China’s top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC, has launched the country’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in South China Sea, which is expected to store more than 1.46 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Read More »Gazprom and OMV Discussed the State and Prospects of Cooperation
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Gazprom´s CEO, and Rainer Seele, CEO of OMV, took place on Friday in Russia. The parties expressed appreciation for the strategic cooperation between Gazprom and OMV, noting in particular their successful collaboration on the development project for the Yuzhno-Russkoye field. The field’s annual design …
Read More »IAEA: North Korea Appears to have Resumed Nuke Reactor Operation
North Korea appears to have restarted the operation of its main nuclear reactor used to produce weapons fuels, the U.N. atomic agency said, as the North openly threatens to enlarge its nuclear arsenal amid long-dormant nuclear diplomacy with the United States. The annual report by the International Atomic Energy Agency …
Read More »U.S. Gulf Oil Producers, Refiners Shut as Ida Comes Ashore
Oil and natural gas explorers in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana refineries have shut production as Hurricane Ida crashed ashore. Based on the latest forecast by the National Hurricane Center, Ida made landfall near New Orleans Sunday afternoon. About 1.74 million barrels a day, or 95.7% of crude …
Read More »Oil-Rich Nations Face Growing Pressure to Go Green
Governments in long-established oil-rich nations around the world are coming under fire for their decisions over oil and gas versus renewable alternatives. The once-coveted natural resource is now a question of great contention. But how will the oil industry fare over the coming decades as governments strive for green while …
Read More »EIA: US Imports of Iraqi Crudes Dropped
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Sunday that Iraqi crude oil exports to the US declined to 77,000 barrels per day (bpd) during the past week. According to a report released by the EIA, “The United States imported crude oil from Iraq at a rate of 77,000 bpd, …
Read More »OPEC+ could Reconsider Output Increase
The increase in oil output agreed last month by OPEC+ nations could be reconsidered at its next meeting on Sept. 1, Kuwait’s oil minister said on Sunday. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies including Russia, collectively known as OPEC+, will meet on Wednesday to discuss the …
Read More »Demand Is Recovering, but Oil Investments are not
The price of Brent Crude has hovered around the $70 per barrel mark for about three months. In July 2021, the price averaged $75, while in July 2020 it was $43 per barrel, meaning it saw a 60 percent increase in just one year. As oil demand is recovering sooner …
Read More »Shell Plans to Boost Oman Renewable Energy Portfolio
Global energy major Royal Dutch Shell plans to add new clean energy projects in Oman and boost its renewables portfolio as the sultanate aims to generate 30 per cent of its electricity from green sources by 2030. The company launched the 25-megawatt Qabas solar plant in Sohar in January, which …
Read More »Lukoil Plans to Ramp up Oil Output at West Qurna 2 Field to 480,000 b/d in 2022
Russia’s second-largest crude oil producer Lukoil hopes to increase oil output at the West Qurna 2 project in Iraq to 480,000 b/d next year, the company said during a conference call Aug. 27. Lukoil had previously considered quitting the project in the country due to the current investment climate, but …
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