Iraq and Saudi Arabia are working on sending their crude oil to Europe in an effort to help the continent’s oil refineries which are desperately trying to give up the oil supplies from Russia. According to a report recently published by Bloomberg, more than one million barrels per day of …

Asian natural gas prices are rallying on fears that Russia will slash supply again and worsen a global fuel shortage. The North Asia liquefied natural gas benchmark jumped 12% Friday, and is trading near the highest level since Russia’s war in Ukraine upended the global market, according to data from …

China’s finance and investment spending in Belt and Road countries fell slightly in the first half compared to a year earlier, with no new coal projects and investments in Russia, Egypt and Sri Lanka falling to zero, new research showed. Saudi Arabia was the biggest recipient of Chinese investments over …

Global electricity demand is expected to grow by 2.4% in 2022 after last year’s 6% increase, bringing it in line with its average growth rate over the five years prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report. The world’s electricity demand growth is …

Many European countries have recently announced the reopening of coal power plants as gas supplies from Russia have slumped amid European Union sanctions. Such measures are hindering the bloc’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, demonstrating the EU’s double standards on reducing emissions. Reversed Measures Many European countries, including …

Schlumberger reported on Friday higher-than-expected profit for the second quarter as drilling activity rebounded in all markets, prompting the world’s largest oilfield service provider to raise its 2022 revenue and earnings outlook as “the multiyear upcycle continues to gain momentum.” Schlumberger booked earnings per share (EPS), excluding charges and credits, …

Chinese provincial-level governments approved the construction of coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 8.63 gigawatts in the first quarter of 2022, nearly half the amount seen in all of 2021, research from Greenpeace East Asia’s Beijing office shows on Wednesday. While it is unclear whether such data is …

The U.S. crude oil imports from Iraq averaged 456 thousand barrels per day (bpd) last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on the weekend. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA said that the U.S. net oil imports averaged 5.722 million bpd last week, up by 439 …

Syrian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources described cooperation between the oil ministries of Iran and Syria as good, emphasizing that the two countries have high capacity to increase bilateral cooperation in oil sector. Bassam Tomeh made the remarks on Sunday on the sidelines of the 3rd International Exhibition of …

The CEO of Iran’s Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC) said that the memorandum of understanding on investment signed between Iran and Russia was an example of a win-win deal. The implementation of the MoU could pave the way for positive developments in Iran’s oil and gas industry, Abouzar Sharifi …