German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged Turkey to refrain from “provocation” in the Eastern Mediterranean, while signalling support for Cyprus and Greece in gas drilling dispute. “Ankara must end the interplay between detente and provocation if the government is interested in talks – as it has repeatedly affirmed,” Maas said …
Read More »Solar, The New King of Electricity
Solar output is expected to lead a surge in renewable power supply in the next decade, the International Energy Agency said, with renewables seen accounting for 80% of growth in global electricity generation under current conditions. In its annual World Energy Outlook on Tuesday, the IEA said in its central …
Read More »The World’s Top Energy Agency Is Pressing for Aggressive Carbon Cuts
The world’s most authoritative body of energy analysts, the International Energy Agency, has found in its annual flagship report that the world is headed toward global warming higher than the Paris Agreement’s most aggressive limit of 1.5°C. The agency, long known for its expertise in fossil fuels, lays out a …
Read More »Global Crude Oil Demand to Peak in 25 Years
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has projected that despite the growing need for renewables as a source of energy, crude oil and its associated products will remain the largest contributor to the energy mix in the next 25 years. In its annual World Oil Outlook (WOO) 2020, released …
Read More »Iran Ups Gas Output in Parsian Refinery by 9 Percent Y/Y
CEO of Parsian Gas Refining Company Farshid Abdali Dehdezi announced a 9% year-on-year increase in the production of gas and gas condensates in the first six months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2020-September 21, 2020) Abdali Dehdezi pointed out that his company supplied 10.34 billion cubic meters of …
Read More »Gazprom Sees European Gas Glut in 2021, Blames U.S. LNG
Russian gas giant Gazprom expects excess supplies in Europe’s natural gas market to continue in 2021, the head of the company’s exporting arm said on Monday, blaming exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States. Gazprom has seen its share of the European gas market, where it makes …
Read More »Iran’s Envoy Reacts to IAEA Chief’s Comments
Iran’s Permanent Envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that considerable centrifugal and quality of nuclear materials have no place in the documents of IAEA. Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to Vienna-based International Organizations Kazem Gharibabadi made the remarks on Sunday in his reaction to the statements raised by the …
Read More »Iran to Recover 1bcm of Gas from Sarajeh Facility
CEO of the Iranian Central Oil Fields Company Ramin Hatami said the ICOFC had planned to produce over a billion cubic meters of gas from Sarajeh gas storage facility in winter. “A sum of 902 million cubic meters of gas was recovered from Sarajeh facility last year,” Hatami said, adding, …
Read More »Pandemic, Shift to Renewables Speed Up Big Oil’s S-E Asia Exit
The Covid-19 pandemic and an ongoing shift to renewables are accelerating an exodus of the world’s largest oil and gas companies from South-east Asia, dimming prospects for investment and raising the possibility of supply shortages once demand recovers. US and European oil majors have either announced or are thought to …
Read More »Oil Prices Extend Slide as U.S. Producers Restore Output Post-Hurricane
Oil prices dropped for a second straight session on Monday as U.S. producers began restoring output after Hurricane Delta weakened, while a strike that had affected production in Norway came to an end. Brent crude for December fell 32 cents, or 0.8%, to $42.53 a barrel by 0347 GMT and …
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