Russia will support hiking production under the historic OPEC+ accord by 500,000 barrels a day in February if the market continues to stabilize, the deputy prime minister in charge of the energy sector, Alexander Novak, has said. “If the situation stays normal and stable, we will support the increase,” Novak …

Rosneft and specialists of the Siberian Federal University have developed the technology of production of environmentally friendly drilling fluids based on seed oils and containing biodegradable components. The development of Russian green drilling fluids rivalling costly foreign analogues in terms of functionality is the task of utmost importance. Drilling fluids …

Iranian oil minister announced on Thurs. that the country’s petrochemical income is expected to reach $25 billion at the end of the next Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2022), Trend reports citing Mehr. According to Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, Iran could earn $11 billion of revenues in the first boom of …

The United Arab Emirates is optimistic about a recovery in oil demand in 2021, but says it won’t be immediate. Rollout of coronavirus vaccines and improvement in ties between the United States and China are likely to improve demand for oil, Energy Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei told Sky News Arabia. “Recovery …

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., the world’s second-biggest shipbuilder by orders, said Wednesday it has won a 815 billion-won ($734 million) order to build four liquefied natural gas ships for an African customer. Samsung Heavy plans to supply the ships by May 2024, the company said. Since Monday, the company has …

Russian energy giant Gazprom is currently in talks with its Turkish partners to carry natural gas deliveries via the TurkStream pipeline to more European markets. “We are now in talks on the issue with our Turkish colleagues,” said Elena Burmistrova, chief executive of the Russian holding’s export arm, Gazprom Export, …

There is an alternative history to 2020. It was the year the world’s largest polluter pledged to fully decarbonise its economy within 40 years. The year voters in the planet’s pre-eminent superpower rejected a racist, misogynist, climate denier in favour of a man who pledged to engineer a net zero …

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh met Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov in Tehran on Tuesday night to discuss the recent developments in the region and the global oil market, Shana reported. Speaking in the meeting, Zanganeh underlined Azerbaijan’s positive role as one of the members of the alliance between …

The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a priority project for Moscow, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS, adding that Russia is going ahead with its implementation. “That is a priority project and we are going ahead with its implementation,” he said.

There is an alternative history to 2020. It was the year the world’s largest polluter pledged to fully decarbonise its economy within 40 years. The year voters in the planet’s pre-eminent superpower rejected a racist, misogynist, climate denier in favour of a man who pledged to engineer a net zero …