Oil prices are set for a volatile start to the new year, as the next OPEC+ group meeting on production policy is expected to be set for the first trading day, January 4, Argus reported on Monday, citing delegates with the OPEC+ alliance. The group managed to avoid a no-deal …

Saudi Arabia raised oil pricing for customers in its main market of Asia after optimism over coronavirus vaccines caused crude prices to climb to an eight-month high last week. The increase, the biggest in five months, indicates the world’s largest oil exporter is confident global energy demand is strong enough …

Iraq is committed to all OPEC+ production cut agreements that help contain the volatility in oil prices because OPEC’s second largest oil producer seeks higher prices for its crude exports, the country’s oil minister said Dec. 6. Ihsan Ismaael said in an oil ministry statement that oil prices are expected …

Porsche has no plan to make an electric version of its iconic 911 sports cars. So, how to ensure continued sale of its flagship model far into the future, when governments around the world, including California’s, are planning to eventually ban sales of new internal combustion cars? Porsche’s answer: carbon-neutral …

Russia has accused the United States of illegal and aggressive behaviour regarding comments made about the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which will link Russia to Germany. Comments calling for a halt to the pipeline by a US diplomat were a “political aggression and illegal resistance” against the …

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced on Sunday that the meeting and the celebration marking the establishment of OPEC and OPEC + would be postponed until next February, after positive developments regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. “The ministry decided to postpone the meeting and the celebration marking the 60th anniversary of …

The Iraqi Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, announced on Sunday that the country will, for the first time, export three types of oil. Abdul-Jabbar said during a conference, “the price of 42 dollars per barrel was approved in the budget for next year”, noting that oil prices began to recover after …

President Hassan Rouhani stressed Iran’s readiness to increase its oil production capacity to normal export volumes, stressing that pre-JCPOA sanctions had led to restrictions in oil production and sale. Addressing the economic coordination committee meeting on Sunday, Rouhani said after the implementation of Iran’s nuclear deal and lifting of sanctions, …

The current year marks the 15th anniversary of the U.S. shale boom, a period in which fracking technology across such states as Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Wyoming helped establish the nation as a top oil and gas producer. Unfortunately, high costs of production compared with conventional drilling …

Denmark’s government has said that it will end all new oil and gas exploration and extraction in the North Sea by 2050. The Nordic country also agreed to cancel its latest licensing round, which allows companies to search for and produce oil and gas. The move eight planned licensing rounds …