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The International Monetary Fund said on Sunday Middle East economies were lagging below growth projections due to oil production cuts and the Israel-Gaza conflict, even as the global economic outlook remained resilient. Despite uncertainties, “the global economy has been surprisingly resilient,” IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva told the Arab Fiscal …

Eni has started building a new high-performance computing (HPC) system, HPC6, aimed at appreciably boosting the computational power of HPC4 and HPC5 to over 600 PFlop/s, or 600 quadrillion mathematical operations per second. Their current power is 70 PFlop/s. Eni’s new HPC system, characterised by extraordinary computing power, thus marks …

Brazil’s natural gas imports fell to a 20-year low last year, according to data from the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). Brazil’s nat gas imports fell to 6.5 billion cubic meters, or 228 billion cubic feet, according to ANP, as the country boosts its hydroelectric capabilities …

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday. The total rig count rose by 4 to 623 this week, compared to 762 rigs this same time last year. The number …

Venezuela is sending troops to its border with Guyana in an escalation of tensions over Guyana’s recent oil boom, according to reports citing satellite images and videos posted by Venezuela’s military. Venezuela is attempting to annex an area known as Essequibo, in which Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in December said …

India is looking to sign a multi-year oil purchase deal with Guyana, the Guyanese minister for natural resources, Vickram Bharrat, said on Thursday, as the subcontinent moves to diversify its supply of crude imports. Referencing the possibility of a long-term oil deal with India, Bharrat told reporters on the sidelines …

Security threats to commercial shipping in the Red Sea are not abating, they are escalating instead, and disruptions to maritime trade are expected to last up to a year, according to some of the biggest shipping companies in the world. Many container and tanker operators have been avoiding the Red …

The world’s biggest manufacturer of shipping containers sees a surge in revenues from its hydrogen business, in a sign the clean fuel is starting to gain commercial traction. China International Marine Containers Group Co. makes electrolyzers that can produce hydrogen, as well as storage containers for the gas. It generated …

Novatek, Russia’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), will start loading first cargo from the Arctic LNG 2 plant no earlier than March, Russia’s Kommersant daily reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has earlier said the first shipment would happen in February, but, …

Oil supermajors returned more cash to shareholders than ever before last year as management teams reined in spending on new projects to free up cash for dividends and buybacks. There may be more to come. Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies and BP spent $113.8 billion on 2023 dividends and share …