Pakistan is looking to buy Russian oil at $50 per barrel, media reported on Sunday, as the South Asian country is grappling with an economic and foreign reserves liquidity crisis. Pakistan is desperate to import energy at low costs, after it was outspent on the market last year when oil …
Read More »India to Ensure No Breach on Russia Oil Purchase Sanctions
India will not breach Western sanctions on Russia including the price cap of $60 imposed on purchases of oil from Moscow, according to people familiar with the matter. Government authorities have asked banks and traders to adhere to the rules, the people said, declining to be identified as the information …
Read More »PetroChina Completes Drilling Asia’s Deepest Horizontal Well in NW China
PetroChina announced on Friday that it has completed drilling a well at a depth of 9,396 meters in Tarim Basin, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, making it the deepest horizontal well in Asia. It marks the Tarim Oilfield entering a new phase of oil and gas exploration at a …
Read More »Kazakhstan Faces Political Pressure to Diversify its Oil Export Routes
Astana is upbeat about boosting oil exports, despite caveats over how the war in Ukraine may impact markets and questions about its recently launched shipments to Europe. Kazakhstan plans to increase oil supplies via its main export pipeline to Russia by over a third by the end of next year, …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Set to Supply Full Crude Oil Volumes to Asia in April
Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco will supply next month the full contracted volumes of crude to at least four refiners in North Asia, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters on Friday. Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia raised the official selling prices (OSPs) for most of its crude going to …
Read More »China’s Oil Imports Set to Soar despite Slow Start to 2023
Chinese energy commodity imports were underwhelming in the first two months of 2023, but they are expected to pick up later this year with potentially record-high crude oil purchases, even though Beijing has set its lowest annual economic growth target in decades. In January and February, months in which China …
Read More »India’s Oil Deals with Russia Dent Decades-Old Dollar Dominance
U.S.-led international sanctions on Russia have begun to erode the dollar’s decades-old dominance of international oil trade as most deals with India – Russia’s top outlet for seaborne crude – have been settled in other currencies. The dollar’s pre-eminence has periodically been called into question and yet it has continued …
Read More »US Wants Hike in Global Crude Output, Including from OPEC
The United States wants to see a hike in oil production, including from OPEC countries, said a senior State Department official Monday. “As world economies recover, we’ll see more consumption. And therefore we’d like to see supply meet demand,” said Jose Fernandez, the US Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, …
Read More »Oil Drops on China’s Cautious Growth Goal as Fed Concerns Linger
Oil declined as China’s modest new growth ambitions and the prospect of tighter U.S. monetary policy posed headwinds for global fuel consumption. West Texas Intermediate traded below US$79 a barrel after gaining more than four per cent last week. China’s Premier Li Keqiang announced a goal for gross domestic product …
Read More »Oil Prices Fall as Top Crude Importer China Sets Modest Economic Growth Target for 2023
Oil prices fell in morning trading on Monday after China’s set a modest target for economic growth for this year. Brent, the benchmark for two thirds of the world’s oil, was trading 0.71 per cent lower at $85.26 a barrel at 9.58am UAE time while West Texas Intermediate, the gauge …
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