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Iraq has signed a contract to drill 96 oil wells in the West Qurna-1 oil field located in the southern province of Basra to raise the production, according to a statement by the Ministry of Oil. The state-run Basra Oil Company and the contractors for the West Qurna-1 oil field, …

China National Petroleum Corporation announced on Sunday the discovery of a shale oil field with geological reserves of 1 billion tonnes in northwest China’s Ordos Basin, making it the largest in the country. The leading energy company said the accumulated proven geological reserves of its Changqing Oilfield reached 1.052 billion …

Germany said Turkey should negotiate a solution to its disputed natural gas exploration plans in the eastern Mediterranean. German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer called for an agreement after meeting with Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar on Thursday in Ankara. The talks focused on tensions in the eastern Mediterranean and NATO’s …

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Data showed, on Saturday, that Iraq’s export oil to the United States increased to 300 thousand bpd in the last week. EIA stated in a report, “The United States oil exports recorded 5.751 bpd in the second week of June.” The top three source countries …

India’s fuel demand jumped by 13 percent in the first two weeks of June, for a first monthly rise since March, suggesting that the worst of the impact of the second COVID wave has peaked and consumption is rebounding. Sales of diesel, the most used road fuel in the world’s …

The EU has historically been a major energy importer, with a majority of its oil and gas coming from Russia or the Middle East. Now, as Europe decarbonises its industry, some countries fear it could increasingly become dependent on imported hydrogen. Energy ministers from the 27 EU member states exchanged …

Turkish authorities have shared data on its Black Sea discovery with a duo of U.S. energy majors with possible gas extraction cooperation in mind. Turkey shared its data with Chevron and ExxonMobil regarding its 540 billion cubic-meter Sakarya gas field in the Black Sea, an official with knowledge of the …

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies such as Russia (known as OPEC+) agreed in April 2020 to reduce oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day (mmbd) to stabilize falling oil prices. The landmark decision was meant to stabilize and lift oil prices that were …

Investors have set their sights on $100 a barrel for oil as the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast a decline in global oil inventories in the second half of 2021 in its June Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Traders have scooped up call options tied to Brent and West Texas …

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) maintained strong compliance with agreed oil output targets in May, when the first part of a gradual production increase took effect, Reuters reported. OPEC+ complied with 115% of the agreed output curbs in May, the source said. It said …