The value of Iran’s oil products export increased 40 percent in the first half of the present Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the boar director of Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters Union (OPEX) announced. Hamid …
Read More »In Cooperation with Russian Company, Iraq Seeks to Boost Output from the Badra Oilfield
Iraq seeks to boost output from the Badra oilfield operated by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, a senior official at the Iraqi Ministry of Oil Ali al-Wardi said on Saturday. Speaking to Sputnik, al-Wardi said, “we have an old contract…Gazprom continues to work pursuant to this contract. We have plans to increase …
Read More »Iran Oil Minister Holds Talks with Turkish Officials
The Iranian Oil Minister discussed the extension of the gas contract and energy trade in a meeting with the country’s energy and economic officials during his visit to neighboring Turkey. Javad Owji, who has traveled to Ankara at the head of a delegation, met with Fatih Dönmez and Nureddin Nebati, …
Read More »Basra’s Crude Posts Heavy Weekly amid Fear of Economic Slowdown
Oil prices’ headed to a second weekly loss in a row, as fears of economic slowdown persisted and offset hopes of rising oil demand from China. But crude is gaining support from a looming European Union ban on Russian oil, as well as the recent 2 million-barrels-per-day output cut agreed …
Read More »Iran Oil Sanctions Need to be Lifted for Cutting Oil Prices
US sanctions on Iran and Venezuela’s oil and gas need to be lifted if the world wants oil prices to decrease, says, the Turkish foreign minister. Speaking at a news conference in the southern Mersin province, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu dubbed the US criticism “bullying,” as Ankara threw its weight …
Read More »EU Agrees Roadmap to Contain Energy Prices
EU leaders on Oct. 21 reached agreement on a “roadmap” aimed at putting in place measures within weeks to shield European consumers from soaring energy prices. The accord came after 11 hours of wrangling over broad proposals to lower energy bills as gas prices pushed skywards by the war in …
Read More »Turkey Accuses Washington of ‘Bullying’ Saudi Arabia over OPEC+ Oil Cuts
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday accused the United States of bullying its ally Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced oil production cuts despite Washington’s objections. Earlier this month, OPEC+ announced that it will cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, starting in November, in a move that …
Read More »Saudi Oil Chief Holds Talks with Counterparts in China and India
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister held talks with counterparts from China and India, two of the kingdom’s biggest oil customers, amid a standoff with the U.S. over OPEC+’s decision to cut production. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held an online meeting with China’s National Energy Administrator Zhang Jianhua, during which they agreed …
Read More »Spain, France and Portugal Agree on a New Energy Route
Spain has agreed with Portugal and France to substitute plans for a gas pipeline known as Midcat with a new “green corridor” running between Barcelona and Marseille that would channel natural gas and hydrogen, Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday. Unlike the Midcat project in the Pyrenees, the new …
Read More »US Charges Russians for Shipping Military Equipment, Venezuelan Oil
US prosecutors on Wednesday charged five Russian nationals for sanctions evasion and other violations related to the shipment of military technologies bought from US manufacturers by Russian buyers, some of which have ended up on the battlefield in Ukraine. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say the electronic components purchased by Russian …
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