Right after Saudi Arabia-led OPEC and Russia broke up their pact to keep oil supply and prices in check, some in the U.S. oil industry were optimistic that oil prices would go back up to $65 by the end of the year regardless of the end of the production restrictions, …
Read More »Russia’s Move in European Gas Markets
Russia sees a silver lining in the oil price collapse—it now believes that the oil price war will help it win the war for natural gas market share in Europe. Russia’s gas giant Gazprom, the single largest supplier of natural gas to Europe, has watched with apprehension the growing volumes …
Read More »The U.S. Is Becoming the World’s Largest Oil and Natural Gas Exporter
Amid a thunderstorm of horrifically sad COVID-19 news, I wanted to focus on an energy story to lift your spirits. We all realize that energy markets are such an afterthought right now, but I wanted to give you something. Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of …
Read More »Oil Demand Expected to Take a Major Hit in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Right after Saudi Arabia-led OPEC and Russia broke up their pact to keep oil supply and prices in check, some in the U.S. oil industry were optimistic that oil prices would go back up to $65 by the end of the year regardless of the end of the production restrictions. …
Read More »Russia Is Out of Control
Russia is out of control. All of a sudden, it has launched an oil price war, even though it is unrealistic that the Kremlin can defeat Saudi Arabia and the United States in such a contest. Saudi Arabia’s population is one-fifth of Russia’s, while holding equivalent international currency reserves. The …
Read More »US-Saudi Alliance One of ‘Many Ideas’ Being Discussed
Forging an oil alliance between the United States and OPEC’s top producer Saudi Arabia is one of “many, many ideas” being floated by US policymakers but it is uncertain whether it will become a formal proposal, the US energy secretary told Bloomberg TV on Monday. “I don’t know that that’s …
Read More »Poland to Supply US Gas to Ukraine
Poland will transport 6 to 8 billion cubic meters of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year to Ukraine in a deal that will help reduce Ukraine’s dependence on Russian gas. The deal should begin delivering the required natural gas in two to three years but much depends on the …
Read More »Gas Prices will Remain Low over the Next Two Years
Fitch Ratings has trimmed its natural gas price forecasts both for the U.S. and European benchmarks on the back of “very large” market oversupply, Kallanish Energy reports. “Current prices in Europe and Asia rarely cover the half-cycle cash costs – that include variable operating costs and transport to Europe – …
Read More »China’s CPCEC Wins an Engineering Contract for Majnoon Oil Field in Iraq
The Chinese Petroleum Engineering and Construction Company “CPCEC” won an engineering contract worth $ 203.5 million to process high-sulfur gas in Majnoon oil field in Iraq. The project, which is scheduled to be completed within 29 months, aims to build a facility to process high-sulfur gas with a daily capacity …
Read More »Arak Nuclear Plant Producing Heavy Water 24/7
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced in a statement on Sunday that the Arak Heavy Water Complex is producing heavy water with maximum capacity around the clock even during the New Year holidays. The statement by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran stressed that the Arak Heavy Water Complex …
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