Saudi Arabia and Russia pledged to continue cooperation on the OPEC+ production cut agreement, as Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said March 10 the group is aiming for a “fair” price for crude oil. “I would like to assure that we and Russia would like a oil price …
Read More »Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC and Petronas to Collaborate on Big Energy Projects
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) plans to collaborate with Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas. Under the deal the pair will jointly explore opportunities to collaborate in the production of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources in Abu Dhabi, ADNOC said in a statement carried by WAM, the official …
Read More »Qatar Petroleum and Leading LNG Players Sign Agreement to Develop New LNG Carrier Designs
Qatar Petroleum, along with several leading international LNG players, signed a multi-party agreement with LNT Marine, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) to collaborate on the development of new medium and large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier designs. The agreement paves the way for the …
Read More »Wind Power Production in Norway Increased Sharply Last Year
Wind power production increased sharply in 2020 due to more wind than usual and more completed wind farms. In total, Norway produced 9.9 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2020. That is 4.4 terawatt-hours more than in 2019, according to figures from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. A total of 15 …
Read More »U.S. Crude Output in 2021 to Decline Less than Previously Forecast
U.S. crude oil production is expected to fall by 160,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2021 to 11.15 million bpd, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday, a smaller decline than its previous monthly forecast for a 290,000-bpd drop. The agency said it expects U.S. petroleum and other …
Read More »World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Ferry in Norway to Run on Green Gas from Germany
Industrial gases firm Linde will supply liquid green hydrogen and related infrastructure to the world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry, a vessel by operator Norled that will transport both cars and passengers in Norway. The liquid hydrogen for the MF Hydra ferry will come from a new 24MW proton exchange membrane (PEM) …
Read More »Oil Giant Bets Big On Expected $2 Trillion Carbon Capture Market
These are unprecedented times for the oil and natural gas industry as it navigates pandemic-driven demand destruction, investor calls to adapt to a carbon-constrained world, and new regulatory threats from the Biden administration. The dreadful outlook for oil and gas producers is why more consolidations are likely in the months …
Read More »India Asks Refiners to Diversify, Cut Reliance on Middle East Oil after OPEC+ Decision
India has asked state refiners to speed up the diversification of oil imports to gradually cut their dependence on the Middle East after OPEC+ decided last week to largely continue production cuts in April, two sources said. India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, imports about 84% of …
Read More »U.S. Sells 10 Million Barrels of Oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded contracts for the sale of 10.1 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as part of a recent Congressionally-directed SPR crude oil sale. The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy issued in early February 2021 a notice of …
Read More »String of LNG Deals Moves Qatar Closer to China
The world’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, Qatar, has long occupied a political position in the Middle East that has neither been decisively aligned with the U.S.-Israel-Saudi axis of power nor with the Iran-China-Russia one. More recently, though, there appears to have been a move further away from the …
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