As Europe shuts down its remaining coal power plants and turns away from volatile gas for electricity generation, it is also losing key flexible power supplies that can be switched on at the last minute to keep the lights on during peak hours. To replace those, the European Union hopes …
Read More »Oil Prices in Decline due to Global Demand Uncertainty
Oil prices started the week on the decline due to demand fears fueled by weak global economic data and the possibility of more interest rate hikes. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $80.44 per barrel at 09.35 a.m. local time (0635 GMT), a 1.25% decrease from the closing price of …
Read More »South Korean Companies Eye in Gas Projects in Turkmenistan
South Korean companies are interested in implementing projects in the gas sector in Turkmenistan, this was stated by the head of the Korea-Turkmenistan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Lee Dal-gon at a meeting with the President of the Supreme Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Azernews reports, citing Turkmen media. According to Lee …
Read More »Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Agree to Optimize Energy Transit Route to Europe
On April 10, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev paid a one-day official visit to Kazakhstan (President.az, April 10). This visit took place about six months after the first official visit of Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the head of state to Azerbaijan in August 2022 (The Astana Times, August 24, 2022). …
Read More »ADNOC Aims to Grow Energy Market Share in Europe
ADNOC, the national oil company of Abu Dhabi, is expanding its natural gas production capacity and increasing investments to target Europe’s gas markets. As one of the Middle East’s largest energy producers, ADNOC aims to meet the growing international demand for LNG by becoming a net-exporter of gas. The company …
Read More »GCC Countries Look to AI to Build a New Kind of Workforce
As public and private entities across the world weigh how to utilise generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology, GCC countries are embracing the new tool as a way to transform their education sectors. The November 2022 release of ChatGPT by Silicon Valley-based start-up OpenAI unleashed a wave of excitement and concern …
Read More »Equinor Looks to Drones to Make North Sea Rig Inspections Easier
Equinor ASA and Norwegian airport regulator Avinor aim to make “advanced drone operations” over the North Sea common place to make it easier to inspect rigs and cut down the vast distances between the oil and gas platforms. Establishing an unmanned air traffic system will make it easier to employ …
Read More »Qatar Records 22 more LNG Cargoes in First Quarter than Q1, 2022
Qatar delivered 22 more cargoes in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) said in its April report. In March, the total number of global LNG export cargoes increased by 8% m-o-m to 551. The total number of …
Read More »ExxonMobil Withdraws from Colombia Block Deal
An ExxonMobil spokesperson has confirmed to Rigzone that the company has exercised its right to withdraw from its joint operating agreement with Patriot Energy for Block VMM37 in Colombia. “We notified the Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarbons of our intent to withdraw from the E&P contract for VMM37, and to discuss …
Read More »Kazakhstan Pushes up Oil Exports Bypassing Russia
The first quarter of 2023 saw Kazakhstan ramp up oil exports bypassing Russia as the Central Asian country seeks to reduce its dependency on Moscow, data from industry sources and Refinitiv cited by Reuters showed. While Kazakh oil exports through the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus are relatively small, they …
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