The Turkish Petroleum state oil company (TPAO) has received a license to conduct exploration in order to discover oil in the Sea of Marmara, reports Hurriyet daily. Turkish Petroleum has received licenses for oil exploration in the Sea of Marmara off the coast of Tekirdag, Balikesir, and Canakkale. According to …
Read More »PetroChina Buys Venezuelan Crude for New Mega Refinery
PetroChina is welcoming this weekend a cargo of Venezuela’s Merey crude for use at a new huge refinery after the U.S. eased sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports a few months ago. A cargo of Merey is due to arrive in China for the state Chinese energy giant on Saturday, according …
Read More »Offshore Wind Development Costs 30% Higher in United States
Offshore wind development costs are 30% higher in the United States than they are in Europe, Germany’s biggest utility said on Thursday at the CERAWeek conference. According to RWE AG CEO Markus Krebber, the wind industry in the United States lacks maturity. “Offshore wind has become very complicated,” Krebber said, …
Read More »IEA Chief: No Chance of Hitting Climate Goals without Nuclear Power
The world will need nuclear power generation to reach its emission reduction and net-zero targets, according to Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). “Without the support of nuclear power, we have no chance to reach our climate targets on time,” Birol said ahead of a …
Read More »Libya, Yemen Eye New Partnerships on Energy
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and his Yemeni counterpart Ahmed bin Mubarak discussed energy cooperation between the countries. A Libyan government statement said the two leaders dwelt on the establishment of new partnerships and cooperation between the countries in the field of energy. During a phone call, the “regional …
Read More »China’s CNOOC to Hold Talks over Oil Exploration in Angola
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is dispatching a team of top executives to Angola to explore new oil exploration opportunities, reported Reuters. This development comes as Angola, one of Africa’s leading oil producers, seeks to strengthen its energy ties with China, a principal creditor and a crucial market for …
Read More »One of World’s Largest Semi-Sub Rigs Comes Back to UK Port ahead of Resuming Drilling Gig with BP
A giant semi-submersible rig, which is considered to be one of the largest ones ever built, has gone back to the UK’s Kishorn Port (KPL), a 50/50 joint venture between Ferguson Transport (Spean Bridge) and Leiths (Scotland), to prepare for its return to the drilling campaign with Britain’s energy giant …
Read More »Saudi Arabia’s non-Oil Revenue Hits 50% of GDP
For decades, Saudi Arabia has been regarded as the de facto leader of OPEC and a swing-producer critical to curtailing large price overshoots in either direction. Over the past few years, the Arab nation has borne the lion’s share of OPEC+ production cuts after recently agreeing to cut 1 million …
Read More »Oil Majors Set to Sanction $125 Billion Upstream Projects in 2024
International oil and gas majors and the Middle East’s national oil companies are expected to give the green light this year to up to 30 projects, worth a total investment of $125 billion and holding an estimated 14 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of resources. That’s the estimate in …
Read More »Iraq Reveals Developments in Resuming Oil Export via Turkey
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil revealed, on Saturday the latest developments in the work of technical committees between Baghdad and Erbil to resolve the issue of oil exports from the fields of the Kurdistan Region (KRI) through the Turkish port of Ceyhan. The ministry’s spokesperson Asim Jihad told Shafaq News …
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