Adnoc has signed a 15-year agreement with ENN LNG, the Singapore subsidiary of China’s ENN Natural Gas, for the delivery of at least a million metric tonnes a year of liquefied natural gas. The LNG will primarily be sourced from Adnoc’s Ruwais LNG project in Abu Dhabi, with deliveries expected …
Read More »Oil Surges amid Global Escalating Geopolitical Tensions
Oil prices ticked higher on Wednesday after rising more than 1% in the previous session on jitters over global trade disruption and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East following Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Brent crude futures edged up 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $79.29 a barrel …
Read More »EU Extends Emergency Natural Gas Price Cap through January 2025
The European Union’s energy ministers approved on Tuesday a plan to extend the emergency cap on natural gas prices for another year until the end of January 2025. The original cap on gas prices, the so-called “market correction mechanism,” was introduced at the end of last year to shield industry …
Read More »Germany Signs $55 Billion Natural Gas Deal with Equinor
Germany’s state-controlled firm Securing Energy for Europe (Sefe) and Equinor signed on Tuesday one of the biggest-ever natural supply deals for Norway’s energy giant worth an estimated $55 billion (50 billion euros). Equinor will supply Germany’s Sefe with around 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year from …
Read More »Russia Considering Increase of Oil Supply to Uzbekistan
Russia is working on the possibility of increasing exports of oil and petroleum products to Uzbekistan, Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said, Trend reports. The remark was made during the meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan. The official noted that, the Russia supports Uzbekistan’s …
Read More »Türkiye’s Natural Gas Demand Expected to Reach 53 bcm in 2024
Türkiye’s natural gas demand is expected to increase and reach around 53 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2024, according to Yaşar Arslan, president of Türkiye’s Natural Gas Distribution Companies’ Association (GAZBIR), on Sunday. Arslan told Anadolu Agency (AA) that natural gas consumption this year may remain below the 56 billion …
Read More »BP to Pause all Tanker Transits through Red Sea
Oil giant BP has announced it is pausing all shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by the Yemeni army. It made the decision because of the “deteriorating security situation” though said it was a temporary move, media reported pmn Monday. A number of freight …
Read More »Rystad Energy Partners Zero-Carbon Shipping Center
Norway’s energy research and business intelligence company Rystad Energy has joined Denmark’s Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping to advance the maritime industry’s role in the global energy transition. On December 15, 2023, the duo signed a knowledge partnership agreement to formalize their collaboration, embarking on a long-term …
Read More »Russia to Raise Gas Export to China via Eastern Route
Gazprom PJSC and China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) have agreed to increase the volume of Russian gas export to China through the Power of Siberia Pipeline next year, Russia’s state-owned Gazprom said. At a meeting between representatives of the oil and gas majors, “[i]t was noted that Russian gas supplies …
Read More »GECG: Qatar Remains Major Global Trans-Shipper of LNG
Qatar remains the top LNG exporter among GECF member countries and figures among top three global trans-shippers of liquefied natural gas, according to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). The top three LNG exporters in November were the US, Australia and Qatar, GECF said in its latest monthly report. In …
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