U.S. crude oil production is set to peak at around 14 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2027, according to the Annual Energy Outlook 2025 of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). U.S. oil production is set to remain around the 14 million bpd level by 2030 and in the …
Read More »Trump Axes Equinor Wind Project
The Department of the Interior has ordered the suspension of construction works at the Empire Wind offshore project in New York, saying the project may have been approved by the previous administration without an appropriate environmental assessment. The news follows an earlier report that construction of the Empire Wind installation …
Read More »Key Turkish Refinery Gets back into Russian Oil
Turkey’s top oil refiner, Tupras, has resumed purchasing Russian Urals crude oil after a brief halt earlier this year prompted by U.S. sanctions on Moscow. According to trading sources and shipping data reviewed by Reuters, the company restarted imports following a drop in Urals prices below the G7’s price cap, …
Read More »Pakistan Weighs First-ever U.S. Oil Imports to Reduce Trade Surplus
Pakistan is actively considering the idea of importing U.S. crude oil for the first time to seek a reduction of its trade surplus with America and avoid one of the highest tariffs – currently paused – on its goods sold in the United States. Crude oil is one of the …
Read More »TotalEnergies Expects 4% Higher Oil and Gas Production for Q1
TotalEnergies expects its first-quarter oil and gas production to have increased by almost 4% on the year to the high end of the quarterly guidance range of 2.5 to 2.55 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). The French supermajor, which reports full quarterly results on April 30, announced …
Read More »The EU is Attempting to Axe Russian Gas Deals without Paying Penalties
The European Union is looking for legal ways to tear long-term natural gas supply contracts with Russia’s Gazprom without having to pay sizable penalties, the Financial Times has reported, citing three officials from the European Commission as saying the leading option was declaring a force majeure. “If the whole idea …
Read More »India’s Oil Import Price Drops below $70 for the First Time since 2021
The average price of India’s crude oil imports fell to below $70 per barrel this month, for the first time since 2021, as international benchmarks plunged amid trade and tariff uncertainty. India, which imports 88% of the crude it consumes, saw its average cost of crude oil imports plunge by …
Read More »Brazil Auctions Oil Blocks under Environmental Dispute
Brazil’s oil industry watchdog has scheduled an auction for drilling rights in an area where environmental authorities have put up serious opposition to any drilling, Bloomberg has reported, noting Brazil’s state-owned energy major Petrobras has been unable to tap the resources in that area because of that opposition. The tender, …
Read More »Moscow’s New Energy Plan: Oil Output to Remain Flat until 2050
Based on Moscow’s new energy plan, Russian crude oil production and exports are set to remain flat until 2050, and output is projected to settle at around 540 million metric tons by the end of this decade, crimped by U.S. and European Union sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Monday. In 2023, …
Read More »Oil Extends Decline as US-China Trade War Weighs on Global Growth Outlook
Oil prices fell on Monday on concerns the escalating trade war between the United States and China would weaken global economic growth and dent fuel demand. Brent crude futures were down 29 cents, or 0.45 percent, at US$64.47 (HK$502.87) a barrel at 0126 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures …
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