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OPEC+ pumped more than 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) below its target in June, despite a rebound in Russia’s oil production that helped the group’s output rise by 730,000 bpd from May, according to the Argus survey published on Friday. Saudi Arabia and Iraq, OPEC’s largest and second-largest producers, …

The European Union plans to become the top investor in the world’s tallest dam in Tajikistan, EU officials told Reuters, in a move aimed at helping Central Asia cut its reliance on Russian energy and part of EU’s answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Tajikistan began in 2016 the …

Asian stocks slipped and the dollar stood by a two-decade high on the euro on Wednesday as investors’ fears deepened that the continent is leading the world into recession, while oil and European equity futures attempted to steady after a slide. Brent crude futures bounced 1.4% in morning trade to …

Norwegian offshore workers have begun a strike that will reduce oil and gas output, according to the union leading the industrial action. The strike, in which workers are demanding wage increases to compensate for rising inflation, came on Tuesday amid high oil and gas prices, with supplies of natural gas …

The European Union (EU) is planning a deal with Namibia to support the country’s nascent green hydrogen sector and boost its own imports of the fuel, EU and Namibian officials said, as the bloc works to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. Hydrogen has long been touted as a less …

Tokyo continues viewing the Sakhalin-2 project as important from the standpoint of providing power and gas supplies to Japan and intends to continue protecting its interests in the project, spokesman of the Japan’s government Seiji Kihara said on Monday. “The Sakhalin-2 is an important project for Japan from the standpoint …

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the ceiling price for Russian oil, which was included in the G8 summit statement, is expected to be about half the current price, Kyodo reported. “We will set a ceiling at about half the current price and create a mechanism to prevent people from …

Oil firms operating in Iraq’s southern oilfields might face penalties from the state for pollution violations, a senior official at the Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. In a press release he issued earlier today, the head of the Environmental Protection Directorate in the southern territory, Walid al-Mousawi, said that …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Sweden and Finland could still have their NATO bids blocked by Turkey if the Nordic nations don’t follow a memorandum that was signed earlier in the week. Turkey lifted its objection to Sweden and Finland joining NATO after the three countries signed …

Fearing Russia might cut off natural gas supplies, the head of Germany‘s regulatory agency for energy called on residents Saturday to save energy and to prepare for winter, when use increases. Federal Network Agency President Klaus Mueller urged house and apartment owners to have their gas boilers and radiators checked …