Brazilian company Petrobras has partnered with Shell and Senai CIMATEC to develop a production development laboratory (LDP) for pre-salt research and development. Being built inside Senai CIMATEC Park in the Petrochemical Camaçari Cluster, the LDP will be equipped to allow testing of integrated systems in safe operating conditions similar to …
Read More »Gazprom: Europe will Find it very Difficult to Fill Storage for next Winter
Europe will find it very difficult to refill its natural gas stockpiles ahead of next winter, Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Tuesday. Filling the European gas storage to the levels from before the 2022/2023 winter could become “a non-trivial task” for European companies, Gazprom said on its Telegram social …
Read More »The World won’t Decarbonise Fast enough unless Renewables make Real Money
Amid the misery of war in Ukraine and the global energy crisis, there is a glimmer of good news. The green transition has speeded up. True, a spike in natural-gas prices fuelled greater demand for coal, the dirtiest of fossil fuels. But it also led consumers to use energy more …
Read More »Major Turkish Gas Discovery to Start Transmission this Week
Less than a month before general elections that will decide the fate of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government has announced that a natural gas discovery in the Black Sea will start production and deliveries as soon as April 20, helping the country move towards energy independence. The discovery, …
Read More »Equinor Begins Production from Bauge Oil and Gas Field in Norwegian Sea
Equinor Energy and its partners have started production from the Bauge oil and gas field in the southern Norwegian Sea, which has been developed with an investment of NOK4.6bn ($438.2m). Bauge is tied back to the Equinor-operated Njord platform, which went through an upgrading project that was completed in December …
Read More »Oil Prices Flat as U.S. Inventories Shrink, more Fed Cues Awaited
Oil prices moved little in Asian trade on Wednesday as anticipation of a slew of indicators on U.S. monetary policy and the economy kept sentiment tepid, although signs of shrinking U.S. inventories pointed to tighter supplies. Data from the American Petroleum Institute showed that U.S. crude inventories shrank by a …
Read More »Turkey may Petition US Court to Enforce $527m Arbitration Award in Iraq Oil Dispute
Turkey is considering petitioning a federal court in the United States to enforce an arbitration award amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars that it won against Iraq, amid a dispute over crude oil exports Ankara received from Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region. Almost nine years after Iraq began suing …
Read More »Chevron Expands Footprint in East Med Natural Gas Basin
U.S. oil and gas giant Chevron is looking to explore for natural gas off the coasts of Cyprus, Egypt, and Israel as the region’s energy demands grow. In a lease tender issued on Monday, the company is seeking a drilling vessel for 2024 with an option to extend its use …
Read More »India and China Snap up Russian Oil in April above Price cap
India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. That means the Kremlin is enjoying stronger revenues despite the West’s attempts to curb funds for Russia’s …
Read More »Gazprombank Strengthens Partnership with Indian Banks to Expedite Trade
Trade between India and Russia has experienced a significant boost since the West imposed sanctions on Russia last year for its invasion of Ukraine. This has led to a change in the flow of oil and other goods, making Russia the largest supplier of crude to India this year. The …
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