Iran exported non-oil commodities valued at $9.4 billion to Iraq during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 21, 2024), the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced. Foroud Asgari said that Iraq was the second top export destination of the …
Read More »Oil Prices Rally 3% as US Hits Russian Oil with Tougher Sanctions
Oil prices rallied nearly 3% to their highest in three months on Friday as traders braced for supply disruptions from the broadest US sanctions package directed at Russian oil and gas revenue. President Joe Biden’s administration imposed fresh sanctions targeting Russian oil producers, tankers, intermediaries, traders and ports, aiming to …
Read More »China and India Stand to Lose from U.S. Sanctions on Russian Oil Trade
The United States is set to impose some of the harshest sanctions yet on Russia’s oil industry, Reuters has reported. According to a purported U.S. Treasury document circulating among traders in Europe and Asia, some 180 vessels, several senior Russian oil executives, dozens of traders and two major oil companies …
Read More »TotalEnergies Begins Work on Delayed $27B Energy Project in Iraq
French oil and gas company TotalEnergies has begun building a gas processing facility in Iraq, the first stage of a massive multi-energy project. ArtawiGas25 will process 50 million cubic feet of gas per day from the Ratawi field, enough to supply local plants to power 200,000 households in the Basra …
Read More »India’s Refiners Brace for Major Disruption to Russian Oil Supply
Indian refiners expect their supply of cheaper Russian crude to be severely crippled with imminent U.S. sanctions expected to be slapped on tankers transporting Russia’s oil, refining sources in India told Reuters on Friday. Indian refiners understand that the outgoing Biden Administration is set to target in a new sanctions …
Read More »OMV Set to Supply Romanian Gas to Germany from 2027
The Romanian business of Austria’s energy giant OMV has reached an agreement with German firm Uniper to supply natural gas to Germany from a Black Sea project from 2027, sources with knowledge of the deal have told Reuters. Austria and Europe as a whole are looking to secure alternative gas …
Read More »Canada Threatens Trump Tariff Retaliation
Ever since President-elect Donald Trump started talking about tariffs, Canada’s government has gone through a transformation. Overtly not huge fans of oil and gas, the ministers in Ottawa suddenly turned defensive. The latest to do that was resource minister Jonathan Wilkinson, who this week threatened in-kind retaliation against Trump’s tariffs. …
Read More »Asia Diversifies Its Oil Supply as more Iran and Russia Sanctions Loom
The top buyers of Russian and Iranian crude in Asia, China, and India, have been buying more crude from the Middle East and Africa, expecting fresh sanctions on Iran and Russia to cripple supply from these two exporters, traders have told Bloomberg. In the past few weeks, supply of Russian …
Read More »ADNOC’s Aggressive Push for Global Energy Assets
Abu Dhabi’s national oil company ADNOC continues to expand its global footprint in both upstream and downstream sectors. ADNOC Logistics and Services (L&S) announced the completion of a $1.08 billion acquisition of an 80% stake in UK-based product tanker operator Navig8. This acquisition gives ADNOC L&S control of a modern …
Read More »BP to Help India Boost Production at Its Largest Oilfield
India’s largest exploration and production firm, state-held Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has hired supermajor BP to be the technical services provider of its efforts to boost production at India’s biggest oilfield, ONGC said on Wednesday. India has been looking to increase its domestic oil and gas output …
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