OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations agreed on Sunday to cut output by a record amount, representing about 10 percent of global supply, to support oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic. The group, known as OPEC+, agreed to reduce output by 9.7 million barrels per day (bpd) for May-June, …

Governor of Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati said that Iran’s non-oil exports are gaining momentum and booming after a downtrend in coronavirus cases in the country. He wrote on his Instagram page late on Tuesday that today, during the meeting of the Government’s Economic Coordination Headquarters in the presence …

Global growth in new renewable energy capacity will experience its first annual decline in 20 years this year amid the coronavirus pandemic but is expected to pick up next year, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. The world is set to build fewer wind turbines, solar plants and other …

Russia’s biggest liquefied natural gas producer is sending the fuel across the Arctic to China more than a month earlier than usual as the ice that typically blocks the route thaws. The Christophe de Margerie, an ice-class vessel serving Novatek PJSC’s-led Yamal LNG project, departed from the production plant in …

The United States has overtaken China as the most attractive country in the world for renewables investment and the global clean energy sector is expected to bounce back quickly despite the coronavirus pandemic, research showed on Tuesday. In an annual ranking of the top 40 renewable energy markets worldwide by …

Iran’s installed capacity of renewable energies has increased four-fold over the past five years, according to Deputy Energy Minister Homayoun Haeri. Haeri made the remarks during a ceremony on Tuesday in which the new head of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization was introduced. He said that Iran’s installed capacity …

China is likely to favor liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports over pipeline gas supply until 2027, Fitch Solutions said on Monday. The super-chilled fuel will continue to be dominant over piped gas imports because of rampant expansion of domestic LNG import capacity. In addition, it will take the Power of …

World oil prices are going up on Tuesday, and trading data attest to this. Accordingly, the WTI oil futures for June rose 2.29 percent to $32.55 a barrel, RT reported. And the Brent oil futures for July supplies increased 0.60 percent to $35.02 a barrel.

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted maintenance at oil and gas projects and refineries from Russia’s Far East to the coast of Canada, storing up problems for an industry already reeling from slumping prices, analysts say. Lockdowns to stop the spread of COVID-19, the flu-like infection caused by the virus, have …

Russia’s Gazprom said Monday it was launching feasibility studies on constructing a second gas pipeline to China that would more than double the volumes it could deliver to the energy-hungry nation. “The objective is to connect the gas transportation infrastructure in the west and the east of Russia,” Gazprom chief …