Oil prices rose on Wednesday on a string of positive manufacturing data and a drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, both indicating an economic recovery and rise in energy demand despite surging coronavirus infections around the world. Brent crude LCOc1 was up $1.19, or 2.9%, to $42.46 a barrel at 0900 …
Read More »New Oil Storage Hub in UAE to Open by End of 2020
Brooge Energy Ltd. expects new tanks at its oil-storage terminal in the United Arab Emirates to be fully operational by the end of the year, with a single customer booked to lease all the additional capacity. The US-listed storage operator is adding eight tanks at the site in the UAE …
Read More »Schlumberger Introduces Performance Live Service
Digitally connected service delivers real-time operational data and insights for improved performance Schlumberger introduced, on June 29, Performance Live digitally connected service that optimizes remote wellsite operations control while improving safety, efficiency and footprint. The service includes technology and domain expertise within a digital ecosystem, leveraging cloud-based applications and automated …
Read More »Gulf Economies to Shrink 7.6% over Virus, Oil Slump
The Gulf states’ economies could contract by 7.6% this year in their deepest decline in decades, as the coronavirus and low oil prices take their toll, a top International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said on Tuesday, June 30. The new projection for the 6-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is dramatically …
Read More »China, Russia to Test Crude Oil Transport via Railways
China and Russian will begin to transport crude oil via a bilateral freight train service from July, an executive of JSC Russian Railways said at an industry seminar on the future of railway freight train service between China and the Europe on Tuesday. The new form of energy transport is …
Read More »India Oil Market Projects Faster Recovery than OPEC’s Estimates
India, the third-biggest oil consumer, expects fuel demand to return to normal earlier than projections by the International Energy Agency and OPEC. “If you look at the trend of the past few weeks, I’m confident that by the end of second quarter, demand will be as usual,” India’s Oil Minister …
Read More »Norway Sets Oil Export Records as OPEC+ Cuts Leave a Void in the Market
As OPEC and its allies make their deepest cuts yet to crude production, Norway’s giant Johan Sverdrup oil field is exporting more than ever before. Crude loadings from the field are set at a record 4.4 million barrels, or 465,000 barrels a day, in August, according to a loading program …
Read More »CNOOC Announces Significant South China Sea Discovery
CNOOC Limited has made a significant discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in Eastern South China Sea. It is expected to become the first mid-to-large sized condensate oil and gas field in the shallow water area of Pearl River Mouth Basin. The Huizhou 26-6 structure is located in Huizhou Sag in Zhu1 …
Read More »Gazprom Begins Work on Ice-Resistant Platform for Arctic Shelf Gas Field
Russian oil and gas major Gazprom announced it has begun construction on an offshore ice-resistant platform for its Arctic shelf gas field development, Kallanish Energy reports. The offshore production platform will be deployed to the Kamennomysskoye Sea gas field, located in the Ob bay of the Kara Sea. The field …
Read More »Iraq May Amend High-Cost Oil Output Deals
Iraq is reassessing contracts to pump crude at fields where production costs are high as it tries to contain expenses while curbing output, the oil minister said, according to a report on Sunday in Al-Sabah newspaper. OPEC’s second-biggest producer has an interest in cooperating with other global suppliers in reducing …
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