Recent news reports were replete with Iraq declaring its willingness to invest $15 billion into new gas-focused projects that could reduce its reliance on one of Baghdad’s long-standing problems, its gas imports. Baghdad has committed to an ambitious timeline of reaching self-sufficiency by 2024-2025, with several large-scale projects being developed …
Read More »Oil Rises as Demand Recovery Raise Hopes for Fuel Consumption
Oil edged higher at the open after a third weekly increase as a demand recovery in key regions raised optimism about rising fuel consumption, despite a Covid-19 flare-up in parts of Asia. Futures in New York climbed towards $66 a barrel after advancing 2.4% on Friday. The US and China …
Read More »The EU Carbon Tax could Create a New Era of Trade Wars
Europe’s carbon border levy to increase the cost of CO2-intensive goods entering the EU could push the Global South towards less restrictive trade deals, ultimately causing more harm to the environment, writes Muhammed Magassy. Muhammed Magassy is a Member of Parliament for ECOWAS (The Economic Community of West African States), …
Read More »Oman Key Partner in OPEC+ Decisions
The Director-General of Marketing at the Ministry of Energy and Minerals has said the Sultanate is an important partner in the cooperation agreement signed between OPEC and non-OPEC members that decided to cut oil production. He said that it was decided that the Sultanate’s share of the production cut in …
Read More »Iraq Surpasses KSA in Oil Exports to USA
The U.S. Energy Information Administration(EIA) has announced on Saturday a surge in Iraqi oil exports to the U.S. to up to 235,000 barrels per day, surpassing last week’s Saudi exports. According to a report released by the EIA, “Last week’s U.S. imports of crude oil from 9 different countries amounted …
Read More »Number of Active U.S. Drilling Rigs Increases This Week
The number of active drilling rigs in the United States increased five to 453 rigs this week, up by 114 year on year, according to the weekly data released by Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes, Trend reports citing Xinhua. These active drilling rigs included 352 oil rigs operating in …
Read More »Hyundai Commits To $7.4 Billion Program to Build Electric Cars in US
The Biden administration is proposing an array of policy measures to encourage the sale of electric cars in the US — provided they are built in the US by American workers. GM has responded to the administration’s plans by announcing it will spend $1 billion to expand its factory in …
Read More »US Partnered with India as PM Modi Made Commitment to Deploy 450 GW Renewable Energy
The United States has partnered with India on climate change so as to help it meet its commitment to deploy 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy, the Biden administration’s climate change envoy has told US lawmakers. “Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi has made a commitment to deploy 450 GW of renewable …
Read More »Russia’s Oil Reserves will Last until 2080
Russia’s oil reserves will last until 2080 at the current pace of annual production, Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov told Russian outlet RBC in an interview this week. Russia also has natural gas reserves for another 103 years of annual production at current output levels, the minister said. Russia’s actual …
Read More »Daniel Yergin to Receive Prestigious WPC Dewhurst Award
Pulitzer-prize winner, respected author, and leading energy expert, Dr. Daniel Yergin, is being recognised for his “exceptional contribution to the oil, gas and energy industry” with the highest honor of the World Petroleum Council, the Dewhurst Award. This distinguished lifetime achievement award celebrates his role as a global authority on …
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