DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced a significant gas and condensate discovery on the Carmen prospect in the Norwegian North Sea license PL1148 in which the Company holds a 30 percent interest. Preliminary evaluation of comprehensive data, including cores and fluid samples, acquired from the discovery …
Read More »Iraq, TotalEnergies Sign $27 bln Energy Deal
Iraq and French oil major TotalEnergies has signed a long-delayed $27 billion energy deal that aims increase oil production and boost the country’s capacity to produce power with four oil, gas and renewables projects. The deal had been signed in 2021, with an initial investment of $10 billion in southern …
Read More »OPEC+ Cut Limits Losses as Oil Slips before Chinese and US Data
Oil prices dipped in Asian trade on Monday as investors tread cautiously before fresh economic data from top consumers the US and China this week, though expected crude supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia limited losses. Brent crude futures fell 51c, or 0.7%, to $77.96 a barrel by 3.45am …
Read More »IAEA Chief Says Absolutely Logical Fukushima Water Release Draws Interest
It is “absolutely logical” that Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from its Fukushima nuclear plant is attracting great interest in the region, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said on Sunday. Grossi also said he understands concerns remain over the plan but added …
Read More »Russia Requests UN Security Council Meeting over Nord Stream Pipelines Explosions
Russia has requested a UN Security Council meeting to discuss last year’s explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Black Sea, a senior Russian diplomat said on Saturday. Dmitry Polyansky, the first deputy of the Russian envoy to the UN Security Council, said on Telegram that Russia has …
Read More »Iraq Plans to Boost Gas Output by 1.5bn cu ft in Five Years
Iraq plans to boost its gas output by 1,500 million cubic feet over the next five years, through its recent initiative to licence exploration operations across 10 oil and gas fields in west Iraq and 13 sites on the country’s western border, stated the Minister of Oil Hayan Abdulghani. Abdulghani …
Read More »Spain Wants to be a Green Energy Hub, but Risks Moving Too Fast
At a port across from Gibraltar, two European monarchs made a rare joint appearance in June to bestow their imprimatur on a bold and risky endeavor. Standing alongside freight ships in Algeciras, King Felipe VI of Spain and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands inaugurated a new maritime corridor. The critical …
Read More »China Voices Opposition to Japan’s Nuclear Wastewater Release Plan
The Chinese government has solemnly stated strong opposition on multiple occasions regarding Japan’s decision to discharge treated nuclear wastewater into the ocean, said the spokesperson of the Mission to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) on Monday. In a statement published on the mission’s website, the spokesperson said Japan’s planned …
Read More »SOMO: Iraq Sells Crude Oil to Jordan below Official Price
Iraq’s SOMO, the state-owned oil marketing company, has announced that the average price of crude oil exported to Jordan reached $58.70 per barrel during the month of June. With this, Iraq sold each barrel of crude oil to Jordan last month at a price that was $12.41 lower than the …
Read More »Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan Sidestep Russia with New Trade Partnership
Kazakhstan has in a fresh effort to ease bottlenecks in a transportation corridor bypassing Russia reached an understanding with Azerbaijan and Georgia to set up a jointly run and owned logistics company. The agreement was signed last week at the culmination of a trip to the South Caucasus nations by …
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