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Russian energy giant Gazprom Neft has started supplying crude from its Novy Port Arctic oil field to China. The first batch amounting to 144,000 tons of crude was delivered to Yantai port, the company announced. The tanker route from Murmansk to Yantai crosses the Arctic seas and three oceans, and …

The United Arab Emirates wants Libya to “return to oil production” as soon as possible, a top Emirati official said Monday, after officials with Libya’s U.N.-supported government in Tripoli accused the UAE of ordering rival Libyan forces to block oil sales. Anwar Gargash, the Emirates’ minister of state for foreign …

Saudi Oil Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman likes the idea of OPEC+ acting as the central bank of oil. And he expresses admiration for Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve. The challenge now confronting the oil producers’ club is one that’s all too familiar to the Fed: …

The state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) of the UN-backed Libyan government on Sunday declared force majeure on oil exports again due to renewed oil blockade by the east-based army. The NOC said in a statement that it “condemns unreservedly the renewed blockade on Libyan oil exports and calls for the …

Oil slipped nearly 1% on Monday as traders eyed an OPEC technical meeting this week which is expected to recommend an easing in supply cuts that have been propping up crude prices. Brent crude LCOc1 fell 29 cents, or 0.7%, to $42.95 a barrel by 0510 GMT while U.S. West …

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, and other major oil-producing countries are likely to increase their output in August, as coronavirus lockdowns ease and demand begins to rise again. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other producers are expected to modestly ease the record production cuts …

Oil edged down in Asia ahead of a meeting of top producers this week, which could outline plans to begin scaling back the historic output cuts that helped to stabilize prices. Futures in New York slipped 1%, after gaining 2.4% on Friday. OPEC+ will review the state of the market …

The International Energy Agency bolstered its outlook for global oil demand, but warned that the recovery could be derailed by the resurgence of coronavirus. A collapse in fuel consumption during the second quarter was slightly less severe than previously estimated, and demand should rebound sharply over the next three months …

The head of Libya’s state energy company said the war-torn country would resume crude oil exports for the first time in six months, state-run Anadolu news agency said. Since the beginning of the year, forces of rebel General Khalifa Hasftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) have blocked oil production and …

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has announced that his country plans to increase its oil output capacity to take its share back from the market in case of the US sanctions termination. Iran is expanding its oil-production capacity in anticipation that an eventual end of sanctions would allow it to …