Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations said that Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is annexed to UN Security Council Resolution 2231, and the US has legal obligations to implement. In a Thursday tweet, Majid Takht-Ravanchi wrote, “The US—with media stunts—continues to claim JCPOA has no legal …
Read More »OPEC Begins Preparations for Age of Dwindling Oil Demand
The coronavirus crisis may have triggered the long-anticipated tipping point in oil demand and it is focusing minds in OPEC. The pandemic drove down daily crude consumption by as much as a third earlier this year, at a time when the rise of electric vehicles and a shift to renewable …
Read More »US Sanctions against Nord Stream 2 Challenge Attractiveness of Investing in EU
US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 challenge the attractiveness of investing in Europe, Chairman of Executive Board of Austria’s OMV, one of Gazprom’s financial partners on the project, Rainer Seele said during a conference call on Wednesday. “In any case, as a European company, we expect politicians to ensure Europe’s …
Read More »Iran, Turkmenistan Willing to Enhance Bilateral Ties
Iran’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan Gholamabbas Arbab Khales said on Tuesday that Turkmens, like the Iranians, are keen on developing trade relations and they continue to maintain businness ties even amid coronavirus outbreak, which has created restrictions for international trade. Addressing a meeting of Khorasan Razavi Foreign Economic Relations Advisory Council, …
Read More »New Mediterranean Gas Discovery could Produce 32 Million Cubic Feet per Day
The new gas discovery off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast could produce up to 32 million standard cubic feet per day, Petroleum Minister Tarek El-Molla said on Tuesday after tests were conducted. Earlier this month, Eni, along with contractors BP and Total, successfully drilled the first exploration well in the North El-Hammad …
Read More »Qatar to Host LNG2025
The LNG Events Series Steering Committee has announced that Qatar has been selected as the host country for LNG2025, the 21st International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas. Professor Joe M Kang, chair, LNG Events Series Steering Committee and president, International Gas Union (IGU), made the announcement marking the …
Read More »Iran’s Trade Vol. Exchange with China must Increase
A member of Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said that Iran’s trade volume exchange with the East especially China must increase, for, western countries showed that they are not trustworthy. Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency on Wed., Ebrahim Azizi said that senior officials of …
Read More »Oil Prices Inch Higher after Sharp Drop in US Crude Inventories
Oil prices rose on Wednesday after an industry report showed that crude inventories in the United States decreased against expectations, giving the market a boost amid record increases of coronavirus infections in the U.S. and elsewhere. Brent crude LCOc1 was up by 24 cents, or 0.6%, at $43.46 a barrel …
Read More »Asia Pacific’s Oil Demand to Fall in 2020 but could Rise 25% by 2040
According to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, oil products demand in Asia Pacific is expected to fall by 1.8 million barrels per day (b/d) year-on-year in 2020. But oil demand growth in Asia has still a long way to run. By 2040, the region’s oil demand is expected to …
Read More »Germany Continues Viewing Nord Stream 2 as Economic Project
Germany continues viewing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as an economic project and Berlin does not support unilateral economic sanctions of the United States against it, German Government’s spokesperson Ulrike Demmer said at the briefing on Monday. “The government’s position on the Nord Stream 2 has not changed,” Demmer …
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