Energy Policy

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says that Tehran has proven that it is not looking for a nuclear weapon and is only using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The Iranian President made the remarks in an interview for an Algerian TV network during his recent visit to Algiers. Having access to …

OPEC raised its oil production in January despite voluntary production cuts that the group was supposed to be adhering to, according to new data published on Friday by Bloomberg. A new Bloomberg survey showed that OPEC’s production rose by 110,000 barrels per day to 26.68 million barrels per day—with Libya …

The International Monetary Fund said on Sunday Middle East economies were lagging below growth projections due to oil production cuts and the Israel-Gaza conflict, even as the global economic outlook remained resilient. Despite uncertainties, “the global economy has been surprisingly resilient,” IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva told the Arab Fiscal …

Higher global economic growth and solid activity in China will see robust world oil demand growth of 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2025, OPEC said on Wednesday in its first outlook into next year’s demand levels. OPEC expects global economic growth at 2.8% in 2025, up from the …

Kanaani made the remarks in reaction to a joint statement of the US and three European countries on Iran’s nuclear program. It is very ridiculous that the countries responsible for the current condition of Iran’s nuclear program are distorting the reality to change the place of the guilty and the …

Qatar remains by far the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Middle East, and one of the top three in the world, together with the U.S. and Australia. Alongside this, though, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it has accomplished something of a geopolitical …

The EU is pushing forward to protect its clean energy manufacturing from Chinese competition by adopting measures to help its EV, solar, and wind industries. The bloc has been looking for months to address its dependence on imported technologies, especially cheaper products from China, which undermine the market shares of …

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said yesterday there was no “single solution” to the energy transition as pressure grows to agree on phase-out of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate talks. “There is no single solution or path to achieve a sustainable energy future,” OPEC Secretary General, Haitham …

A total of 118 countries pledged Saturday to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030 and double the progress in energy efficiency at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As part of the initiative announced …

France’s president encouraged G7 countries on Friday to stop using coal by 2030. Emmanuel Macron enumerated several key points to improve the fight against climate change during an address to the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai. The “primary priority” for the most developed countries is to end …