Oil posted its third straight weekly rise on improving demand, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) saying that the market would need extra supply next year. Futures in New York rose this week, extending their rally to the highest settle since October 2018. The IEA said that OPEC and its …

Adding new momentum to its ambitions to jumpstart the growth of a Green Hydrogen economy in the country, Oman is preparing to create an ‘alliance’ of local and international investors and related stakeholders to help accelerate development of zero-carbon energy projects in the Sultanate. A framework for the proposed ‘Oman …

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) maintained strong compliance with agreed oil output targets in May, when the first part of a gradual production increase took effect, Reuters reported. OPEC+ complied with 115% of the agreed output curbs in May, the source said. It said …

The US plans to auction eight lease areas for offshore wind power in the shallow stretch of the Atlantic between New York’s Long Island and New Jersey. The proposed sites offer the potential for as much as 7 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 2.6 million homes, the …

China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has expanded the construction of what will be the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks in Yancheng Binhai Port Industrial Park in Jiangsu province. Overall, six tanks will be built at a cost of 6.1 billion yuan ($955 million), the company said. …

Oil demand is set to rise above pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday, but producers have sufficient capacity rise to the challenge. In its first detailed look at next year in its regular monthly review of the oil market, the IEA …

OPEC predicted that the recovery in global oil demand will gather strength in the second half of the year, as the group prepares to consider reviving more halted output. Oil consumption will jump by about 5 million barrels a day — or roughly 5% — in the second half of …

Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas project will start preparations on Friday to fill the first of two pipelines with natural gas, the Gazprom-led project said on Thursday. Nord Stream 2, which runs on the bed of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, bypassing Ukraine, has faced criticism from the …

When Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced that Saudi Arabia was no longer an oil-producing country, he likely didn’t mean literally. “Saudi Arabia is no longer an oil country, it’s an energy-producing country,” the Energy Minister told S&P Global Platts this week. Saudi Arabia has high green …

Ethylene has shown robust and consistent growth over the period 2015 to 2019, according to GlobalData, and is expected to increase at a healthy 2.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the decade. Asia has been the largest contributor, both in terms of demand and supply, and is likely to …