Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has said Iran is ready to return to the oil market as soon as the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is revived and the U.S. sanctions are lifted, Shana reported. Zanganeh made the remarks after attending the 17th …
Read More »UAE Highlights Carbon Emission Reduction Strategies
A UAE climate negotiation team, presided over by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, is participating in the virtual meetings of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), launched on May 31 and continues until June 17. The meetings aim to pave the way …
Read More »Oil Rises after OPEC Confirms It will Return Supply Carefully
Oil prices rose on Wednesday after oil cartel Opec and its allies stuck to their plan to cautiously return oil supply in June and July while expecting fuel demand to rebound strongly during the US summer. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 32c, or 0.5%, to $68.05 at …
Read More »Gazprom Continues Ramping Up Production with Gas Exports Booming
Russian energy giant Gazprom’s output rose significantly from January through May compared to the same period last year, the company said on Tuesday. “For the first five months of 2021, production amounted to 221.9 billion cubic meters of gas, according to preliminary data,” Gazprom said on Telegram, adding: “This is …
Read More »Global Energy Investment to Recover to $1.9tn in 2021
Spending cuts enforced across the global energy industry last year due to the pandemic will be clawed back in 2021, with investment poised to grow 10% to $1.9tn. That is a return to pre-crisis levels, but the composition of capital expenditure will be more tightly focused on electricity generation than …
Read More »Russian Energy Ministry Expects Coal Production Recovery to Pre-Pandemic Level in 2021
Russia’s coal production is expected to reach the level of 2019, after which coal producers started to reduce output amid the coronavirus pandemic-related economic crisis and the falling demand in western countries, by the end of this year, Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky told reporters on Tuesday. “I think that …
Read More »Oil Hits Highest since October 2018 as OPEC+ Flags Tight Market
U.S. crude futures hit their highest level in more than two years after the OPEC+ alliance forecast a tightening global market ahead of a production policy meeting. West Texas Intermediate rose as much as 2.6% from Friday’s close to $68.04 a barrel. Global benchmark Brent topped $70 earlier Tuesday. The …
Read More »Iran Fully Cooperating with IAEA to Help Vienna Talks Bear Fruit
Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi has in a letter to Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi reaffirmed Iran’s full cooperation with the IAEA, according to Iran’s envoy to international organisations in Vienna. “In this letter, it is mentioned that …
Read More »OPEC, Russia Seen Gaining more Power with Shell Dutch Ruling
Climate activists who scored big against Western majors last week had some unlikely cheerleaders in the oil capitals of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Russia. Defeats in the courtroom and boardroom mean Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron are all under pressure to cut carbon emissions faster. That’s good news …
Read More »OPEC+ Technical Committee Keeps Oil Demand Growth Forecast Unchanged
The global crude oil demand will grow by 6 mln barrels daily in 2021. The forecast is kept unchanged as compared to the April estimate, according to the final report of the OPEC+ Joint Technical Committee (JTC), with its copy seen by TASS. Committee experts had a videoconference meeting today. …
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