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Oman said there was no need for OPEC+ to accelerate oil-production increases, signaling at least some members of the group will continue to resist U.S. pressure for more crude. OPEC+ is already raising daily supply by 400,000 barrels per month and that’s enough, Oman’s Energy Minister Mohammed Al-Rumhy said in …

Iraq’s West Qurna-2 oilfield has just produced its one-billionth barrel of oil. At a ceremony to mark the event, which was attended by Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said the field started with production of 220,000 bpd, rising to 400,000 bpd, with plans for peak production …

Iraq will start developing the Akkas gas field in an initial stage to pave the way to attract foreign investments, the oil ministry said Nov. 13, as OPEC’s second biggest producer seeks to boost its gas output. State-run Iraqi National Oil Co. discussed during a meeting plans to nationally operate …

Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes that Belarus will not shut off the transit of Russian gas to the EU. “Theoretically, of course, [President of Belarus Alexander] Lukashenko, as the President of a transit country, can probably give an order to cut off our supplies to Europe. But this would be …

Surging oil and natural gas prices are spurring production increases from West Texas to the Upper Great Plains that probably will lift output to levels not seen since the early days of the pandemic, according to Rystad Energy AS. U.S. shale-oil production is expected to reach 8.68 million barrels a …

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin warned Nov. 12 of a potential super-cycle in oil and gas markets amid fears of a continued rapid growth in demand outpacing supplies. The warning comes as pressure mounts on the need to ease surging energy prices, with oil hovering near three-year highs and volatility in …

Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin and Deputy Secretary at the US Department of Energy David Turk held a meeting at the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow, discussing the issues of stabilization of the global oil market, and shared views on …

The International Monetary Fund expects the foreign reserves of the six oil-rich Arab countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to increase by $300-$350 billion in the next three years, a senior official said on Tuesday. The GCC – which comprises Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, …

OPEC and its allies boosted crude oil production by 480,000 b/d in October, according to the latest S&P Global Platts survey, but only half of the group’s members actually increased output last month as many in the coalition are struggling to pump as many barrels as they had promised. OPEC’s …

Saudi Arabia’s economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly a decade in the third quarter, boosted by higher oil prices, according to preliminary estimates from the government. Gross domestic product expanded by 6.8% compared to the same quarter of 2020, the General Authority for Statistics said Tuesday, its fastest …