China’s ambitious goal of replicating North America’s shale revolution will change the dynamics of the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market to the benefit of gas importers in the Arabian Gulf. Last week China took a big step towards opening up its vast gas reserves with a deal struck between …
Read More »Oil Up over Demand Hopes as US Crude, Gasoline Stocks Signal Recovery
Oil prices rose on Friday over rising demand euphoria after US crude and gasoline oil inventories recorded huge falls although the lack of consensus at the latest OPEC+ meeting is leaving oil markets without direction. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $74.48 per barrel at 0752 GMT for a …
Read More »EU to Support Transition to Clean Energy in EaP Countries
The European Union (EU) will support energy transition in the Eastern Parnetship (EaP) countries, as it has launched the second phase of its EU4Energy program – “Promoting the Clean Energy Transition in the Eastern Partnership Countries: EU4Energy Phase II, Trend reports with reference to the European Commission. The Program, which …
Read More »IMF Sees Saudi Growth at 2.4% This Year with Non-Oil Sector Leading Rebound
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday Saudi Arabia’s economy is recovering well from the COVID-19 pandemic and the fund expected the non-oil economy to grow by 4.3 percent this year, with overall GDP growth seen at 2.4 percent. Real oil GDP is expected to shrink by 0.4 percent, the …
Read More »Oil Climbs on U.S. Inventories Draw; OPEC+ Impasse Caps Gains
Oil prices rose for a second day on Friday as data showed a draw in U.S. inventories, but were headed for a weekly loss amid uncertainty about global supplies fuelled by an OPEC+ impasse. Brent crude oil futures were up 27 cents, or 0.4%, at $74.39 a barrel by 0644 …
Read More »Saudi-UAE Still at Impasse as Russia Steps in to Rescue OPEC+ Deal
Russia is leading efforts to close divisions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to help strike a deal to raise oil output in coming months, three OPEC+ sources said, with OPEC and its allies yet to set a date for their next oil policy meeting. Disagreement between the …
Read More »China to Launch Carbon Trading for Electricity Sector in July
China will launch a nationwide carbon emissions trading scheme for the electricity sector in July, the cabinet said on Wednesday. The launch of the scheme aims to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions viA THE market scheme, according to a meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.
Read More »Saudi Aramco Sees a Major Market Forming for Hydrogen
There’s a lot of buzz going around about green hydrogen. It’s virtually emissions-free, it burns hot enough to replace combustible fossil fuels, and when it combusts it leaves behind nothing but water vapor — a seeming silver bullet for the clean energy industry. Not only can it be used to …
Read More »Eni Makes Oil Discovery Offshore Ghana
Eni has announced an oil discovery on the Eban exploration prospect in CTP Block 4, offshore Ghana. The Eban – 1X well is the second well drilled in CTP Block 4, following the Akoma discovery. Preliminary estimates place the potential of the Eban–Akoma complex between 500 and 700 million boe …
Read More »BP Boosts Production from Shah Deniz II Field Offshore Azerbaijan
BP has commenced production from the East South flank, the new phase of its Shah Deniz II gas field in Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan. Planned to reach full production rates in the third quarter of this year, the deepwater flank has a production capacity of 400 million standard cubic feet …
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