Parvin Faghfouri Azar

World may Face Food Scarcity Due to Pandemic

Punjab Minister for Energy Dr Akhtar Malik has said countries around the world could face food scarcity due to the coronavirus pandemic. He expressed these views while chairing a meeting to review wheat procurement in Circuit House on Monday. The meeting was attended by Provincial Parliamentary Secretary for Information Nadeem …

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OPEC, Allies Likely to Make Oil Output Cuts if US Joins

The group of oil producers known as OPEC+, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, are likely to agree to cut production at a meeting scheduled for Thursday as long as the United States joins in cutting output, three OPEC+ sources told Reuters. A previous production-cut deal ended last month after Russia …

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Gulf Oil Producers Brace for Budget Deficits

States in the Persian Gulf region understandably are ramping up spending in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. But their income also is in sharp decline as oil prices test lows. They must thus decide how to cover newfound deficits as oil trades in the US$20-$35-per-barrel range, and natural gas …

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Russia Warns against Increasing Oil Output

Increasing oil production will not serve the interests of any country, Russia warned yesterday, stressing that Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking “constructive negotiations aimed at stabilizing the global energy market.” “Russia did not back the termination of OPEC+ deal – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries,” Russia Today …

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Crude Oil Prices Fall Sharply as Saudi Arabia, Russia Postpone Meeting to Cut Production

Global crude oil prices fell sharply on Monday morning, as uncertainty loomed in the market after Saudi Arabia and Russia postponed to April 9 a meeting about a potential pact to cut production, Reuters reported. The prices of West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude traded over $3 lower before slightly …

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