As the U.S. strives to develop stronger regional supply chains for several key components supporting the green transition, both the U.S. and Mexico are constructing large-scale microchip manufacturing facilities. The U.S. is increasingly looking to move away from its dependence on China for critical minerals and manufactured components vital to …
Read More »Iran’s Daily Gas Supply from Storage Caverns to Hit 100 mcm
Iran’s Oil Ministry is expanding its natural gas storage capacity to reach a target of 100 million cubic meters (mcm) per day of supply from storage caverns to the country’s gas grid by 2028. CEO of Iran Gas Engineering and Development Company said on Saturday that the company has been …
Read More »Iraq Signs Key Gas Supply Deal with Turkmenistan to Boost Power Grid
On Saturday, Iraqi Electricity Minister Ziad Ali Fadel announced the signing of an agreement with Turkmenistan to secure a daily supply of 20 million cubic meters of gas. In a statement, Fadel emphasized that this influx of gas will play a remarkable role in enhancing the country’s electricity infrastructure, saying, …
Read More »India Positions Itself for a Huge Petrochemical Boom
India is positioning itself for a petrochemical boom, with $87 billion expected over the next decade to meet surging demand. As more of its citizens rise into the middle class, the need for petrochemical-based products—from plastics to fertilizers—is set to soar. According to India’s oil minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, this …
Read More »BP Considers Selling Small Stake in Its Offshore Wind Business
BP is considering a potential sale of a minority stake in its offshore wind business in a move to reduce spending on project developments in the sector, anonymous sources have told Reuters. Currently, BP doesn’t operate offshore wind farms, but it had a pipeline of offshore wind developments worth 9.6 …
Read More »TotalEnergies to Overhaul Largest European Refinery in 2025
TotalEnergies will do extensive turnaround work at its largest integrated refinery complex in Europe in the second half of 2025, sources familiar with the plans told Bloomberg on Friday. TotalEnergies’s Antwerp refining and petrochemicals platform is the French supermajor’s largest integrated complex in Europe. Located in Antwerp, Belgium, right in …
Read More »China’s Crude Oil Refining Hits Three-Month Low
Crude oil refining in China fell to the lowest in three months in September as more refineries closed for regular seasonal maintenance. Even so, oil prices will likely suffer a negative impact from the news, as it also revealed refining since the start of the year was down 1.6%. Chinese …
Read More »UK Targets Russia’s Shadow Fleet with New Oil Tanker Sanctions
The UK on Thursday imposed the largest round of sanctions to date against Russia’s shadow fleet, designating additional 18 oil tankers and four LNG tankers as it seeks to cut critical revenues for Vladimir Putin. In June, the previous UK government explicitly targeted vessels identified as belonging to the shadow …
Read More »EU Has Storage Capacity to Survive End of Ukraine Gas Transit
Even if supply from Russia via Ukraine ends, the European Union can still meet its natural gas needs in next year’s winter by utilizing the bloc’s storage facilities and rolling back consumption before the peak season, according to a new industry analysis. The transit contract between the two warring countries …
Read More »Russia’s Lukoil Visits Baghdad to Discuss Oil Projects in Iraq
Recently, a delegation from the Russian oil corporation Lukoil visited Baghdad to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani to discuss matters about the company’s activities in the country. Lukoil gave a thorough update on their current activities in Iraq’s West Qurna 2 and Eridu oil fields, emphasizing the …
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