Experts from China will be invited to be part of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) technical working group pertaining to Japan’s disposal of nuclear wastewater, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a daily press briefing that the news was recently confirmed by the IAEA. …

UAE oil storage company BPGIC is in advanced talks to buy a green energy firm as it aims to diversify its business and contribute to the global push to fight climate change, an industry source close to the discussions told Reuters. Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Co (BPGIC) is in …

The 28th edition of meeting of Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Cooperation Commission will be held on April 28-29 to discuss enhancing and broadening bilateral ties on issues of mutual interests. This meeting will be held in the presence of Chairpersons of Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Cooperation Commission Mahmoud Vaezi Iranian President’s Chief …

Iranian petrochemical companies now fully meet the domestic need for benzene and the imports of the chemical product will stop from now on, according to an Oil Ministry’s statement on Sunday. Iran will no longer need any imports of benzene as one of the Iranian petrochemical companies has now met …

The visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) earlier this year was indicative of a shift in Beijing’s lending and investment focus for Africa, according to analysts.During his trip to Kinshasa in January, Wang promised that Beijing would write off loans to the …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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. …

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 …