Oil

Kazakhstan’s Oil Output Hits Record High

Kazakhstan’s oil production reached an all-time high in March despite the country’s continued pledges to start complying with its OPEC+ quota that it has been exceeding for years. As international supermajors are expanding oilfields in Kazakhstan, the non-OPEC producer part of the OPEC+ pact pumped as much as 2.16 million …

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Saudi Crude Supply to China Set for One Year Low in April

Despite the expected rise in OPEC+ production in April, Saudi Arabia is set to ship significantly lower crude oil volumes to China next month to levels not seen in over a year, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting trade and industry sources. Spring maintenance at some large state-controlled refineries in the …

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Crude Oil Inventories See Larger than Expected Drop

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell by 1.455 million barrels for the week ending February 28. Analysts had expected a smaller 300,000-barrel draw. This offsets just a small part of the 12 million barrels of builds in U.S. crude oil inventories …

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Turkey Aims for Iraq-Turkey Oil Pipeline to Run at Full Capacity

Turkey is seeking to maximise the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline’s capacity as operations resume through Ceyhan, according to Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar. Bayraktar emphasised Turkey’s readiness to resume operations, despite a lack of confirmation on flow resumption, according to a report by Reporter. Turkey halted the operation of the pipeline …

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