Iraq is debating whether to ask to be exempted from the oil production cuts OPEC+ agreed on this April. Initially set at 9.7 million bpd, the cuts have now been eased to 7.7 million bpd but as the second-largest producer in OPEC, Iraq is shouldering quite a large chunk of …

German authorities are considering the suspension of the construction of Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline in response to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The final decision depends on Russia’s actions, said the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on air of the TV channel ZDF. “We will put all …

Even the cleanest fossil fuel is losing its appeal to rich nations. Just a few years ago, natural gas was hailed as vital for the transition toward an economy that runs on renewable energy. But sentiment is changing and the fuel is going the same way as coal, its dirtier …

The Asia Pacific (APAC) power generation sector could record investment of up to $1.5 trillion by 2030, largely driven by solar and wind projects, Kallanish Energy reports. A new report from Wood Mackenzie found that solar and wind represent $1 trillion, or two-thirds of investment opportunities in APAC throughout the …

On Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on Germany to halt the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as Warsaw sees it as a threat to the stability of the region. The Nord Stream 2 underwater pipeline, which is expected to deliver gas from Russia to Germany, …

Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region could not comply with Baghdad’s request to cut output by 120,000 b/d due to financing needs, but implemented a lesser reduction, a Kurdish minister told Iraq’s state-run TV Sept. 9. The Kurdish region has cut output by 50,000 b/d at 410,000 b/d, Minister of State Khalid …

Equinor said Wednesday it has partnered up with utilities Jera and J-Power to jointly bid in Japan’s planned first offshore wind auction, Kallanish Energy reports. Together the consortium plans to submit a bid to develop two offshore wind farms as soon as the Japanese government officially launches the tender. The …

The world’s biggest oil company is getting squeezed by its main shareholder, the Saudi Arabian government. Even with crude dropping to US$40 a barrel this week and its cash flow plunging, Saudi Aramco is trying to pay a US$75 billion dividend this year, almost all of it to the state. …

Gazprom supplied 2.3 bln cubic meters of gas to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline in January-August period of 2020, Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Tomsk Vladislav Borodin told a corporate magazine. “Gazprom Transgaz Tomsk transported over 15 bln cubic meters of gas in eight months of this …

Iraq’s federal government has requested that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cut its oil production by 120,000 barrels per day (bpd), Iraq’s state news agency INA quoted a KRG minister as saying on Wednesday. The semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s domestic oil consumption is at 30,000 bpd, INA quoted Khaled …