U.S. imports of crude oil from Iraq averaged 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Sunday, despite a slight decrease in its appetite during the same period. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA Said that the U.S. imports averaged 5.423 …
Read More »Russia’s First LNG Bunkering Barge to Operate in the Baltic
The construction of Russia’s first bunkering barge named “Dmitry Mendeleyev” after the great Russian chemist has been completed, Gazprom neft has announced. The vessel is to embark on its maiden voyage to the Baltic shortly. The company intends to start deploying the barge to supply LNG to cargo and passenger …
Read More »Goldman: OPEC+ Unlikely to Open the Taps despite U.S. Calls
OPEC+ is unlikely to respond with increased production to the U.S. calls amid the surging Delta variant, which is set to dampen short-term oil demand, Goldman Sachs says. Earlier this week, the White House called on the OPEC+ group to increase oil production more than they had planned in order …
Read More »Gazprom Raises Gas Exports to Europe by 30% in 2021
Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom has increased gas supplies to Western Europe in the first six months of the year by 28.52% compared to the same period last year. The company’s gas exports to Europe amounted to some 77.235 billion cubic meters by June 2021, Gazprom said on Friday. Gas …
Read More »Iran Oil Minister Candidate Release Future Plans
Javad Owji, who is President Raisi’s suggested candidate for the Oil Ministry, has released a comprehensive program for the development of the country’s oil and gas industry during his tenure, Shana reported. The published plan is comprised of five separate sections including an introduction, some documents related to the oil …
Read More »Russia to Reach Record-High Oil Production by Summer 2022
Russia may reach a record-high level of crude and condensate production in summer 2022, with output expected to reach its peak in 2023, Norway’s Rystad Energy consulting company said in a statement on Friday. “The OPEC+ coalition’s recent agreement to steadily raise oil production is paving the way for Russia …
Read More »Siemens to Build World-Leading 2-Pole Electric Motor
Siemens Large Drives Applications (LDA) has received an order from a Chinese customer to deliver a special machine with dual shaft extension, which will have an efficiency of beyond 98 percent and will be a world-leading 2-pole electric motor. It can be used in motor operation with a power of …
Read More »Blue Hydrogen 20% Worse for Environment than Burning Natural Gas
Blue hydrogen – which could form a key part of the government’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – may be up to 20% worse for the environment than burning natural gas, researchers have claimed. Scientists at Cornell and Stanford Universities found blue hydrogen causes more pollution than burning coal …
Read More »China Advancing Plan for $17 Billion Power Grid Equipment Giant
China XD Group Co.’s listed unit gained on a report authorities are advancing plans to combine electricity transmission and distribution equipment makers to create a 110 billion yuan ($17 billion) behemoth. Units of China XD and State Grid Corp. of China would be merged under the proposal to help drive …
Read More »Global Oil Demand may Exceed 100 mln bpd in 2022
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) maintained its forecast on global oil demand growth for 2021 and 2022, and raised its estimates for the growth of the global economy. Global oil demand is estimated to increase by around 6 million barrels per day (bpd) to average 96.6 million …
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