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 …
Read More »Putin Extends Ban on Selling Oil to Countries with Price Cap on Russian Fuel
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday extended through Dec. 31 the ban on selling Russian oil and petroleum products to countries that introduced a price cap, a price above which fuel purchases are prohibited. According to a decree on the government’s official website, the supply of Russian oil and petroleum …
Read More »Energy Agencies are Conflicted about Rising Oil Demand
The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that it expected global oil demand to peak at the end of the decade earlier this month. Meanwhile, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said oil demand could reach 110 bpd by 2045, above the peak IEA estimate. But if these major …
Read More »Hydrogen Plant on the Cards for Europe’s Largest Inland Port
The Port of Duisburg (Duisport), Europe’s top inland port, has teamed up with French renewable hydrogen producer Lhyfe to look into the feasibility of building the first major electrolysis plant in the port. The planned factory would have a capacity of up to 20 MW and could be built on …
Read More »OPEC Says Oil Demand will Hit 110 Million Barrels per Day in 2045
Global oil demand will rise to 110 million barrels a day in about 20 years, pushing the world’s energy demand up by 23%, said OPEC on Monday. “Oil is irreplaceable for the foreseeable future,” Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said while addressing …
Read More »China Keeps Coal, Gas-Fired Plants as Backup for Green Power
Record heat across Asia is putting its surging renewable power fleet to the test, highlighting the need for backup supply, transmission system upgrades and tariff reforms to ensure reliability and stave off a slowdown in green energy adoption. Temperatures in parts of the region breached 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in …
Read More »India Looks to Fund State Refiners’ Net-Zero Operations Goals
India’s government this week asked some of the biggest state oil refiners to launch rights issues with which the authorities plan to help fund the firms’ net-zero and energy transition goals, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting sources with knowledge of the matter. The government will be seeking equity in Indian …
Read More »U.S. Oil Drilling Slow down Continues
The total number of total active drilling rigs in the United States fell by 5 this week, according to new data from Baker Hughes published Friday, falling by more than 70 rigs over the last two months. The total rig count fell to 682 this week—71 rigs below this time …
Read More »Ukraine Looks to Raise $40 Billion to Launch a Green Steel Industry
Ukraine is looking to raise initial funding of up to $40 billion to rebuild one of its most important industries – iron and steelmaking – including by reducing dependence on coal and launching a green steel industry after the war. The Russian invasion has decimated iron and steel production in …
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