Goldman Sachs revised down its Brent price forecast for this quarter to $110 a barrel, down from a previous projection of $140 per barrel, but the investment bank still believes the case for higher oil prices remains strong. In recent weeks, oil prices have been driven down by low trading …
Read More »Iraq Played Smart by Reducing Its Oil Price for India
India is among the top importers of crude oil, depending on foreign fuels to meet 85% of its requirements. And it seems to have put its overdependence on imported oil to its advantage when the Ukraine war pushed the fuel prices in the global markets. Saudi Arabia seems to have …
Read More »China’s Natural Gas Output Exceeds 100 Million Cubic Meters Annually for Five Years in a Row
China’s natural gas output has exceeded 100 billion cubic meters per year during the past consecutive five years, thepaper.cn learned from Chinese energy giant China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on Sunday. The rising output is a result of multiple factors such as technology progress and China’s accelerated efforts to develop …
Read More »Shale Drillers Continue Consistent Output as Oil Field Costs Rise
U.S. shale oil drillers continue to show little sign of responding to high global prices with more production, only now it’s not just their focus on rewarding shareholders that’s holding them back, but also a preoccupation with soaring costs. The combined oil and gas production forecasts from a dozen companies …
Read More »UAE Government’s Operating Surplus Doubles Thanks to Oil Price Surge
The UAE government’s net operating surplus more than doubled in the first quarter to Dh36.4 billion ($9.9 billion) as surging oil prices boosted public revenue, finance ministry data showed on Monday. High oil prices and increased production have been a boon for the UAE’s economy this year, along with a …
Read More »South Korea Accelerates LNG Purchases to Avoid Winter Shortage
South Korea is looking to buy more liquefied natural gas to replenish stockpiles before winter. The world’s third-biggest importer of the chilled fuel is seeking additional cargoes to meet forecasts for increased domestic demand and is targeting to lift inventories to about 90% full by November, from about 34% currently, …
Read More »Iraq to Achieve Self-Sufficiency in Oil Derivatives by 2025
The Iraqi Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul Jabbar, announced on Sunday that Iraq is the only country capable of producing the largest amount of crude oil among the crude oil producing countries in the coming years, according to the AlSabaah newspaper. Jabbar confirmed that Iraq has surplus production ready to …
Read More »Iran’s Non-Oil Foreign Trade Touches $9bn Mark
Iran’s non-petroleum foreign trade rose 19% in the month ending July 22, 2022, standing at nearly $9 billion, says an Iranian official. A spokesman for Iran’s Customs Office also said the country exported well over 7 million tonnes of non-oil goods worth more than $4 billion over the one-month period, …
Read More »Iraq Says in Talks with Iran to Increase Natural Gas Imports
The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity says it is in talks with Iran for securing a rise in imports of natural gas from its eastern neighbor as Baghdad works to inaugurate new power plants fueled by natural gas. Ahmad al-Ebadi, a spokesman for the ministry, said the volume of gas imports …
Read More »Norway Considers Limiting Electricity Exports to Prevent Domestic Crunch
Norway may soon introduce a rule to reduce its vast electricity exports if levels at reservoirs for hydropower generation drop to critically low levels in a bid to prevent power shortages and further rises in energy bills domestically. Norway’s Energy Minister Terje Aasland told Norwegian media, as quoted by Bloomberg, …
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