Head of Iran Grid Management Company (IGMC) has said the liquid fuel storages of the country’s power plants are 71 percent full on average, which means that currently there is 400 million liters more liquid fuel available compared to the previous year. According to Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, the amount of …
Read More »Monthly Non-Oil Trade Balance of $650m Achieved
Iran registered a monthly non-oil trade balance of $650 million in the seventh Iranian calendar month Mehr (September 23-October 22), the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced. Ruhollah Latifi put the monthly non-oil trade at 19.554 million tons worth $9.886 billion. The non-oil export was …
Read More »Iraq’ Oil Exports to the United States Increased in Last Week
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Data showed, on Saturday, that Iraq’s export oil to the United States increased to 187 thousand bpd in the last week. EIA stated in a report, “The United States oil exports recorded 5.319 bpd in the first week of November.” The top three source countries …
Read More »The U.S. Considers Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release after OPEC+ Snub
U.S. President Joe Biden is considering a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as a possible move to reduce gasoline prices in the United States, after OPEC+ ignored on Thursday calls for putting extra barrels on the market, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told Bloomberg on Friday. “The SPR …
Read More »World’s Top Coal Users will still Use Coal despite COP26 Pledge
The UK, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Indonesia are among the 40 countries that signed a pledge to phase out coal. That seems a positive development for the climate. But on closer inspection, it appears that the global ‘coal to clean power transition’ commitment failed to rally the support of …
Read More »Russia Says $80 Oil Adequately Reflects Market Situation
Current oil prices at around $80 per barrel adequately reflect the situation on the market, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told local TV Rossiya-24 in an interview after the OPEC+ meeting. There are a number of both bullish and bearish factors that will determine where prices will go in …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Raises Oil Prices Sharply After OPEC+ Defies Biden
Saudi Arabia sent another bullish jolt into the oil market a day after OPEC+ ignored Biden’s calls for more oil, raising the official selling price of all the nation’s crudes to all buyers. Aramco increased pricing for its key Arab Light grade of crude for Asian customers in December by …
Read More »Middle East Oil Producers are Winning the Race for Market Share in Asia
The largest oil exporters in the Middle East, key members of OPEC, are reaping the benefits of the rally in crude oil prices. At the same time, they are recouping market share in the most important oil market, Asia. For the first time this year, the Middle East’s share of …
Read More »China Calls for Stronger Climate Actions despite not Attending the COP26
Two countries, two neighbors, two of the most populated countries in the world — China and India talked of their individual approaches to climate change at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland. The event was delayed by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes six years after the …
Read More »Sinopec Signs China’s Largest Long-Term LNG Contract with U.S. Firm
China’s Sinopec has signed a contract with U.S. Venture Global LNG to buy 4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually for 20 years. The deal is the largest LNG long-term contract signed between Chinese and U.S. companies, Venture Global said in a statement. The LNG will be supplied …
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