Buying enquiries from Europe for Asian petrochemicals have risen in recent weeks as international sanctions hit supply from Russia amid the Ukraine war. In the styrene-butadiene-rubber (SBR) market, Asian producers are preparing to ship out more cargoes to Europe given recent loss of Russian supply. Tyre factories in Europe are …

Hungary said on Wednesday, April 6, it was prepared to pay roubles for Russian gas, breaking ranks with the European Union which has sought a united front in opposing Moscow’s demand for payment in the currency. Hungary will pay for shipments in roubles if Russia asks it to, Prime Minister …

Iranian Customs Administration spokesman said that Iran’s non-oil trade reached its highest monthly level in years, rising to $11 billion and 538 million in value in the last month of the Iranian calendar year. Iranian Customs Administration spokesman Seyed Ruhollah Latifi said that 14 million and 539 thousand tons of …

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given a new boost to long-running efforts of Eastern Mediterranean states to tap into regional gas reserves amid concerns over energy security in Europe, experts have said. On Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid travelled to Athens to meet with his Greek and Cypriot counterparts, …

U.S. natural gas production will decline by 5 percent by 2050, and consumption will shed 4 percent if no new interstate pipelines are built, the Energy Information Administration said in its latest Annual Energy Outlook. This, in turn, will lead to higher gas prices, the authority also said, and this …

Over the past week, the world saw three major developments in the oil industry directly linked to the interests of three powers. Each wanted to push their own agenda and which is heralding successive changes in global relations and alliances. The developments came in the form of a three-act play …

Greece plans to accelerate gas exploration in its western and southern waters in a fresh drive to tap domestic resources amid soaring energy prices and concerns over Russian gas supplies, government sources said on Tuesday. Greece has produced small quantities of oil in the past and has attempted to explore …

U.S. natural gas production will decline by 5 percent by 2050, and consumption will shed 4 percent if no new interstate pipelines are built, the Energy Information Administration said in its latest Annual Energy Outlook. This, in turn, will lead to higher gas prices, the authority also said, and this …

European Union countries are wrangling over how to rapidly fill their gas storage ahead of next winter and share the burden of quickly buying large stocks at current sky-high prices. Europe is facing a race to build a buffer of stored gas ahead of winter, to help cope with potential …

Asian oil buyers will likely purchase more U.S. and Middle Eastern crude on the spot market and may take less contracted supplies from Saudi Arabia after the kingdom hiked its prices to a record. Omani crude was selling for $4 to $4.50 a barrel above its benchmark price on the …