The US stepped up pressure on Saudi Arabia to seal a historic deal to cut oil production as negotiations that President Donald Trump himself has brokered dragged on for a third day. Talks aimed at ending a price war that’s savaging the US oil industry and threatening petrostates’ budgets continued …
Read More »US Senators Urges Saudi Officers to Take Concrete Action to Cut Oil Output
Republican U.S. senators from oil states who recently introduced legislation to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia said on Saturday they had spoken with three officials from the kingdom and urged them to take concrete action to cut crude output. Saudi Arabia and Russia were close to finalizing a deal …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Delays Release of Oil Price Data Again as Mexico Refuses to Yield on Output Cuts
On Thursday, Riyadh, Moscow and other OPEC+ members and partners tentatively agreed to cut crude output by some 10 million barrels per day (bpd) over the next two months, with the deal requiring each country to cut about 23 percent of its output. Saudi state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco has …
Read More »Efforts to Persuade Mexico to Join Oil Cuts Deal Persist
The Kremlin said on Saturday it hoped the world’s largest oil producers would come to a consensus on output cuts and that negotiators were still trying to persuade Mexico to take part in a deal, TASS news agency reported. OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, and its allies, led by Russia, …
Read More »Global Focus on Renewable Energy Creates Growth Prospects for Wind Turbine Materials
According to market research firm, Frost & Sullivan, increasing demand for energy worldwide and traditional energy independence due to volatile oil prices is encouraging governments throughout the world to harness the potential of renewable energy, driving the global market for wind turbine materials. Expanding at a compound annual growth rate …
Read More »India Moves Ahead With New Renewable Energy Transmission Projects
India’s mega plans to expand transmission infrastructure to support upcoming and planned renewable energy projects continues to take shape. The government-owned REC Transmission Projects Company Limited (RECTPCL) recently approved setting up seven transmission projects to support renewable energy parks in various parts of the country. The company has approved plans …
Read More »China, UNIDO to Finance Covid-19 Medical Waste Management Project in Iran
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in cooperation with the government of China will jointly finance a project for medical waste management in Iran during the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The project will cost more than one million euros which will be totally provided by UNIDO and China, …
Read More »Saudi-Mexican Clash Halts Record Oil Cut Deal
Top oil nations struggled to finalise record output cuts at G20 talks on Friday to boost prices slammed by the coronavirus crisis, as Saudi Arabia clashed with Mexico despite United States President Donald Trump’s mediation offer. OPEC led by Saudi Arabia and its allies led by Russia, which together make …
Read More »G20 Ministers Struggle to Agree on Oil Output Cuts as Pandemic Weakens Demand
Top oil producers struggled to finalise production cuts during a virtual summit held by G20 energy ministers on Friday, despite US President Donald Trump’s mediation efforts to end a standoff with Mexico. The final G20 communique appeared to gloss over simmering divisions over energy policy, making no mention of output …
Read More »OPEC Says Top Oil Producers Except Mexico Agree to Output Cuts
Major oil producers except Mexico agreed to cut output in May and June by 10 million barrels per day, OPEC said on Friday, after marathon talks to counter a collapse in prices. The videoconference led by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has been seen as the best chance …
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