State-owned China Three Gorges Renewables Group Co. is seeking to raise 25 billion yuan ($3.5 billion) in what could be one of the country’s biggest initial public offerings this year. The company plans to sell as many as 8.57 billion shares in Shanghai, according to a prospectus posted on the …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »G20 Has Little to Gain from OPEC+ Oil Cuts Deal
G20 energy ministers have agreed to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss global collaboration with OPEC+ oil production cuts. Boosting the price of crude is an economic imperative for members such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, but the majority of the group of major economies arguably have more …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Iran’s Northern Province’s Non-Oil Export Exceeds $500m
The head of the Organization of Industry, Mine and Trade of Gilan Province in northern Iran said on Monday that the non-oil export of the province surpassed reached $579 million dollars in the last Iranian year (ended March 19, 2020). Saying that the province had an acceptable record despite all …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Iran’s Production from South Pars Gas Field more than 700 Million Cubic Meters
The managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company with installation of the jacket of Phase 11 the natural gas production of the gas field surpassed 700 million cubic meters. Mohammad Meshkinfam said the offshore part of Phase 11, and six platforms of phases 13, 14, 22, 23, and 24 …
Read More »Iraq Expects a Significant Reduction in OPEC Oil Production
The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil, Thamer Al-Ghadban attributed on Sunday the postponement of the conference of oil producing and exporting countries, until next Thursday due to “technical reasons”. Al-Ghadban said, in a statement to the official newspaper, “Al-Sabah”, that “the conference that was scheduled to take place …
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