A group of some of the world’s most powerful oil-producing nations will meet on Thursday to discuss the next phase of production policy amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. OPEC and its non-OPEC partners, an energy alliance sometimes referred to as OPEC+, will convene via videoconference from 1 p.m. London time. …
Read More »Greece Prepares for Offshore Wind Farm Investments
The institutional framework for offshore wind farms and energy storage will be ready by June 2021, Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas told the Blue Economy Forum, titled “The Way to a Green Recovery,” on Tuesday. He said it would include issues of licensing, installations and connections to the power …
Read More »The Oil Industry Is Getting Greener much more Quickly as U.S. Focus Shifts to Climate Change
The greening of the American oil industry has gone into overdrive. Dan Yergin, IHS Markit vice chairman, said it’s an important turning point for the oil and gas sector, which has been anticipating big changes with President Joe Biden’s climate-focused, clean energy policies. “The oil and gas industry is calibrating …
Read More »OPEC+ Is Poised to Cool Oil Market with Extra Production
There’s a widespread view within the group that the market can absorb additional barrels, according to people familiar with the deliberations. While the usual differences are present — with Saudi Arabia cautious and Russia keen to open the taps — all sides are ready to increase production, they said, asking …
Read More »Hyundai Heavy Joins Hands with Saudi Aramco in Hydrogen Project
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. (HHIH) said Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil firm Saudi Aramco to cooperate on a hydrogen project. Under the deal, Hyundai Oilbank Co., HHIH’s refining unit, will import liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Saudi Aramco to produce blue hydrogen, …
Read More »ExxonMobil to Cut 300 Jobs in Singapore due to Covid-19 Impact
ExxonMobil has announced that it will lay off nearly 300 employees by the end of this year in Singapore, as part of its effort to boost and sustain its long-term competitiveness. The impacted employees represent around 7% of the oil and gas major’s workforce of over 4,000 in Singapore. ExxonMobil …
Read More »OPEC+ Likely to Ease Output Cuts from April
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) are expected to keep production quotas unchanged in March, with a possible revision starting April, analysts told Argaam ahead of the oil producers’ meeting on March 4, 2021. “Given the current level of Brent prices around $65 per barrel (bbl), …
Read More »Russia’s Gazprom Aims to Double Liquefied Natural Gas Exports by 2025
Russian energy giant Gazprom said it exported 7 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2020, and is planning to double annual sales by 2025, Pavel Sedov, the head of LNG exports at Gazprom Export, said. Sedov added that Gazprom is still a rather small LNG enterprise, but the …
Read More »Russia Working on Easing Tensions over Iran’s Nuclear Program
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna said that Moscow is working to ease tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. In a tweet on Tuesday, Mikhail Ulyanov wrote, “The key point at the current meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors is that whether the discussions …
Read More »Iran Gas Export Doubles in 8 Years
CEO of National Iranian Gas Company Hassan Montazer Torbati said on Tuesday that Iran’s gas export has made 100 percent growth in 8-year term of the incumbent Government with 18b cubic meters export in the current year compared with 9b cm export in 2013. Torbati made the remarks in an …
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