Oman’s total oil exports saw an increase of 16.2 percent untill the end of June 2022 according to the latest statistics of the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The report said that China topped the list of the Sultanate’s oil importing countries till the end of June 2022 …
Read More »Iraq Agrees to Provide Lebanon with Fuel for another Year
Lebanon and Iraq renewed their fuel agreement today. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in a statement that the agreement has been renewed for one year, with the same conditions as the previous deal. Iraq and Lebanon signed an agreement last July for Iraq to provide Lebanon with 1 million …
Read More »Russia Starts Delivering Extra Gas to Hungary
Hungary said Saturday that Russia has started delivering additional gas to the EU member following a July visit to Moscow by its foreign minister. Hungary’s Foreign Ministry said trade negotiations with Moscow “led to an agreement”, resulting in Russia’s Gazprom starting to deliver “above the already contracted quantities” on Friday. …
Read More »Iraq seeking to Increase Import of Gas from Iran
Spokesman for Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity said that the country was negotiating for more electricity to be imported from Iran. Ahmed al-Ebadi said in an interview with the Iraqi news outlet Middle East News on Saturday that Baghdad was negotiating with Iran to import more electricity. Al-Ebadi said that the …
Read More »IEA: Oil Demand Rises as Gas Prices Surge
Global oil demand will rise more than previously forecast this year as heatwaves and soaring gas prices are prompting countries to switch fuels for power generation, the International Energy Agency has said. Oil prices have dropped by $30 per barrel from a peak in June due to growing supplies and …
Read More »Iranian Tanker Reloads Oil Confiscated in Greece, Embassy Says
An Iranian tanker will soon return to the country with its oil shipment, months after it was detained off the Greek coast as part of a US crackdown on Iranian crude exports. The cargo of oil confiscated from the Lana is currently being transferred back to the vessel, Iran’s embassy …
Read More »Oil Shipments from Russia Resume to Czechia
Oil shipments from Russia through a critical pipeline to Czechia resumed on Aug. 12 after more than a week, the Czech pipeline operator Mero said.Czechia became the last central European country after Slovakia and Hungary to receive deliveries from the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline after a problem over …
Read More »Gulf Oil Producers Expand Carbon Capture and Hydrogen Capacity
As hydrocarbons producers reap sustained revenue from high global prices, national oil companies (NOCs) in the Gulf are accelerating investment in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS); hydrogen; and other green energies to make their activities less carbon-intensive and support the energy transition. Last week Saudi Aramco reached a deal …
Read More »Asia Gobbles up Cheap U.S. Crude at OPEC’s Expense
Asian buyers have bought a substantial amount of cheap U.S. crude on the spot market, suggesting that demand for Middle Eastern grades will be lower in the immediate future, Bloomberg reports, citing traders. According to them, South Korean and Indian refiners had bought some 16 million barrels of U.S. crude …
Read More »Kazakhstan to Reroute Oil Flow from Caspian Pipeline
Kazakhstan will re-route some of its export oil to a pipeline in Azerbaijan as the Caspian Pipeline Consortium channel remains at risk of further suspensions, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. In July this year, a Russian court ordered the suspension of oil flows along the …
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