The Government of India reportedly plans to shut 32 units across 12 power plants in the country as they have failed to meet emissions targets. The Financial Times reported that the units, which have a combined capacity of 5.019GW, failed to submit plans to meet the prescribed emission control norms. …
Read More »Turkmenistan to Begin TAPI Gas Pipeline Construction
Turkmenistan on Friday announced that it intended to start building a gas pipeline from the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border to the Herat offtake point in Afghanistan. Turkmenistan also assured Pakistan of addressing its concerns over different issues pertaining to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Petroleum …
Read More »Shell Returns to Arctic Alaska with New Offshore Oil Drilling Plans
Five years after abandoning an ambitious multibillion-dollar offshore Arctic exploration program, Royal Dutch Shell is again proposing to drill for oil in Arctic Alaska — but this time, in a more modest fashion. Company unit Shell Offshore Inc., in an Aug. 27 application to the Alaska Division of Oil and …
Read More »Hope for Completing Nord Stream 2 Is Fading
The EU’s relations with Russia in connection with the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline are unlikely to improve in the future. Therefore, the approach to this project should be changed, said the head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen, reports the newspaper Les Echos. “Russia’s …
Read More »G20 must Seize Covid-19 ‘Unique’ Chance to Supercharge Global Energy Transition
The B20 – which represents the global business community within the Group of 20 (G20) countries – and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have called on political and industry leaders in the global forum to seize the “unique opportunity” presented by the coronavirus pandemic to put in place policies that …
Read More »Hope for Completing Nord Stream 2 Is Fading
The EU’s relations with Russia in connection with the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline are unlikely to improve in the future. Therefore, the approach to this project should be changed, said the head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen, reports the newspaper Les Echos. “Russia’s …
Read More »Novak: Global Oil Inventories are in Decline
Global inventories of crude oil declined by 45 million barrels in August after a 34-million-barrel reduction in July, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in a TV interview. “Reserves accumulated in the second quarter are gradually shrinking, and we see that July and August were the first two months when …
Read More »Oil Prices Rise after OPEC Warn Members to Stick to Quotas
Oil prices rose for a fourth day in a row on Friday, putting crude on track for a weekly gain of about 10 per cent, after Saudi Arabia pressed allies to stick to production quotas and banks, including Goldman Sachs, predicted a supply deficit. Brent crude was up 18 cents …
Read More »OPEC+ may Hold Extraordinary October Meeting If Oil Market Worsens
OPEC+ could hold an extraordinary meeting in October if oil markets weaken further, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said, according to an OPEC+ source. Brent oil prices extended their gains to trade up 3% on the news, above $43 per barrel. Prince Abdulaziz was speaking at a closed-door …
Read More »OPEC+ Panel to Meet Amid Oil Price Decline, Worry of Virus Impact
OPEC and allies, led by Russia, are scheduled to hold an online meeting on Thursday to discuss compliance with their agreed output cuts and demand trends amid falling oil prices and a faltering economic recovery outlook. The key OPEC+ panel will be reviewing an internal document which warned that a …
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