Energy Economy

OPEC left its global oil demand forecast for 2021 unchanged in its monthly outlook report, due to an economic rebound in the second half of the year but the bloc sees energy consumption in India, the world’s third-biggest consumer of oil, collapsing because of the surge in Covid-19 infections. The …

Iran expects to export as much as 2.5 million b/d of crude after the removal of US sanctions as the third round of talks between Tehran and some signatories to the nuclear agreement concluded in Vienna amid hopes of Washington removing oil sanctions on Tehran. “Oil sales have dropped much. …

The European Parliament suggests halting oil and gas purchases from Russia and disconnecting it from SWIFT in case of “invasion in Ukraine.” Such statements are contained in the final draft resolution on Russia posted by the European Parliament on Thursday. The European Parliament “underscores if such a military build-up were …

OPEC and its allies projected a strong recovery in global oil demand this year, but the outlook was clouded by a raging virus outbreak in India just days before the group’s next meeting. A committee of technical experts from the group forecast that world oil consumption will rebound by 6 …

The 28th edition of meeting of Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Cooperation Commission will be held on April 28-29 to discuss enhancing and broadening bilateral ties on issues of mutual interests. This meeting will be held in the presence of Chairpersons of Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Cooperation Commission Mahmoud Vaezi Iranian President’s Chief …

As national and regional economies continue to recover from the recessions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 800 power generation projects, dominated by renewables, are now in the Asian pipeline outside China, representing at least $316 billion in investment opportunities, according to a recent EY report. Of that total, …

The latest data published by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) shows an increase in Iran’s crude oil output for the third consecutive month in March. According to the OPEC report, Iran’s oil production rose by 137,000 barrels per day to 2.304 million bpd in March, marking the …

Three billion dollars non-oil exports were registered from East Azarbaijan Province, northeast of Iran, in the past Iranian year ended on March 19, 2021, a provincial official announced on Sunday. Habib Aminzadeh, head of chamber of commerce, mine and industry of the province, made the remarks at a press conference. …

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said in Vienna that cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continues in both areas of fact-checking and technological assistance. Araghchi held talks with the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi on the Joint Comprehensive Plan …

While OPEC+ had agreed to cut oil production to keep market balance and is now easing the cut in a phased manner, Iran is exempt from making cuts until it reaches December 2016 production level – namely near 4 million barrels per day, as confirmed by Iranian officials and OPEC+ …