New membrane technology developed by a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, and ExxonMobil could help reduce carbon emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. Laboratory testing suggests that this polymer membrane technology could replace some conventional heat-based distillation processes in the …
Read More »Nigeria Reduces Oil Production to 1.4 mb/d
For the first time in many years, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has confirmed Nigeria’s ability to cut its output from 1.7 million barrels per day, mb/d in May to 1.4mb/d in June 2020. In its July Oil Market Report obtained by Vanguard, OPEC stated that the data …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Aims to Revamp WTO in Favor of All Members
For a country that is a founding member of OPEC as the biggest oil producer with the largest oil reserves in the world, for a country bordering seven others, for a country hosting the two holy sites where millions of Muslims perform their annual pilgrimage and, last but not least, …
Read More »Halliburton Is Migrating to Microsoft Azure
Halliburton is one of the world’s largest oil field service companies with operations in more than 70 countries. It helps energy companies to maximize value throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir – from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing …
Read More »EU Tells US: Stop Threatening Our Companies with Sanctions
The European Union (EU) is warning United States (US) President Donald Trump’s administration to hold off threatening trade sanctions against EU companies involved in the completion of new German-Russian and Turkish-Russian natural gas pipelines and instead discuss differences as allies. This week, the Trump administration warned companies involved in the …
Read More »Azerbaijan Warns of Risks to Caspian Energy Exports from Conflict with Armenia
Elshad Nassirov, vice president of Azeri state energy company SOCAR, said on a conference call some of the energy infrastructure involved in shipping Caspian oil and gas to world markets is located in the vicinity of the current military operations. Fifteen servicemen from Azerbaijan and Armenia and one Azeri civilian …
Read More »Petchem Complexes Need to Focus on Coronavirus-Related Feedstock
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh urged petrochemical plants and complexes to supply the downstream industries with the necessary raw materials for manufacturing products used for equipment and systems needed for containing the COVID-19 outbreak. “All petrochemical companies whose products are used as raw materials for the production of consumer goods …
Read More »EU Condemns US Sanctions Policy
The EU’s diplomatic chief on Friday attacked the US over its use of economic sanctions, after Washington opened the way to measures over Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, said Washington’s secondary sanctions on those doing business with its foes …
Read More »Azerbaijan Moving Forward with Pilot Floating Solar Project
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Energy is looking into local potential contractors to deliver a 100-kW pilot floating solar project on Boyukshore Lake, it said this week. The pilot project, named Knowledge Exchange and Technical Assistance on the Development of Floating Solar Panels System, is backed by the Asian Development Bank, which …
Read More »Iran, Senegal Review Oil, Energy, Agriculture Cooperation
Iran’s Ambassador to Dakar Mohammad Reza Dehshiri held separate meetings with Senegalese Minister of Petroleum and Energy Mouhamadou Makhtar Cisse and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment Moussa Balde. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the expansion of cooperation in the field of oil, gas, and energy. The holding …
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