With the pandemic pummelling global demand, India will drive the energy consumption in the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he pitched for global oil and gas suppliers to adopt responsible pricing and move towards transparent and flexible markets. Speaking at the 4th India Energy Forum by …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline Edges Closer to Completion as Broader US Sanctions Come Into Effect
The EU imported the highest ever volume of LNG in 2019 at 108 billion cubic meters, marking 27% of total gas imports and 22% of the EU’s gas consumption, according to the European Commission. The gas market report showed that Qatar supplied 30 bcm of LNG to the EU in …
Read More »Exxon Mobil Plans Job Cuts
Exxon Mobil Corp is “very close” to completing its workforce appraisals in the United States and Canada and expects to unveil job cuts, its chief executive told employees in an email. The second-largest U.S. oil company by market value lost nearly $1.7 billion in the first six months and analysts …
Read More »Era of Unilateralism Over
Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh on Monday slammed the US for imposing sanctions against him, saying that the era of unilateralism is over in the world. “Imposition of sanctions on me and my colleagues is a passive reaction to the failure of Washington’s policy of reducing [Iran’s] crude oil exports to …
Read More »OPEC Chief Says does not Expect Renewed Oil Collapse
OPEC’s secretary general said on Monday OPEC+ producers did not expect a renewed oil-price collapse as seen in the second quarter, and said producers in the OPEC+ alliance would continue to “stay the course” in balancing the market. OPEC’s Mohammad Barkindo was giving a speech at the virtual India Energy …
Read More »Libya’s Ramped-Up Oil Output Throws another Wrench at Oil Prices and OPEC’s Plans
A truce in Libya has busted open a renewed source of oil supply, further threatening the commodity’s faltering recovery from its historic drop earlier this year. Libya’s main warring factions signed a purportedly permanent truce last week, roughly one month after a blockade on the country’s oil exports by one …
Read More »World should Look at all Options to Reduce Emissions
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said on Monday the world should be looking at all options to mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases in its fight against climate change, but that getting rid of oil and gas would be “far-fetched and unrealistic”. “Let’s not focus on the fuel of choice but rather …
Read More »Saudi Energy Minister Says Getting Rid of Oil and Gas is ‘Unrealistic’
The world should be looking at all options to mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases in its fight against climate change, but that getting rid of oil and gas would be “far-fetched and unrealistic”, Reuters reported on Monday, citing Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman. “Let’s not focus on …
Read More »Solar Module Costs Continue Decline Thanks to Tech Innovation and Lower Capex
A new report released by Wood Mackenzie states that solar module costs will continue to fall in the 2020s owing to technology innovation and lower CAPEX. Improvement in module efficiency and power class is expected to propel the declining capex trend forward and ultimately lower the solar levelised cost of …
Read More »Libya’s NOC Announces Restoration of all Oil Fields, Ports Operation
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on Monday the resumption of work at all of the country’s oil fields and ports following the lifting of a force majeure event at the El Feel oil station. “The National Oil Company announces the lifting of force majeure at the El Feel oil …
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