Oil prices dipped further on Thursday after tumbling more than 5% in the previous session, as a record build in U.S. crude inventories and a rapid resurgence in COVID-19 cases cast doubts on fuel demand recovery. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 22 cents, or 0.6%, to $37.79 …
Read More »U.S. LNG Exports Crash by More Than 50%
Historically low natural gas prices from Asia to Europe and lower demand in the pandemic have resulted in U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) dropping from 8.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in January to an expected export volume of just 3.2 Bcf/d in July, the U.S. Energy …
Read More »Iran to Cut Dependence on Hormuz Strait for Oil Exports via 1,000-km Pipeline
The Iranian president says Iran is building a major pipeline to transferring oil from west of the Persian Gulf to its east, cutting dependence on Hormuz Strait for oil exports. President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday described the pipeline project as a major and significant national program. “We are doing a …
Read More »For First Time ever, Majority of Shareholders Push Oil Giant Chevron to Align with Paris Climate Pact
Proposals by the Climate Action 100+ investor signatories calling on major oil and electric power companies to disclose lobbying activities and improve governance on climate change earned record support during the latest shareholder proxy season. Notably, a 53% majority of shareholders at Chevron Corp. CVX, -0.16% voted for a resolution …
Read More »China Forces Energy Giants to Share in Pipeline Reform Preview
China’s top natural gas buyers have been directed by regulators to share import infrastructure, one of the broadest government efforts yet to enforce reform policies aimed at bolstering energy security and breaking down market barriers between the nation’s three state energy giants. The move comes as the world’s biggest gas …
Read More »Novatek Announces Plans to Build Third Massive LNG Plant in Northern Siberia
Novatek, the largest private natural gas supplier in Russia, has said it will have sufficient gas reserves to add a $10bn LNG plant to its processing complex in northwest Siberia, and that it plans to build a series of transshipment complexes. The company began producing LNG at its Yamal plant …
Read More »World Energy Council Sees 350,000 Energy Jobs at Risk on Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic is prompting energy companies world-wide to shed jobs and cut costs, and will have a fundamental impact on the pace and direction of global energy transition, the World Energy Council (WEC) said, pointing to the latest findings of its global surveys. “The Covid-19 crisis is triggering the …
Read More »Oil Rises after Trump Assurance on China Trade Deal
Oil prices rose on Tuesday after a volatile session sparked by confusion over the status of the U.S.-China trade deal. Markets were unsettled by surprise comments from White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who said the hard-won deal was “over”, though U.S. President Donald Trump later soothed jangled nerves with …
Read More »OPEC+ Laggards Fall in Line with Push for Compensatory Oil Cuts
OPEC+ nations that had been pumping more oil than their quotas allow for are starting to fall in line and provide details to other members of the cartel on how they’ll make extra reductions to compensate. Nigeria, Angola, Gabon and Brunei have submitted plans to the OPEC secretariat in Vienna …
Read More »BP Invests $5m in Methane Leak-Detecting Specialist Satelytics
BP has invested $5m in cloud-based analytics software company Satelytics through its venture capital arm, as the oil giant continues its drive to deploy a suite of methane-detecting technologies to combat climate-harming greenhouse gas leaks across its fossil gas activities. US firm Satelytics claims to collect high resolution imagery from …
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