Parvin Faghfouri Azar

China is still the Biggest Driver of Oil Prices

Oil prices settled on Thursday at their highest level since December 1 as the market is turning bullish on China’s oil demand this year. The Chinese reopening is set to drive oil demand growth and push oil higher if most of the developed economies manage to avoid recessions, analysts say. …

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Oil Prices up over Fears of Weak Oil Demand in US

Oil prices slightly rose on Friday over demand worries after a higher-than-expected increase in oil stockpiles in the US, the world’s largest oil consumer. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $82.75 per barrel at 09.22 a.m. local time (0622GMT), a 0.10% increase from the closing price of $82.67 a barrel …

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Equinor all Set to Deploy Transocean Rig at North Sea Field

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs for plugging, drilling and completion activities at a field in the North Sea off Norway. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) revealed on Thursday that it had given Equinor …

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IEA Considers Forming Special Unit for Security of TAPI Project

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said on Saturday it is ready to form a special unit to safeguard the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. In a statement, the office of deputy prime minister for economic affairs, noted that TAPI as a significant regional economic project was initiated during the …

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Armenia and Azerbaijan Deadlocked in Talks over Key Corridor

In the background of Azerbaijan’s ongoing blockade of the only road in and out of Nagorno-Karabakh lies the fate of another critical transportation route: the would-be “Zangezur Corridor.” In the ceasefire agreement that ended the 2020 war, Armenia agreed to “guarantee the security of transport connections” between Azerbaijan’s mainland and …

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Third Floating LNG Terminal Arrives in Germany

A floating terminal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrived in the German port of Brunsbuettel on Friday, the third such vessel to start up in recent weeks as Europe’s top economy is rushing to diversify away from former top supplier Russia. The Hoegh Gannet vessel arrived at the Brunsbuettel …

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