Europe’s Big Oil companies are planning to spend their windfall from high energy prices on becoming Small Oil. Surging oil and gas prices in 2021 delivered billions of dollars in profits to top oil companies, in stark contrast to the previous year when energy prices collapsed as the coronavirus pandemic …
Read More »Iran Ready for 10-Fold Increase in Gas Swap from Turkmenistan
Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji says natural gas swap from Turkmenistan can increase by up to 10 times in volume terms if Ashgabat agrees to further transfer deals with Tehran. Owji said after a Saturday meeting with Turkmenistan’s visiting Vice President Rashid Meredov that Iran has the infrastructure required for …
Read More »Iraq Refinery Project Marks First Use of Honeywell UOP Technology
Honeywell has announced that the Lanaz Company, a compaany based in Kurdistan region of Iraq, will use UOP modular naphtha hydrotreating and fixed-bed Platforming process units to upgrade its refinery in Iraq so it can produce more cleaner-burning transportation fuels. The project marks the first use of UOP modular technology …
Read More »World Oil Markets to Embrace Iran Crude Export
Given the fact that the global oil markets will experience increase in demand for additional four million barrels per day in 2022 as a result of containing the COVID-19 pandemic, Iran’s crude export can help balance the supply and demand chain, an Iranian official said. Iran’s former OPEC Governor Mohammad-Ali …
Read More »Equinor Makes Oil Discovery near Fram Field in Norwegian North Sea
Equinor and its partner Wellesley have discovered oil in the Troll and Fram area in the Norwegian North Sea, following the drilling of the exploration wells 35/10-7 S and 35/10-7 A. The discovery was made at the Toppand prospect, 8km west of the producing Fram field, in production licence 630 …
Read More »Europe Nuclear Plants Need 500bn Euro Investment by 2050
The European Union will need to invest 500 billion euros ($568 billion) in new generation nuclear power stations from now until 2050, the bloc’s internal market commissioner said in an interview published at the weekend. “Existing nuclear plants alone will need 50 billion euros of investment from now until 2030. …
Read More »TAPI Pipeline still in Doldrums after 30 Years
The major TAPI gas pipeline project – for Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India – has not been completed despite the fact that it was kicked off decades. During this time Afghanistan has seen the collapse and establishment of various governments. TAPI is considered one of the major development projects in the region. After Turkmenistan …
Read More »Three Gorges Hydropower Station Generates over 100 bln kWh of Electricity in 2021
The Three Gorges Hydroelectric Power Station on China’s Yangtze River has generated 103.6 billion kWh of electricity in 2021, according to the China Three Gorges Corporation. The clean energy it produced is estimated to be equivalent to the electricity generated by 31.8 million tonnes of standard coal, respectively reducing carbon …
Read More »Europe’s Nuclear Plants Need $568B Investment by 2050
The European Union will need to invest 500 billion euros ($568 billion) in new generation nuclear power stations from now until 2050, the bloc’s internal market commissioner said in an interview published over the weekend. “Existing nuclear plants alone will need 50 billion euros of investment from now until 2030. …
Read More »EIA: US Imports of Iraqi Crudes Declined Last Week
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Sunday that Iraqi crude oil exports to the US dropped to 226 thousand barrels per day (bpd) during the past week. According to a report released by the EIA, “The United States imported crude oil from Iraq at a rate of 226 …
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