Oil prices reversed losses and edged higher early on Wednesday as analysts expect an increasingly tighter market balance later this year. As of 7:20 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, ahead of the EIA’s weekly petroleum status report on inventories in the United States, the U.S. benchmark, WTI Crude, was up by …
Read More »India Looks to Lock in Long-Term LNG Deals
Major Indian natural gas importers are discussing long-term supply deals with the biggest LNG exporting countries to lock in future supply and avoid volatility and uncertainty in case of spot price spikes, traders and executives tell Bloomberg. India plans to significantly increase its natural gas consumption as it looks to …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Considers another Stock Offering in Riyadh
Saudi oil giant Aramco is studying the feasibility of an additional stock offering in Riyadh, which could help the world’s biggest oil firm raise billions of U.S. dollars, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the plans. Aramco, which is also the world’s number-two company by market capitalization – …
Read More »QatarEnergy Awards $10B Contract for North Field South Project
QatarEnergy awarded a $10 billion contract to France’s Technip Energies and Consolidated Contractors Company, the company said on Tuesday. QatarEnergy said on Tuesday that the $10 billion project, awarded to Technip and Middle-Eastern-based CCC, is for engineering, procurement, and construction of its North Field South (NFS) project—home to the world’s …
Read More »Tehran, Moscow Make Progress on New Oil, Gas Projects in Iran
Tehran and Moscow have made progress regarding the participation of Russian companies in new oil and gas projects in Iran, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said during talks with Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji. “We are implementing projects to develop oil fields in Iran and have outlined new projects, …
Read More »Shell to Use New AI Technology in Deep Sea Oil Exploration
Shell Plc will use AI-based technology from big-data analytics firm SparkCognition in its deep sea exploration and production to boost offshore oil output, the companies said on Wednesday. SparkCognition’s AI algorithms will process and analyze large amounts of seismic data in the hunt for new oil reservoirs by Shell, the …
Read More »France to Speed up Nuclear Power Deployment
Lawmakers on Tuesday validated the bill to accelerate the construction of new nuclear reactors. The compromise text struck between the National Assembly and the Senate was voted by 339 votes to 100. MPs from the majority (Renaissance, Horizons, Modem), the independents (LIOT), the right (Les Républicains) and the extreme right …
Read More »Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC Looks to Raise up to $607 mln from IPO of Logistics Unit
State oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) said on Tuesday it has set a price range for an initial public offering of its marine and logistics unit that could raise up to $607 million and could give ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S) an equity valuation of as …
Read More »Venezuela Plans to Dramatically Boost Oil and Gas Production this Year
Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has got new management that plans to boost production of crude to 1.17 million barrels daily by the end of the year, Reuters has reported, citing an internal document. As of April, PDVSA was producing over 800,000 bpd – the first time it had topped …
Read More »Egypt Signs Agreement with Norway to Export Renewable Energy to Europe
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company signed a memorandum with Norwegian company Scatec ASA to start studies for the electrical interconnection project between Egypt and Europe to export renewable energy via Italy. The memorandum was signed on behalf of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company by Chairman of the Board of Directors …
Read More »