Oil prices hit multi-month highs to snap a two-week losing run amid expectations of further supply cuts by Opec+ members. Brent, the benchmark for two thirds of the world’s oil, rose 1.98 per cent, or $1.72, to settle at $88.55 a barrel. It hit a session high of $88.75, its …
Read More »Canada’s Oil and Gas Industry Cuts Emissions while Boosting Output
Canada’s oil and gas companies have managed to boost production from conventional resources while reducing carbon dioxide and methane emissions over the decade to 2021, the industry association CAPP has reported. Between 2012 and 2021, CAPP said, Canada’s oil and gas producers increased their total conventional hydrocarbon output by 21%, …
Read More »Aramco Looks to Break another Record with $50 Billion Share Offering
The world’s largest oil company, Saudi Aramco, is considering the world’s largest offering, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to Saudi officials and “other people familiar with the plan,” Saudi Aramco is considering selling off as much as $50 billion in shares. If The Kingdom goes through with the …
Read More »India Set to Install Record-High Rooftop Solar Capacity in 2024 Fiscal Year
India is on track to install a record-high capacity of solar rooftops in the 2024 fiscal year as solar module prices are falling and enterprises are looking to source greener energy, a new report showed on Friday. Rooftop solar is booming in India and the country is expected to install …
Read More »Kazakhstan Buys Tankers to Transport Oil Bypassing Russia
Kazakhstan is buying tankers to transport its oil through the Caspian and Black seas. Thus, the country can look for an alternative to the main export pipeline through the Russian Federation. A division of the state-owned company “KazMunayGaz” has already purchased two tankers with a deadweight of 8,000 tons each …
Read More »The EU’s Imports of Russian LNG Surged by 40% in the First Half of 2023
The EU’s liquefied natural gas imports from Russia jumped by 40% between January and July 2023 compared to the same period of 2021, before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, campaign NGO Global Witness said on Wednesday. Unlike Russian oil, Russian gas is not banned or under sanctions in Europe. But …
Read More »Gazprom’s H1 Profit Plunges as Natural Gas Deliveries to Europe Slump
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom has reported a massive drop in its first-half net profit as deliveries to Europe have slumped compared to 2022 when Russia was still supplying pipeline gas to its European customers for most of the first half of last year. Gazprom’s net profit plunged by 8.5 times …
Read More »Egypt to Drill 35 New Gas Wells to Increase Production
Egypt plans to drill 35 new natural gas wells in the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Delta in the next two fiscal years to boost its production. The country already drilled 10 natural gas wells during the fiscal year 2022-2023, which ended on June 30, 2023, Tarek El-Molla, Egyptian Minister …
Read More »Bloomberg Predicts Peak Oil Demand in 2027
A couple of weeks ago, the International Energy Agency reported that global oil demand reached an all-time high of 103mn barrels a day in June. According to the global energy watchdog, robust demand was driven by better than expected economic growth in OECD countries, surging oil consumption in China, particularly …
Read More »Barclays Sees $97 Brent Oil Price in 2024 as Market Tightens
Slower U.S. shale growth and persistent underproduction from several OPEC+ producers are set to tighten the oil market further in 2024, Barclays said on Wednesday, hiking its Brent price forecast for next year by $8 to $97 a barrel. “Slowing non-OPEC+ supply growth, driven primarily by the US, and persistent …
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