Parvin Faghfouri Azar

Iraq Reduced Its Oil Production by 130,000 bpd

Last month, OPEC reduced oil production as the group and its allies made fresh efforts to support prices and prevent a global surplus. According to a Bloomberg survey, OPEC decreased its daily oil production by 490,000 barrels last month to reach 26.57 million bpd. About half of the reduction came …

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Eni to Build Third Biorefinery in Italy

Eni SPA said it is awaiting government clearance to begin construction of its third biofuel production plant in Italy, proposed to rise in the port city of Livorno. “The project, first announced in October 2022 and followed by an application for Environmental Impact Assessment in November 2022, is awaiting official …

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Japan’s Gas Imports Plummet as Nuclear Reactors Restart

Japan’s liquefied natural gas imports for January fell to the lowest level for that month in over a decade, as nuclear reactor restarts, higher renewables output, and energy-savings efforts curb fossil-fuel needs. Deliveries fell to just shy of 6 million tons last month, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. …

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Oil Nudges Higher, Buoyed by Rate Cut Expectations

Oil prices edged up on Thursday, supported by signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve on a possible start to rate cuts and as China unveiled new support measures for its embattled property market. Brent crude futures inched up 5 cents to $80.60 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude …

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French Unveil Large Hydrogen Carrier Design

A French quartet with huge gas expertise have unveiled a preliminary design of a 150,000 cu m liquefied hydrogen carrier. Unveiled at the Hyvolution Summit 2024 trade show in Paris, gas containment system specialist GTT, along with TotalEnergies, naval architect LMG Marin and Bureau Veritas have provided details of a …

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