Energy Economy

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says returning to the nuclear deal commitments does not need negotiations but determination. Speaking at a cabinet session on Wednesday, Rouhani pointed to the need for the JCPOA signatories to meet their obligations under the deal. “Our returning to the commitments does not take time, it …

French supermajor Total is in talks to sell its 18% stake in an oil field in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, with which it could raise around $ 500 million, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Total is working with Jefferies Group on the potential sale of its stake …

President Hassan Rouhani stressed Iran’s readiness to increase its oil production capacity to normal export volumes, stressing that pre-JCPOA sanctions had led to restrictions in oil production and sale. Addressing the economic coordination committee meeting on Sunday, Rouhani said after the implementation of Iran’s nuclear deal and lifting of sanctions, …

The United Arab Emirates’ resistance at OPEC meetings to extending deep supply cuts into 2021 is the start of a more assertive policy stance that could make it harder for the group to balance global oil supply. The seeds of the emerging divergence have their roots in a major expansion …

The change in the U.S. presidency will bring the collaboration and set of progressive policies needed to tackle the energy transition, Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s chief executive officer said. President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on global warming and railed back environmental protections while promising …

Iran is producing more than 400,000 b/d of oil from West Karoon fields, shared with Iraq, which shows a 460 percent growth compared to figures from seven years ago. Iran’s oil production from West Karoon fields stood at 71,000 b/d seven years ago when President Hassan Rouhani began his first …

A senior official in the southwestern province of Khuzestan believes that oil and gas exports will increase by building energy complexes in the province having great industrial capacities. Ali Karani, member of board of governors of industry equipment manufacturers of Khuzestan, made the remarks in an intevriew with IRNA on …

OPEC and its allies have revised oil demand scenarios for 2021 with demand seen weaker than previously anticipated, a confidential document seen by Reuters shows, supporting the case for a tighter supply policy next year. “For 2021, oil demand is expected to grow by 6.2 million barrels per day, year …

President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that Iran’s next year budget bill aims to fully stop the country’s direct reliance on oil revenues. The president made the remarks speaking during the 181st session of the government’s Economic Coordination Headquarters. Rouhani said that the main goals of the country’s next year …

Iran’s average oil exports have been 700,000 barrels per day since March, the country’s deputy head of Budget and Planning organisation said on Wednesday, in defiance of U.S. sanctions aimed at dropping Tehran’s main source of income to zero. “The average oil sales so far this (Iranian) year have been …