Higher costs for gas infrastructure and the new CO2 price in the heating sector are set to increase gas costs for German households in 2021, consumer comparison site Verivox has calculated. The platform estimates a two percent increase in gas grid fees, amounting to eight euros more per average household …
Read More »UAE Investing in Green and Blue Hydrogen Projects as Part of Clean Energy Move
The UAE is investing in green and blue hydrogen projects, an undersecretary at the energy ministry said Oct. 19, as OPEC’s third-largest oil producer seeks to develop new sources of clean energy. “Hydrogen is very high on our agenda, right now we are really at initiation phase,” Sharif al-Olama told …
Read More »Iranian Trade Center Launched to Export $1 Billion to Syria
Head of Iran-Syria Joint Chamber of Commerce Keyvan Kashefi said on Sunday that the establishment of the Central Iranian Trade Building in Damascus is a step towards realizing $1 billion worth of non-oil goods export to Syria. Referring to providing full equipment, meeting halls for economic conferences at the center, …
Read More »SABIC, Saudi Aramco to Expand Scope of Oil-to-Chemicals Project
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. plans to expand the scope of its Crude Oil to Chemicals project with Saudi Aramco to include existing development programs of advancing crude to chemicals technologies as well as through integrating existing facilities, the petrochemical firm said in a statement to Tadawul. The decision came after …
Read More »India Set to Lose Farzad-B Gas Field in Iran
India has all but lost the ONGC Videsh Ltd-discovered Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf after Iran decided to prefer domestic companies over foreign firms for development of the field, sources said. ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas investment arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), had …
Read More »Iraq Ranks Fourth in the World in Gas Reserves
Iraq ranks fourth in the world in gas reserves, The Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee confirmed, on Saturday. “Iraq is the fourth in the world with natural gas reserves, but annually, it burns about 18 billion cubic meters without any benefit.” A member of the committee, Ghaleb Muhammad, told Shafaq …
Read More »OPEC+ Faces Growing Pressure to Change Course as Ministers Meet
When OPEC and its allies met last month, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister dared oil speculators to test his determination to stabilize global markets. Now that a resurgent pandemic is threatening demand once again, the moment of reckoning is getting closer. The coalition of crude producers gathers on Monday to assess …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 Project Will Be Completed
In mid-September, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned against politicising the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, which he said is profitable for both Russia and the EU. The statement came amid Berlin’s threats to freeze the project due to Moscow’s alleged role in the purported poisoning of Russian opposition figure …
Read More »Russia and Saudi Arabia Step up Oil Diplomacy
Russia and Saudi Arabia held a second, and unusual, phone call this week to discuss the OPEC+ agreement after officials from the group warned on Friday of the potential for a weaker oil market in 2021. President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman spoke Saturday in …
Read More »Oil Market to Rebalance by End-’21
Global oil demand is expected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels by 2022 while supply tightens, creating a deficit, Energy Intelligence has reported, quoting the chief executive officer of Saudi Aramco. Amin Nasser said China would once again be the focus of attention and would account for most of the rebound, …
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