In its latest monthly report, the agency declared that the total oil production of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in the last month of the past year stood at 29.19 million barrels per day, and the total oil production of 13 OPEC member states decreased 40k bpd in …
Read More »UAE Explores Non-Oil Trade in Indian Rupees, Sees Major Role for Crypto
The United Arab Emirates and India are discussing ways to boost non-oil commerce in rupees as the Gulf country looks to strengthen ties with its second-largest trade partner. “We are still in early-stage discussions with India on this dirham-rupee trade,” Thani al-Zeyoudi, the UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade, …
Read More »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. …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Western States Agree to Two Price Caps on Russian Oil Products
The US-led price cap coalition will place two separate price limits on Russian oil products depending on their category, the US Treasury Department said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, following a meeting between Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo and deputy ministers representing other G7 countries, EU …
Read More »Russia to Sell much-Needed Oil and Gas to Pakistan
Pakistan will start importing oil and gas from Russia by March on terms that will ensure “mutual economic benefit”, the nations said in a joint statement on Friday. Since the launch of its military offensive against Ukraine, Moscow has been targeted by Western economic sanctions and has sharply reduced its …
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