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OPEC and its allies have postponed technical meetings to later this week, giving themselves more time to assess the impact of the new Omicron coronavirus variant on oil demand and prices, according to OPEC+ sources and documents. Oil prices crashed together with other financial markets on Friday by more than …

The oil producers’ group OPEC+ will likely take a cautious stance when deciding this coming week whether to go ahead with planned output increases after the emergence of a new coronavirus variant sent crude prices tumbling, according to Vitol Group. There are signs that demand may be weakening in some …

Iraq does not have any expectations about the outcome of the Dec. 2 meeting of OPEC+ ministers, the country’s oil minister told the state-run Iraqi News Agency, as the 23-member coalition is set to assess the impact of the oil price crash on Nov. 26, a new COVID variant and …

The largest international oil and gas firms wrote down assets worth $150 billion last year when prices crashed with the demand slump in the pandemic. Despite the fact that this year’s oil prices are now nearly double compared to the 2020 average, the energy industry faces additional impairments in the …

Germany’s next government is working on a 2021 supplementary budget to pump more than €50 billion into its climate fund which could be spent over the coming years to speed up the transition towards a green economy, sources said on Thursday (25 November). The three parties set to form the …

Norway currently has 90 oil and gas-producing fields, but – within a few years – it could rise to more than 130. While the world is struggling to adapt to a changing climate, the Norwegian petroleum industry is booming. Diderik Lund, an economics professor at the University of Oslo, told …

The UAE remains fully committed to the Declaration of Cooperation issued by OPEC+ oil producing countries, according to the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. The UAE “reiterates” that any decisions will be taken collectively by the OPEC+ group at the next Ministerial meeting. The comments come amidst major developments in …

Russia became the world’s largest oil producer in terms of volumes, outpacing the US in September 2021, the state statistics service Rosstat reported on Wednesday. In particular, Moscow produced 10.45 mln barrels of oil per day in July compared to 11.31 mln barrels per day produced by the US in …

US President Joe Biden has today announced that the Department of Energy will make available releases of 50 million barrels of oil from the country’s strategic petroleum reserve to lower gas prices. Last week, Mr Biden asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate possible wrongdoing of oil and gas companies …

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans no top-level international contacts for discussing the situation on the global oil market so far, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday. “No, the president has no [such plans],” he said when asked a respective question. When asked to comment on statements made by …