The global discourse on addressing climate change, energy transition, and investments is currently dominated by the topic of green hydrogen. The media frenzy surrounding the expanding array of projects, subsidy schemes, and international strategies is fueled by the influence of Washington’s IRA plans and the EU’s energy strategic projects. It …
Read More »Russia Calls Japan’s Nuclear Blackmail Accusation ‘Cynical, Unscrupulous Speculations’
Japan’s “nuclear blackmail” accusation against Russia is “cynical, unscrupulous speculation,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. “Attempts to attribute to Russia the non-existing plans to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine is nothing more than cynical, unscrupulous speculation. There has been no change in our approach to this issue,” a …
Read More »Iraqi Crude Exports to US Witness a Decline for a Second Running Week
Iraq’s oil exports to the United States have seen a marked contraction, dropping to an average of 136,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the preceding week, data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed on the weekend. This echoed a trend in the United States’ broader crude oil intake …
Read More »Libya’s NOC Completes Project that Allows more Gas Supplies to Local Market
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced the completion of the implementation of a vital strategic project to increase the supply of natural gas to the local market, and the project of sending a scrapers unit to the Sirte company for oil and gas production. The NOC said that it had …
Read More »Oil Prices Rise as US Closes in on Debt Deal
Oil prices ticked up on Friday as U.S. officials appeared close to striking a debt-ceiling deal, and as the market weighed conflicting messages on supply from Russia and Saudi Arabia ahead of the next OPEC+ policy meeting. Brent crude settled 69 cents, or 0.9%, higher at $76.95 a barrel. U.S. …
Read More »NIOC: New Offshore, Onshore Hydrocarbon Exploration Operations Underway
The managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has said vast exploration operations are underway on 140,000 square kilometers of offshore and onshore hydrocarbon reserves to discover new deposits, Shana reported. “Domestic firms, including the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC), NIOC’s Exploration Department, and the Oil Industry …
Read More »Iran to Definitely Produce Oil, Gas for next 100 Years
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) managing director on Friday said the country, thanks to its present-day reserves, can produce oil and gas for the next 100 years. Mohsen Khojastehmehr made the remarks in his speech during a ceremony to commemorate the 115th anniversary of Iran’s first oil exploration in …
Read More »Europe’s Natural Gas Prices Set for Longest Weekly Losing Streak in a Decade
Benchmark natural gas prices in Europe continued their freefall this week and were headed to post the longest weekly losing streak since 2013 amid weak demand. The front-month futures at the TTF hub, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, plunged by 5.7% to $25.75 (24 euros) per megawatt-hour (MWh) as …
Read More »Russia Prefers OPEC+ Leaving Oil Production Unchanged
Russia would prefer its partners of the OPEC+ group to leave oil production unchanged when it meets next week, as Moscow is okay with the current oil prices and production quotas, sources with knowledge of the Russian position told Reuters on Friday. OPEC+, which will hold a meeting on June …
Read More »Global Investment in Clean Energy is on Course to Rise to USD 1.7 Trillion in 2023
Global investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time. Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis …
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