BP will team up with the government of Iraq to rehabilitate and develop four oil and gas fields in the northern region of Kirkuk. The two sides signed a preliminary agreement to that effect this week. The deal follows another one, signed in 2013, for the development of the giant …
Read More »Iraq Completes Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline Repairs
Iraq’s state-owned North Oil Company has finished repairing a key pipeline linking its northern oilfields to Turkiye’s Mediterranean coast, a company source said on Wednesday. “The pipeline, repeatedly targeted by ISIS militants, is now ready to pump crude oil from Kirkuk to the Ceyhan export terminal,” the source added. However, …
Read More »Paris’ Solar-Powered Olympic Village to become Collective Self-Consumption Hub
EDF ENR, the winner of a tender launched by Solideo — the public entity behind the creation of France’s Olympic Village in Paris — has installed 15 PV arrays on the roofs of buildings currently occupied by athletes taking part in the Olympic Games. Located in the Belvédères district, just …
Read More »Aluminum Prices Plummet despite Green Energy Hype
After aluminum prices increased in the spring and early summer, bulls became exuberant, believing that “green” initiatives like EVs, renewables, and associated power transmission technology would push the metal price higher. However, contrary to their expectations, the LME price continued to fall steadily since early June, a trend mirrored on …
Read More »Ukraine’s Steel Exports Skyrocket with EU Market Access
For the first half of 2024, Ukrainian steel manufacturing increased finished and semi-finished production by about one-third year on year. According to a July 15 report from Kyiv-based steelmaking association Ukrmetallurgprom, volumes for the first six months came to 3.14 million metric tons, representing a 32% rise from an estimated …
Read More »Weak Demand in China Weighs on Middle East Oil Price Outlook
hings have taken a bad turn for the Middle East. Asia, by far the largest demand hub for Saudi Arabia, Iraq or the United Arab Emirates, seems to be going through the same stage of weakness that Europe and the United States were in the spring. Not buying enough, depleting …
Read More »India Cuts Iraq Oil Imports to Lowest since 2020 amid Russian Supply Surge
India’s imports of Iraqi crude oil plummeted in June to their lowest level since September 2020, industry data revealed this weekend. Indian refineries have been scaling back purchases from traditional Middle Eastern suppliers that raised prices earlier this year, the data showed. “Part of the reason is that they (Iraq) …
Read More »Canada Set to Delay Trans Mountain Pipeline Sale after 2025 Election
Canada’s federal government plans to postpone the sale of the state-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline for after the 2025 general election amid politics, regulations, and slow progress in talks with indigenous groups, Bloomberg reported on Friday, quoting officials with knowledge of the discussions within the cabinet. The Federal Government of …
Read More »Hungary to Face Fuel Shortages from September without Lukoil Supplies
Hungary will face fuel shortages from September if full Russian oil flows are not restored, a government official said on Friday, accusing Ukraine of blackmailing it by partially suspending supplies. Eastern European Union members Slovakia and Hungary have been hit by a stop in flows from Russian group Lukoil coming …
Read More »U.S. Boosts Natural Gas Power as Wind Output Slumps to 33-Month Low
U.S. natural gas-fired power generation jumped this week amid the lowest wind power output in 33 months seen on Monday while demand for cooling is rising in the summer. On July 22, wind power output in the Lower 48 states was at its lowest level in the country since October …
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