and the rise of LNG use in trucking have weighed on China’s diesel demand this year, dampening the prospects of oil demand growth in the world’s top crude importer, which has been a key driver of global demand growth for years. Diesel demand in China is …

Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has described the Iran-Russia gas transfer as a win-win deal. In an interview with IRNA which was published on Sunday, Jalali said that the landmark project will benefit both sides. In the past, there were some speculations that Tehran and Moscow were rivals when …

Iraqi oil exports to the United States increased last week, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Sunday. The EIA reported that the average US crude oil imports from nine key countries reached 5.554 million barrels per day (bpd) last week, down by 420,000 bpd from the previous …

Demand for critical minerals such as copper, cobalt, lithium and nickel is soaring. These raw materials are used in a range of new technologies, from electric cars to wind turbines, which are becoming ever more important as the world moves towards a green transition. Experts forecast that this trend is …

On Saturday, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced that the country’s oil exports for the first half of 2024 have surpassed 600 million barrels. According to official statistics, total oil exports reached 618,044,445 barrels, with a monthly average of 103,007,407 barrels and a daily estimate of 3,433,000 barrels, marking a …

OPEC maintained steady oil production in July, averaging 26.99 million barrels per day—a slight decrease of 60,000 bpd from June levels, according to a Bloomberg survey. Venezuela and Iran accounted for most of the 60,000 bpd dip, with both countries experiencing decreased demand from China. OPEC and its allies held …

ExxonMobil beat Wall Street estimates with the second-highest earnings for the second quarter in a decade as the acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources fueled a record quarterly production and the highest oil production since the Exxon and Mobil merger. Exxon said on Friday that its second-quarter 2024 earnings came in …

Russia’s oil industry has slowed drilling activity this year from the record highs seen in 2023, as Moscow is limiting production as part of the OPEC+ deal and working to boost its compliance rate. In the first half of 2024, rigs employed by Russian oil companies drilled a total of …

China’s energy transition has hit a historic milestone as its collective wind and solar power capacity exceeds coal-fired generation for the first time, according to new data. Wind and solar energy last month collectively eclipsed coal in capacity, according to latest data from China’s National Energy Administration, analyst group Rystad …

BP will team up with the government of Iraq to rehabilitate and develop four oil and gas fields in the northern region of Kirkuk. The two sides signed a preliminary agreement to that effect this week. The deal follows another one, signed in 2013, for the development of the giant …