Despite pressure from President Trump and a recent rise in oil prices, the OPEC+ group has said it won’t change its current plan to begin gradually unwinding the cuts from April. The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), the OPEC+ panel reviewing policy and markets and potentially recommending actions to the …
Read More »South Korea Found to Have 14 Additional Offshore Oil and Gas Prospects
The U.S. geoscience exploration firm working in South Korea’s East Sea has discovered 14 additional oil and gas prospects in the area, South Korean officials said on Monday. U.S. exploration firm Act-Geo has said in a report to the Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC) that it had detected these possible …
Read More »Goldman Sachs: U.S. Tariffs will have Short-Lived Limited Impact on Oil Prices
International oil and gas prices will see a limited short-term impact from President Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, according to Goldman Sachs. On Saturday, the U.S. Administration announced that additional tariffs would be implemented on February 4 on these countries. Canada and Mexico face 25% tariffs, with …
Read More »Vitol Expects Oil Demand to Remain Robust until 2040
Crude oil demand will remain at current levels over the next 15 years at least, commodity trading major Vitol has forecast, shattering earlier predictions from outlets such as the International Energy Agency that has consistently been predicting peak oil demand growth before 2030. Demand for crude is set to rise …
Read More »Iraqi Parliament Clears Key Hurdle to Kurdistan Oil Export Restart
On Sunday, Iraq’s parliament voted on a key plan for the compensation of oil companies operating in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region that would speed up the restart of crude oil exports from the region. According to a Bloomberg report, MPs decided to allocate $16 per barrel produced in Kurdistan and …
Read More »Oil Rises as Trump Slaps Tariffs on Biggest Crude Supplier to US
Oil advanced as US President Donald Trump placed hefty tariffs on a range of imports, including crude from Canada and Mexico, threatening higher costs for American consumers. US marker West Texas Intermediate (WTI) jumped as much as 3.7 per cent before paring about half of those gains to trade near …
Read More »EIA: Canada Leads US Oil Imports in January
Canada remained the top crude oil supplier to the United States in January 2025, exporting an average of 3.8 million barrels per day (bpd), according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and analytics firm Kpler. Mexico ranked second with 457,000 bpd, followed by Saudi Arabia at 275,000 …
Read More »How China’s Rare Earth Minerals End up in Russia’s Advanced Weaponry
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, Western nations have accused China of supplying Moscow with microchips and other critical dual-use technologies that are “powering Russia’s brutal war of aggression.” In response, Washington and Brussels have hit hundreds of Chinese companies and individuals with sanctions …
Read More »Eni Updates on Renewable Energy Expansion in Kazakhstan
Eni has significantly expanded its presence in Kazakhstan, balancing its operations in major oil fields such as Kashagan and Karachaganak with a growing commitment to renewable energy, a source at Eni told Trend. “In Kazakhstan, we are actively involved in the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbons and natural gas, …
Read More »Tariffs Seen Disrupting Oil Market, Raising US Pump Prices
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico threaten to disrupt North America’s tightly integrated oil market and push up gasoline prices for American motorists. Trump on Saturday signed orders implementing a levy of 10% on imports of Canadian energy, along with general levies of 25% on …
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