Russia’s oil output in the first five days of May fell to 8.75 million barrels per day (bpd), close to its production target of 8.5 million bpd for May and June under a global deal to cut crude supplies, two sources familiar with the data told Reuters. Together with gas …
Read More »Iraq Struggles to Implement OPEC Agreement Reducing Oil Production
Iraq has yet to inform its regular oil buyers of cuts to its exports, suggesting it is struggling to fully implement an OPEC deal with Russia and other producers on a record supply cut, traders and industry sources said. Iraq, OPEC’s second largest oil producer, has instructed its biggest company, …
Read More »Gazprom Neft Sees Oil Prices Topping $30 This Summer
Oil prices will top $30 a barrel this summer as demand will start to recover slowly, Alexander Dyukov, CEO at Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft, told a Russian television channel in an interview. Dyukov said that he hoped oil prices would exceed $30 a barrel in the summer and approach …
Read More »US Energy-Related CO2 Falls 2.8% in 2019
Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the US declined year-on-year by 2.8% in 2019, the country’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday. The US’ energy-related CO2 emissions registered at 5,130 million metric tons (MMmt) in 2019, which was slightly below the level recorded in 2017 of 5,131 MMmt, the …
Read More »Will Aramco Cut Its Dividend?
It is becoming increasingly clear that the ongoing oil demand destruction, COVID-19 lockdowns and financial crisis are going to significantly impact Saudi Arabia. In a dramatic appearance, Saudi Minister of Finance, Mohammed Al Jadaan, stated that the Kingdom is going to take any measures necessary to counter the effects of …
Read More »Covid-19 Disrupts Oil and Gas Supply Chains
Social distancing is directly affecting global travel, logistics and material handling, as well as potentially creating gaps along the oil and gas supply chain that will take some time to fix, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s report, ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19) Case Study: Impact on Oil & …
Read More »Iran Tops List in Accepting IAEA 2019 Inspections
Iranian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna said by accepting 21 percent of total inspections of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2019 and also accepting over 90 percent of inspections in its own group, Iran is now on top of the list. Speaking to reporters, Kazem …
Read More »Iran, Turkmenistan Deputy FMs Discuss Ties
The senior foreign ministry of officials of Iran and Turkmenistan held a meeting via video conference Tuesday night to discuss an array of issues of mutual interest. The meeting was chaired by Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Turkmen counterpart, Hajiev Vafa, during which the two sides discussed …
Read More »Russia, China Struggle for Influence in Iraq Oil Market
With the U.S.’s patience wearing thin on its dealings with neighboring Iran, endemic corruption still prevalent in both the south of the country and in the northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, and enduring political chaos with frequently-changing prime ministers popping up whilst the real power remains with firebrand cleric Moqtada …
Read More »Saudi, Russia, US Share Fight Intensifies in Oil Market
The world’s three biggest oil-producing countries, Saudi Arabia, Russia and the US have intensified their fight for a greater share of the global oil market as sluggish oil demand worldwide continues with low crude prices. Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), oil consumption around the world has weakened over the …
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