Parvin Faghfouri Azar

Ukraine Looks to Boost Gas Imports by 30% after Russian Attacks

Ukraine has discussed with G7 countries additional natural gas imports as it seeks to boost imports by 30% to offset the damage from Russian strikes on its gas infrastructure, Ukrainian Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk said on Tuesday. In recent weeks, Russian strikes have caused “significant” damage to the gas production …

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Shell’s Q3 Profit Soars on Strong Trading and Production

Strong gas trading, higher upstream production and liquefaction volumes, and increased refining margins are expected to boost Shell’s third-quarter earnings, the supermajor said in a trading update on Tuesday. Shell said in its third quarter 2025 update note that trading and optimization in its Integrated Gas division is expected to …

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Kazakhstan to Raise Crude Oil Supply to Germany in 2026

Kazakhstan will boost its crude oil exports to Germany next year after Kazakh national oil and gas company KazMunayGas extended a supply deal with Rosneft Deutschland, which has been under German trusteeship since 2022. Kazakhstan is supplying crude to the Schwedt refinery, the fourth-largest refinery in Germany, which used to …

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Iran Boosts Natural Gas Reserves with New Discovery

Iran claims a new natural gas discovery would add an estimated 10 trillion cubic feet to its gas reserves and could help offset an expected energy imbalance. Iran has discovered significant gas and oil reserves at the Pazan field in the southern part of the Fars province, Iranian Oil Minister …

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India Benefits as Russian Oil Floods Market

More crude oil from Russia has become available for Indian refiners as Ukrainian drone attacks have reduced the Russian refining capacity, an Indian government official Reuters on Monday. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India has relied on the discounted Russian crude banned in the West to reduce its crude …

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Middle East Oil Producers Follow Saudi Pricing Lead

Saudi Arabia left the official selling price of its crude oil selling in Asia in November unchanged from the October prices as OPEC+ continues to lift production amid a market concerned about an imminent oversupply. Saudi Aramco, the Kingdom’s oil giant and the world’s single largest crude exporter, set the …

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Eni Resumes Exploration in Libyan Offshore Block

Eni SpA has resumed exploration in Block 16/4 in waters northwest of Libya after a five-year pause, the North African country’s National Oil Corp (NOC) said. “This comeback includes re-entering the exploratory well C1-16/4 (also known as BESS-3), where drilling operations were previously halted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 …

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