ExxonMobil announced that it has made two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. The Fangtooth-1 well, which was drilled in 6,030 feet of water, is said to have encountered approximately 164 feet of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. Lau Lau-1, which was drilled in …
Read More »U.S. Overtakes Qatar to Become the World’s Largest LNG Exporter
The United States became the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in December as deliveries of the superchilled fuel to energy-starved Europe surged. According to Bloomberg calculations, the U.S. dethroned Qatar as the top LNG exporter in the world after a substantial jump in LNG production from Cheniere Energy’s …
Read More »Global Gas Shortage Worsens as Emerging Asia Joins the Hunt
The hunt for natural gas is spreading to Asia’s developing economies, with India and Indonesia adding to the global demand pressure. Indian Oil Corp. and Gujarat State Petroleum Corp. have recently bought spot cargoes of liquefied natural gas after being absent from the market for months, according to traders. Indonesia …
Read More »OPEC Plus Ready to Supply Fuel Needed by Consumers
Explaining the 24th OPEC Plus Ministerial Meeting, the Iranian oil minister stated that the member countries are ready to take responsibility for the fast and reliable supply of oil whenever the market and consumers need it. After the end of the 24th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting on Tuesday, Javad …
Read More »OPEC Appoints Kuwait’s Al-Ghais as Next Sec-Gen
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has appointed Haitham Al-Ghais of Kuwait as its Secretary General with effect from August 1, 2022, for a period of three years. The decision was taken as a special conference of OPEC under the chairmanship of its President, Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, Congo’s …
Read More »Oil Holds Gain after OPEC+ Adds more Output as Market Tightens
Oil held gains in early Asian trading after OPEC and its allies agreed to a scheduled increase in production for next month, and an industry report pointed to another decline in US crude inventories. Futures in New York traded near $77 a barrel after rising 2.4 per cent over the …
Read More »U.S. Claims Title of World’s Largest LNG Exporter
The U.S. became the world’s No. 1 exporter of liquefied natural gas for the first time ever last month, as deliveries surged to energy-starved Europe. Output from American facilities edged above Qatar in December after a jump in exports from the Sabine Pass and Freeport facilities, according to ship-tracking data …
Read More »Russia Admits Nord Stream 2 may never be Launched
The Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 may not pass the EU certification procedure, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin, reports RIA Novosti. According to him, the certification process may last many months until the summer of 2022. At the same time, the U.S. may impose new sanctions which …
Read More »Germany Welcomes EU Green Energy Plan on Gas
Germany on Sunday welcomed a plan by the European Union to label some natural gas energy projects as “green” investments, but stressed its opposition to a proposal to do the same for nuclear power projects. Germany pulled the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations on Friday …
Read More »OPEC Taps Kuwait’s Haitham al-Ghais as Its next Public Face
OPEC chose veteran Kuwaiti oil executive Haitham al-Ghais to become the organization’s top diplomat, as the group and its allies navigate a delicate recovery from the pandemic. Al-Ghais – a multilingual technocrat whose three-decade oil industry career includes stints in Beijing and London – will become Secretary-General in August, taking …
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