The biggest oil-exporting region in the world, the Middle East, has set its sights on becoming a major clean energy exporter of green hydrogen. The largest oil producers in the Arab Gulf have jumped on the hydrogen bandwagon — especially its so-called green variety produced from water electrolysis using electricity …
Read More »Iran-IAEA Agreement Maybe Extended for Another Month
An informed source in the Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council announced the possibility of extending the agreement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency for one month. Due to the end of Iran’s quarterly deadline to the International Atomic Energy Agency, there is a possibility of conditional …
Read More »India still Interested in Farzad B Gas Field as Refineries Eye Iran Crude
India is still hopeful it can participate in the Farzad B natural gas field development in the Persian Gulf after Iran decided to go ahead with the project without foreign participation, oil ministry officials told S&P Global Platts on May 23. With US and Iran talks progressing to end sanctions …
Read More »Oil Demand Is Rebounding Fast in Europe
Traffic on Europe’s highways and in the biggest cities has been rising in recent weeks as economies reopen, suggesting a rebound in road transportation fuel demand. Traffic on highways in Spain and France, one of the largest car markets in Europe, is now only slightly off the pre-COVID levels from …
Read More »IOOC Implements New High-Tech EOR Pilot Project
Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) has implemented a pilot enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project in which a nanofluid has been injected into an oilfield in southern Iran for the first time to boost its recovery factor. The high-tech project was unveiled in a ceremony attended by officials from IOOC, the …
Read More »OPEC: IEA Net-Zero Scenario may Lead to Oil-Price Volatility
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) stated that the scenario provided in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report could affect companies’ investments and demand for oil, Reuters reported. According to the report, investors should not fund new oil, gas, and coal supply projects if the world wants to …
Read More »US Oil Rig Count Rises to Highest Level since April 2020
U.S. energy firms added oil and natural gas rigs for a fourth week in a row as higher oil prices prompt some drillers to return to the well pad. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose two to 455 in the week to May …
Read More »Qatar LNG Production Struggling to Keep Market Share Amid Transition
The world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas is ramping up production dramatically and undercutting competitors in a bid to squeeze them out the market. Qatar is dropping prices and pushing ahead with a $29 billion project to boost its exports of the fuel by more than 50%, stymieing the …
Read More »G7 Countries Agree to Stop International Funding for Coal
The world’s seven largest advanced economies have agreed to stop international financing of coal projects that emit carbon by the end of this year, and phase out such support for all fossil fuels, to meet globally agreed climate crisis targets. In a communique on Friday, the Group of Seven nations …
Read More »US Imposes Nord Stream 2-Related Sanctions against Three Russian Legal Entities
The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions against three Russian legal entities that Washington suggests are involved in construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, according to a statement released on Friday. The entities added to the sanctions list include the Federal State Budgetary Institution Marine Rescue …
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