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The Polish antitrust regulator announced that they are fining Gazprom for refusing to cooperate in a case related to the construction of Nord Stream 2. The fine amounts to 50 million euros and is the largest possible, explained the Polish side. The investigation is related to the financing of the …

With the pandemic raging in large parts of the southern hemisphere and persisting in heavy oil consuming economies in the northern hemisphere, downside risks to the oil demand outlook are sizeable, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has said in an economic update. The spike in coronavirus infections in economies newly …

The average daily oil and gas condensate production in Russia from July 1 to 29 was at the level of 1.281 mln tonnes, according to the data released by the Central Dispatching Department of Fuel Energy Complex (CDU TEK) on Monday. This is 0.7% above the average daily oil production …

CEO of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Behzad Mohammadi said on Monday that the revenue has increased by 80% in the new Iranian year (started March 20). Some 17 new plans have opened, which has led to 60% increase in output capacities of petrochemical plants, said Behzad Mohammadi on a …

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, on Monday, inaugurated and commissioned 286 gas supply projects in the northeastern Khorasan Razavi province through video conference, IRIB reported. As part of the mentioned projects, 77 rural areas were connected to the national gas network to increase the coverage of the national network …

Iran Chief of Staff of Presidential Office Mahmoud Vaezi and Azeri Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev, underlined on Monday that there is no obstacle on way of trade and economic cooperation between the two neighboring countries. During a phone conversation, the two officials underlined the need to share experiences to …

OPEC+ will pump about 1.5 million barrels more this month than in July as it starts to unwind its historic virus-driven output curbs, with Russia already having lifted its output slightly last month. The increase in supply comes as virus cases accelerated in California, a lockdown is being reimposed in …

The oil industry has been hit hard by a number of things this year that have led to a decrease in demand. The biggest one, of course, is the coronavirus pandemic. People aren’t driving as much these days as they stay close to home. The airline and cruise ship industries …

Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian announced his country’s plans to inaugurate and put into operation 250 electricity and water projects by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20). “We have decided to put into operation 250 projects by investing nearly 50,000bln tomans ($11.9bln) by the end of this …

Russia slightly increased its oil production in July, ahead of OPEC+ plans to start easing their record supply cuts starting this month. The nation’s producers pumped 39.63 million tons of crude and condensate last month, according to preliminary data from the Energy Ministry’s CDU-TEK unit. That’s an average daily of …