India, the world’s third-largest oil consumer behind the US and China, was meant to be a major driver of oil’s demand recovery as economies reopened. But the country’s devastating health crisis has made that impossible. Everyone from oil traders to the world’s biggest producers are panicking. Indian Prime Minister Narendra …
Read More »Saudi Joins with Other Oil and Gas Giants over Emission Targets
Saudi Arabia and other top oil and gas producers have teamed up to help implement the Paris Agreement on climate change and move towards achieving net zero emissions. Other countries who are part of the Net Zero Producers Forum are the US, Canada, Norway, and Qatar. The Saudi energy ministry …
Read More »Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 Project almost 40% Complete, on Track for Launch in 2023
Russia’s project to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the resource-rich Arctic region, Arctic LNG 2, is 39% complete and will be launched as planned, gas producer Novatek has announced. The CEO of Russia’s biggest independent energy company, Leonid Mikhelson, revealed on Friday how construction of the project had progressed. …
Read More »Libya’s Oil Output Down to 1 Million Barrels per Day
Libya’s oil production has declined from 1.3 million barrels to 1 million per day due to rising debts, the head of the country’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Thursday. Production may fall further as oil companies are unable to work under mounting debts, according to NOC chief Mustafa Sanallah. …
Read More »Plan to Discharge Fukushima Plant Water into Sea Sets a Dangerous Precedent
On April 13, the Japanese government announced that it had approved a plan by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. (Tepco) to discharge treated water currently being stored in tanks at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. It is important to highlight specific concerns with …
Read More »Renewable Projects Dominate Asian Energy Recovery
As national and regional economies continue to recover from the recessions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 800 power generation projects, dominated by renewables, are now in the Asian pipeline outside China, representing at least $316 billion in investment opportunities, according to a recent EY report. Of that total, …
Read More »Record COVID Cases in India could Threaten Global Oil Demand
Demand for fuel in the world’s third-largest oil importer, India, is crashing amid record new daily COVID cases that lead to tightening restrictions and could slow the global oil demand recovery that the market and OPEC+ were expecting. For the second day in a row, India reported on Friday the …
Read More »Saudi Aramco could Tap Global Giants for Its Upstream Oil and Gas Assets
Saudi Aramco is conducting a strategic review of its upstream business, in a move that could potentially see the state-owned firm bring in external investors to some of its oil and gas assets. The world’s biggest energy company is in preliminary discussions with advisers to evaluate its options. Aramco may …
Read More »OPEC Urges Members to Lobby against US NOPEC Bill
OPEC is encouraging its members to engage with the U.S. administration over a proposed U.S. bill against the group, known as NOPEC, and to explain that passing the bill could put at risk U.S. interests abroad. A U.S. House panel passed a bill this week to open OPEC to lawsuits …
Read More »Iraq Aims to Finalize Exxon Oil Sale by June
Iraq aims to finalize the sale of Exxon’s stake in the West Qurna-1 oil field by the end of June even after rival U.S. supermajor Chevron Corp. rejected overtures to buy the position. Basra Oil Co., the state-run company overseeing crude production in the region, may open talks with more …
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