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The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced on Friday that the oil production capacity from oilfields in Maysan governorate reached 300 thousand barrels per day, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA). The Ministry of Oil mentioned in a statement that this achievement is an important addition, especially as it comes …

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the impact of European sanctions on Russian crude oil and the cap that the Group of Seven nations has imposed on the price of Russian barrels is not clear yet. “In terms of sanctions and price caps, these have not yielded …

A dozen countries, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Slovenia, have made efforts to “significantly” lower the European Union’s planned gas price cap amid the bloc’s attempts to reach an agreement on the issue, Reuters reports. Gas prices in Europe have risen sharply this year after Russia cut gas supplies, leading …

Saudi oil giant Aramco plans to work with Chinese partners to maintain the safety and stability of the industrial supply chains, the company’s Chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan has told Xinhua. In a written interview with Xinhua on Friday, Al-Rumayyan said his company would cooperate with its Chinese partners also in various …

Iran and Kenya traded $50 million worth of goods in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21), according to an Iranian official. Iran’s exports to Kenya reached 86,156 tons worth $38.3 million during the period, registering a 20% year-on-year decrease, says Rouhollah Latifi, the deputy …

China’s largest unconventional onshore gas production field, located in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has reached daily output of 100 million cubic meters, PetroChina said on Saturday. Operated by PetroChina, China’s largest oil and natural gas producer, the Sulige Gas Field located north of the Ordos Basin in Inner …

Sinopec has signed a framework agreement with Saudi Aramco to build a Phase II 16 million-ton-a-year refining project and 1.5 million-ton-year ethylene units in Gulei, Fujian. The project is expected to be completed and operating by the end of 2025, according to a press release by Sinopec. The Chinese company …

The clash over a proposal to cap natural gas prices in the European Union intensified as a group of 12 member states urged a significantly lower intervention ceiling to limit the impact of an unprecedented energy crisis on the bloc’s consumers and businesses. The move by nations including Belgium, Greece, …

Referring to the measures taken in South Pars Gas Field and other fields to increase natural gas output rate, CEO of National Iranian Oil Company said that South Pars Phase 11 will be put into operation stage after two decades. Mohsen Khojasteh-Mehr CEO of NIOC and Deputy Oil Minister made …

The number of total active drilling rigs in the United States slipped this week, according to new data from Baker Hughes published on Friday. The total rig count fell 4 to 780 this week—204 rigs higher than the rig count this time in 2021, and 295 rigs lower than the …