A new study from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said that Libya has surpassed Nigeria as Africa’s biggest oil production, the Nigerian newspaper PM NEWS reported. Nigeria’s oil output decreased to around 1.23 million barrels per day (bpd) in October, down from roughly 1.25 million bpd the previous …

Head of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said on Thursday that developing the country’s North Pars gas field is going to add 100 million cubic meters (mcm) to Iran’s natural gas output, the portal of the Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) reported. Speaking in a meeting with the …

Iraq will start developing the Akkas gas field in an initial stage to pave the way to attract foreign investments, the oil ministry said Nov. 13, as OPEC’s second biggest producer seeks to boost its gas output. State-run Iraqi National Oil Co. discussed during a meeting plans to nationally operate …

A member of energy commission in Majlis (the Parliament) said that oil export of the Islamic Republic of Iran was gradually increasing. Iranian lawmaker Mousa Mousavi said on Saturday that Iran’s oil export has been growing despite oil industry being under sanctions. He said that with plans in place, Iran …

Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes that Belarus will not shut off the transit of Russian gas to the EU. “Theoretically, of course, [President of Belarus Alexander] Lukashenko, as the President of a transit country, can probably give an order to cut off our supplies to Europe. But this would be …

Head of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has said Iran is the world’s fourth consumer of natural gas and the country’s gas consumption equals that of 12 European countries, Shana reported. “We are the third-largest gas producer in the world and the fourth largest consumer after Russia, the United States, …

The European Union will likely include natural gas in its energy transition plans as some member states that are heavily reliant on coal at the moment would need an “intermediary stage”, the head of the EU green deal team Frans Timmermans said, as quoted by Bloomberg. “We will have to …

The US Energy Department said November 12 that working gas storage levels are in line with historic trends, but this comes before winter weather is set to trigger a surge in demand. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA), part of the Energy Department, reported that gas storage levels were below …

Surging oil and natural gas prices are spurring production increases from West Texas to the Upper Great Plains that probably will lift output to levels not seen since the early days of the pandemic, according to Rystad Energy AS. U.S. shale-oil production is expected to reach 8.68 million barrels a …

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin warned Nov. 12 of a potential super-cycle in oil and gas markets amid fears of a continued rapid growth in demand outpacing supplies. The warning comes as pressure mounts on the need to ease surging energy prices, with oil hovering near three-year highs and volatility in …