Turkey expects to raise its estimate for the amount of natural gas discovered in the Black Sea and plans to announce the new guidance as early as next week, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The government will outline a sizable revision to the initial discovery of …
Read More »OPEC Expects to Gain Oil-Market Share after Virus Wounds Rivals
OPEC expects to emerge from the pandemic with a greater share of global oil sales, after 2020’s price downturn battered rivals in the US and elsewhere. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries boosted forecasts for the amount of oil it will need to supply over the next four years, shifting …
Read More »Oil Prices Head for 10% Weekly Jump as Norwegian Supply Faces Drop
Oil prices eased on Friday, slipping at the end of a week of big gains made on the risk that supplies from Norway could be slashed by up to 25% due to a strike by oilworkers. Brent was down by 14 cents at $43.20 a barrel by 0740 GMT, having …
Read More »Pandemic Pushes up Cost of Norway’s Oil and Gas Projects
The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the development of Norway’s offshore oil and gas projects, pushing up costs and postponing startups, the government and oil company Equinor said on Wednesday. The costs of ongoing projects rose by 13.2 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.4 billion) from a year ago on an inflation-adjusted basis, …
Read More »Libya’s Central Bank Calls for Resumption of Oil Output, Exports
Libyan Central Bank Governor Sadiq Al-Kabir called for an immediate resumption of oil operations to shore up the economy amid an unprecedented decline in monetary reserves. “We need to raise the production to 1.7 million barrels per day to cover the country’s spending,” Al-Kabir said at a forum that centered …
Read More »Libya Ramps up Oil Exports after Truce, Lifting of Blockade
Libya’s oil output has risen to 295,000 barrels following a truce in the OPEC nation’s civil war and the lifting of a blockade on energy facilities. Fields that feed the newly restarted eastern ports of Hariga, Brega and Zueitina are ramping up production, according to a person with knowledge of …
Read More »Goldman Sachs: Saudi Arabia’s Budget Based on $50 Oil
Saudi Arabia’s Finance Ministry sees oil prices at around $50 a barrel for the next three years, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s analysis of the kingdom’s pre-budget statement. “Using our own estimates for the breakdown of government revenues, we calculate that the numbers presented in the budget statement are …
Read More »China Can’t Quit Its Coal Addiction
At the moment, the energy news out of China is a deluge of reports and think pieces about the government’s recently unveiled an extremely ambitious plan to become carbon neutral by 2060 – very big news from the nation that is responsible for a quarter of the world’s total greenhouse …
Read More »Turkey to Deploy Third Drillship in Search for Hydrocarbons
Turkey is preparing to deploy a third drill ship as part of its search for hydrocarbons, Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez said in a tweet on Thursday. “The Kanuni period begins in our seas. Kanuni will sail from Taşucu Port on Oct. 10” the Dönmez said, referring to the Kanuni drillship …
Read More »China to Launch Country’s Largest LNG Terminal in 2022
China is set to build its largest import liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with operations slated to start in 2022, state media CCTV reported. According to the broadcaster, the LNG “reserve base” will be located in the Jiangsu province, eventually featuring 20 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) importing capacity. During …
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