Iraq’s Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, announced last week that the country plans to increase its oil production capacity to 8 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2029, compared to current production of around 3.8 million bpd that factors in OPEC-mandated cuts. Based on its vast oil resources there is no …

The United States is still putting the finishing touches on its plan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, ahead of a summit this week with world leaders, including Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping. President Joe Biden’s administration has been pressing other countries to make …

Russian gas company Gazprom plans to grow its hydrogen production and use and is considering several areas for utilising hydrogen as an energy source. At the moment, Gazprom produces over 350,000 tonness of hydrogen by various technologies at its facilities, which is then used to derive different products from it. …

One of Libya’s state oil producers said it would have to cut as much as 100,000 barrels a day of output this week, a further sign that a budgetary crisis is threatening the OPEC member’s energy industry. Sirte Oil Co. will be forced to “reduce production and halt it completely …

The rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EV) around the world will probably cause global oil demand to peak two years earlier than previously expected, Norway’s biggest independent energy consultancy Rystad said on Wednesday. World demand is now seen peaking at 101.6 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) in 2026, …

OPEC+ is heading for a largely technical meeting next week where major changes to policy are unlikely, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and OPEC+ sources said. Alexander Novak said on Wednesday the group may confirm or tweak output plans following its decision to ease production curbs. “We met a month ago, …

The Chinese company Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation) has won a contract to develop the Mansuriyah gas field in Diyala. The field, near the Iranian border, is expected to produce 300 million standard cubic feet (Mmscf) per day of gas, which will be used for electricity generation. In 2010, …

OPEC+ achieved a compliance level with its agreed oil production cuts of 113 per cent in March, unchanged from levels in February, two sources from the producer group told Reuters on Tuesday. Compliance from members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reached 124 per cent, while non-OPEC …

The Chinese economy largely needs an increase in natural gas supplies from Russia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Viktor Zubkov told TASS on Wednesday, adding that the Russian gas producer is ready to satisfy that ever-growing demand. “Consumption on the Chinese gas market increases every two years …

Global CO2 emissions from energy are seen rising nearly 5% this year, suggesting the economic rebound from Covid-19 could be “anything but sustainable” for the climate, the International Energy Agency says. The IEA’s Global Energy Review 2021 predicted carbon dioxide emissions would rise to 33 billion tonnes this year, up …