The gas market will progressively become more interconnected and less regionalised due to the projected extension of total gas exports; GECF said and noted the Asian LNG market, with 71% of global LNG imports, will remain the largest regional market. The share of traded LNG will increase to approximately 48% …

Iran’s minister of energy said on Tuesday that the Iranian engineers are among the most advanced builders of hydraulic megastructures, such as dams and tunnels. These advances are not confined to Iranian borders and several dams and tunnels in other countries have been built by Iranians, Reza Ardakanian said addressing …

Activist firm Engine No. 1, which has nominated four independent director candidates to the ExxonMobil board of directors, has sent a letter to Exxon claiming that it was falling short of what was expected regarding reaching climate goals set by the company. Engine No. 1 analysed ExxonMobil’s recent claims regarding …

Iraq, the top oil supplier to India, is not cutting volumes to the South Asian country in February amid a focus to maintain its market share in Asia, which consumes at least 70% of its crude exports, the deputy director general of Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) told S&P …

The First Meeting of the Ministers of Energy of the Turkic Council will be convened online on 24 February 2021, Trend reports citing the Turkic Council. Hosted by Parviz Shahbazov, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the opening remarks of the meeting will be delivered by Minister Shahbazov …

Iraq has reportedly “put on hold” it oil contract with China’s Zhenhua Oil. The multi-billion-dollar agreement would have seen Zhenhua pre-pay Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) for a regular supply of crude oil. Oil prices have risen significantly since the deal was struck.

Oil prices will rally faster and sharper than previously expected as demand outstrips supply increases from OPEC+, Iran and U.S. shale, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. A reopening of the global economy will help demand return to pre-COVID-19 levels, but inventories remaining tight into the summer will cause West …

Key questions for the OPEC+ meeting will be whether Saudi Arabia rolls back its voluntary cut of 1 million bbl/d and whether there is room for an additional increase in supply from the whole oil producer group. Saudi Arabia and Russia have differences over a potential deal among OPEC+ oil …

Iran has traded 134 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $65.5 billion in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2020-February 18, 2021), according to the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). As reported by IRIB, during the mentioned period, 103 …

Iraq has decided against signing an oil-supply deal with a Chinese state company that would’ve seen the cash-strapped Arab nation get about $2 billion upfront, according to its oil minister. Baghdad opted not to go ahead with the contract after oil prices rose in recent months, Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said …