Iranian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi urged International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to conduct a transparent probe into Saudi Arabia’s hidden nuclear program and present a report to the members. He made the request following release of information about the country’s move to build yellow …
Read More »US Sends Oil Shipment to Saudi Arabia
The United States sent a shipment of crude to Saudi Arabia in June, data from the US Census Bureau showed yesterday, in what appears to be the first such delivery since the US ban on crude exports ended in 2015, Reuters reported. The United States shipped about 550,000 barrels, or …
Read More »World’s Oldest Airline Faces Its Biggest Crisis
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines cutting 5,000 jobs confirmed the world’s oldest airline is fighting for survival, amid Covid-19 devastating the global airline industry. In its distinguished 100- year history, KLM has seen nothing like this since Queen Wilhelmina in 1919 bestowed the word “Royal” upon the world’s 18th airline. KLM …
Read More »GE Using Supercomputer to Study Offshore Wind
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted GE Research access to a supercomputer for research aimed at accelerating new advancements in offshore wind. GE engineers have been granted access to the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, through DOE’s competitive ALCC (Advanced Scientific Computing Research …
Read More »After Nearly 20 Years, India’s Oil Demand Seen Slipping into the Red
Hopes that India’s oil demand will recover in the second half of the year is fading fast as some provinces implement partial lockdowns to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting refiners to start planning for lower crude runs in order to prevent a problem of plenty at home. India, one of …
Read More »US Crude Oil Inventories Post Sharp Fall
US commercial crude oil inventories decreased last week in line with the market expectation, according to data released by the country’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday. Commercial crude oil inventories in the US fell by 7.4 million barrels, or 1.4%, to 518.6 million barrels for the week ending July …
Read More »Headache for OPEC as Market Signals Return of Crude Glut
Rising OPEC and US oil supply, coupled with stalled economic and crude demand recovery, have pushed the futures market structure back to indicating a surplus, last observed during oil’s collapse in April and May amid the coronavirus pandemic. The development is a headache for OPEC, which had been hoping demand …
Read More »Iraq to Be Forced to 100% OPEC+ Compliance
Iraq will be forced into 100% compliance with the OPEC+ deal in August and September as the producer group loses patience with the laggard, the country’s oil minister said on Thursday. “This tolerance from OPEC won’t last long. We will be forced this month and next month to 100% compliance,” …
Read More »BP Plans to Cut Oil Production 40 Percent by 2030
In February, BP announced a pledge to (mostly) reach net-zero CO¬2¬ emissions by 2050, a noteworthy change of course steered by new CEO Bernard Looney. BP had long dabbled in promoting an interest in greener pursuits, but these promises pointed toward a more serious shift. On Monday, the company released …
Read More »BP Walks Away From the Oil Supermajor Model It Helped Create
In the late 1990s, BP Plc boss John Browne used an oil-price slump to usher in the age of the supermajor, buying U.S. rivals Amoco and Arco to create a transatlantic giant. He kicked off a round of mergers that saw his company and four others dominate the industry — …
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