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Azerbaijan’s promise to double its annual gas exports to Europe by 2027 may be a step closer to realization with the news that BP has found new gas reservoirs beneath its existing Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli oil field (ACG) in the Caspian Sea. BP has confirmed to Eurasianet that the appraisal well it …

Qatar this year will sign record volumes of long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) offtake contracts, the country’s energy minister said on Tuesday at a conference in Vancouver. About 40% of new global LNG output will come from Qatar by 2029, said Minister of Energy Saad al-Kaabi at the LNG 2023 …

China approved on Tuesday proposals that would transform its oil, gas, and power markets, CCTV has reported. Under the proposals, China will construct a new power system intended to be “economically efficient, flexible and intelligent in supply and demand coordination,” the Chinese Communist Party’s commission for deepening reports said. Currently, …

Global demand for all forms of energy is forecast to rise by 23% through 2045, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais told a Nigerian oil and gas conference on Tuesday. Oil executives and officials from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have repeatedly made the case for continued …

Iraq will begin trading crude oil for Iranian gas to end the recurring issue of payment delays to Tehran due to the need for US approval, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Sudani said on Tuesday (July 11). He said Iran had cut gas exports to Iraq by more than 50% …

India has initiated exploratory talks with Iraq to assess the possibility of building facilities to liquefy natural gas that is flared at the West Asian country’s oil and gas facilities, and transporting it as liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India, a senior government official said. The proposal came up during …

Some 85% of all power plants installed worldwide last year were in the renewable energy field, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday. Sending a video message to the Türkiye-China Business Conference, held jointly by Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) and Türkiye’s Foreign Economic Relations Board …

Nigeria currently accounts for 33 per cent of the total gas reserves in Africa, the Federal Government said on Monday. While disclosing this through the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, it added that the gas reserves in Nigeria could last for about 94 years. The Chief Executive Officer, NUPRC, Gbenga …

Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, recouping some of the losses from the previous session, as traders focused on supply cuts by the world’s biggest oil exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia and a weaker dollar. Brent crude futures rose 23c, or 0.3%, to $77.92 a barrel by 1.53am GMT, and …

The value of Kazakhstan’s exports of fossil fuels and related materials to the EU increased by 65.15 percent in 2022 compared to 2021, Trend reports. According to Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, in 2022, Kazakhstan exported fossil fuels and related products to the EU worth 26.1 billion euros, …