Russia could deliver on at least part of its pledge to reduce oil exports next month as its western ports are planned to ship up to 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) lower crude volumes in August compared to July, Reuters reported exclusively on Friday, quoting sources with knowledge of the …
Read More »Wind and Solar to Generate 33% of Global Power by 2030
Wind and solar power generation will continue surging to the point of accounting for more than one-third of global electricity by 2030, up from 12% now, according to a new analysis by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a nonprofit organization focused on the energy transition. The expected further surge in …
Read More »Turkmenistan Keen Developing International Cooperation in Field of Hydrogen Energy
The second meeting of the Interdepartmental working group on the development of hydrogen energy was held in Turkmenistan under the leadership of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Berdyniyaz Myatiev, Trend reports. According to the official source of Turkmenistan, during the meeting, the participants considered a set of priority tasks, in …
Read More »IEA Revises down Oil Demand Outlook but still Sees Record
The International Energy Agency has revised down its forecast for oil demand growth this year, due to “persistent macroeconomic headwinds”, but it still expects global consumption to reach a record 102.1m bbl/day. The Paris-based intergovernmental organisation estimated global oil demand would grow by 2.2m bbl/day in 2023, down from its …
Read More »Kyrgyzstan Poses among Leading Countries with Lowest LPG Prices
Kyrgyzstan remains among the five countries in the world with the lowest prices for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as of mid-2023, Trend reports. According to the Global Petrol Prices, the average price of LPG in Kyrgyzstan was $0.34 per liter from March 27, 2023, through July 3. The prices remained …
Read More »IAEA Chief Denies Advising Japan on Nuclear Wastewater Discharge
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) does not have the competence to advise Japan on where to dispose of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on Tuesday. On a visit to the Cook Islands, where he briefed the Pacific Island Forum …
Read More »Oil Crosses $80 Mark for First Time since April amid Cooling US Inflation
Oil prices extended their gains on Thursday after breaching the $80-mark for the first time since April, as a sharp cooling in US inflation sparked hopes that the US Federal Reserve will ease off from further aggressive interest rate increases. Brent, the benchmark for two thirds of the world’s oil, …
Read More »Iraq Takes First Step towards Becoming the World’s Biggest Oil Producer
Iraq’s parliamentary oil and gas committee plans to increase the country’s oil production to more than five million barrels per day, according to the release of committee minutes last week. As analysed in full in my new book on the new global oil market order, not only could this be …
Read More »Goldman Sachs’ Currie: Oil’s Rally is Unloved
The OPEC+ production cuts are beginning to impact oil prices, Goldman Sachs’ Jeff Currie told CNBC on Tuesday. “What we’ve been waiting for for six months is finally beginning to play out,” Currie said when asked if we’re starting to see the beginnings of the bull case for oil. “Inventories …
Read More »New Gas Discovery Boosts Azerbaijan’s Energy Aspirations
Azerbaijan’s promise to double its annual gas exports to Europe by 2027 may be a step closer to realization with the news that BP has found new gas reservoirs beneath its existing Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli oil field (ACG) in the Caspian Sea. BP has confirmed to Eurasianet that the appraisal well it …
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