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Additional investments in development of the Northern Sea Route in 2022 are planned at 4 billion rubles ($55 million). The money will be used for construction of the Utrenniy LNG terminal at the Arctic port Sabetta, reads a memorandum on Russia’s draft budget for 2022-2024. TASS has a copy of …

The United Arab Emirates is seeking to more than double non-oil trade with India to as much as $100 billion over five years as part of efforts to deepen ties with fast-growing economies beyond the Middle East. The two governments have started talks on an economic pact aimed at boosting …

OPEC+, the exporters’ group making corrections in the supply of crude oil, will stick to its plan to incrementally bring 2 million barrels per day back to the markets by the end of the year, the UAE’s energy minister has said. “I think that if things move as they are, …

On Tuesday, the Chinese customs data showed that Iraq was the third supplier of crude oil to China in August. The data of the General Administration of Customs in China revealed that the largest suppliers to China in August were as follows: (from the largest) Saudi Arabia: 8.06 million tons …

Poland vowed to keep its disputed Turow coal mine running on Monday despite being hit with a order to pay a 500,000 euro ($585,550) daily penalty to the European Commission for defying an earlier court ruling to halt operations. Europe’s top court, the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European …

Realizing the potential of hydrogen as the fuel of the future, four Japanese companies, Marubeni Corporation, Iwatani Corporation, Kansai Electric Power, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have signed an MoU with Stanwell Corporation and APT Management Services of Australia. The MoU has been signed to study the feasibility of shipping liquefied …

OPEC and its allies will try to keep oil prices at $70 per barrel in the first quarter of 2022, Iraq’s oil minister said, adding the group is expected to stick to its current production accord when it meet in October “if prices remain stable”. Iraq total oil exports, including …

U.S. imports of crude oil from Iraq averaged 56,000 barrels per day (bpd) last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Sunday, amid a drop in its appetite during the same period. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA Said that the U.S. imports averaged 4.88 million …

Saudi Basic Industries Corp., majority owned by Saudi Aramco, said Sept. 19 that its petrochemical joint venture with ExxonMobil near Corpus Christi, Texas, started commissioning ahead of its expected fourth-quarter start-up. The Sept. 19 confirmation follows a tour of the facility in August when the plant manager, Paul Fritsch, said …

China’s oil consumption could peak in five years at a daily level of around 16 million barrels, a senior Sinopec executive has forecast, as quoted by Reuters. Ma Yongsheng, acting chairman of the state oil major, also said gas consumption will likely peak around 2040. As for oil, Ma said, …