The Shengli Oilfield affiliated to Sinopec in Dongying, east China’s Shandong Province, reported a discovery 485 million tons of shale oil, and a shale oil reserve of more than 4 billion tons after pilot exploration, the state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday. The maximum daily shale oil output of a …
Read More »Iran Denies It has Given up Caspian Sea Gas Rights to Russia
Iran’s envoy to Russia denies reports suggesting Moscow controls rights for drilling gas in Caspian Sea. A Tuesday statement by Khazar Exploration and Production Company (KEPCO), the Iranian firm which controls petroleum operations in the Caspian Sea, also denied the claims by Dadras, saying they were utterly baseless and constituted …
Read More »BP Says Global Oil Demand has Passed 100 Million Barrels per Day
As world leaders discuss the fight against climate change, global oil demand has bounced back above the key level of 100 million barrels a day last seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to BP Plc. Fossil fuel consumption is recovering despite growing urgency in the effort to curb emissions of …
Read More »Korea Needs Massive Renewable Growth to Reach New Climate Target
South Korea’s aggressive new climate target will require the country to significantly ramp up its renewable energy generation, particularly in the wind sector. President Moon Jae-in pledged to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2018 levels by 2030 in his speech at the annual U.N. climate conference …
Read More »Turkey Discovered 60 mln Barrels of Oil Equivalent Reserves so far in 2021
Turkey discovered an additional 60 million barrels of oil equivalent reserves with 26 new onshore explorations this year, Fatih Dönmez, the minister of energy and natural resources, announced on Nov. 1. Speaking in parliament, Dönmez summarized the achievements that Turkey made with its own vessels on the completion of 15 …
Read More »Oil Steady as OPEC Undershoots Output Increase
Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as producer group OPEC undershot its expected pace of output increases last month, while the world’s top oil consumer China ramped up operating rates to meet a spike in diesel demand. Brent crude futures edged higher by 3c to $84.74 a barrel by 5.07am …
Read More »China Ratchets up Efforts to Boost Energy Supplies in Winter
After a power crunch battered the world’s second largest economy from September, China has achieved significant improvement in coal supply due to expanded output and stabilizing prices. As winter approaches, the country is boosting energy supplies in full swing to ensure winter heating needs. China Energy said the coal industry …
Read More »Iran Exports $9bn Worth of Non-Oil Goods in Two Months: IRICA
Spokesman for Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said that 29,709,000 tons of non-oil products, valued at $9.413 billion was exported in two Iranian months of Shahrivar and Mehr (from Aug. 23 to Oct. 22). Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi broke the news on Tuesday, saying that 9,686,000 tons of non-oil …
Read More »Apple Accelerates Pursuit of Net Zero Supply Chain Goal
Tech giant pledges to help communities affected by climate change access clean power through new initiative The number of Apple’s suppliers committed to using 100 per cent clean energy has more than doubled in the past year, the tech giant announced late last week, as it simultaneously launched 10 new …
Read More »China to Recycle 150k tonnes of CO2 to Make Solar Panel Materials
How could carbon dioxide emissions reduce the carbon footprint of the production of solar panels? The Chinese petrochemicals corporation Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals Co has unveiled plans to build a project that will recycle an estimated 150,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year to use in the manufacture of solar panel …
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