Shipments of Russian crude oil to China increased more than 30 percent in March compared to a year earlier while Saudi imports of the commodity sank, Reuters reported, citing Chinese customs data. As crumbling demand for crude and lack of storage space have been wreaking havoc on the oil market, …
Read More »Russian Pipe Laying Vessel Capable of Finishing Nord Stream 2 Changes It Course again
The pipe laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy, owned by Gazprom’s subsidiary (Gazprom Fleet LLC), changed its course again and is heading to the port of Nakhodka. Now the pipe-layer is passing the English Channel, according to data from the ship tracking websites Myshiptracking and Vesselfinder. The estimated time of the vessel’s …
Read More »Baghdad Discloses Iraqi Oil Exports Volume to East Asia
The world economy will improve after the end of Corona crisis in East Asia, especially as the Republic of China which is the largest importer of crude oil in the world,” The Prime Minister’s Advisor for Economic Affairs, Mathehar Mohammad Salih revealed on Sunday. ” 80% Iraqi oil exports goes …
Read More »US Refiners in Harm’s Way If Trump Blocks Saudi Oil
President Trump has spent significant political capital during the coronavirus pandemic tending to the wounds of shale oil producers, but refiners who transform the crude into fuels for consumers are suffering as well. Refineries, with no demand for their fuel, are already operating at about 30% lower capacity than what …
Read More »The Oil Industry Can No Longer Rely On China
The global oil sector is reeling from a combination of negative oil prices, storage overload, demand destruction, and calls for a renewable energy revolution in the post-COVID-19 era. US and European oil market analysts appear to be pinning their hopes on a rebound in oil demand from Asia. Even international …
Read More »Border Customs between Iran and Pakistan Opened
The Rimdan border customs between Iran and Pakistan has resumed operations since yesterday (April 25), said Spokesman for Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Rouhollah Latifi, Trend reports citing IRICA. According to Latifi, 14 trucks (which were exporting Iranian products) crossed the border last day. Latifi added that Pakistan …
Read More »Russia’s Oil Industry has Certain Reserves
The Russian oil industry does not yet need government support, it has accumulated certain reserves, Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel. “So far they are managing. On the one hand, certain reserves have been accumulated, and on the other hand, …
Read More »Global Energy Ministers Plan Green Rebound from Coronavirus without China and US
Energy ministers from some of the world’s largest economies on Friday linked for an unprecedented global summit over how to put renewables at the centre of post-coronavirus recovery plans – but the US and China were absent from the ‘cloudroom’. Danish climate & energy minister Dan Jørgensen claimed after the …
Read More »Saudis Join Three Other OPEC+ Nations Cutting Output Early
Saudi Aramco began reducing oil production earlier this week ahead of the May 1 start date for OPEC+ output cuts, according to a Saudi industry official familiar with the matter. Aramco has begun to curtail production from about 12 million barrels a day to achieve the agreed level of 8.5 …
Read More »Poland Threatens to Complain to European Commission about Gazprom
Polish state oil and gas company PGNiG issued a statement accusing Russia’s Gazprom of failing to comply with the ruling of Stockholm arbitration court. According to Warsaw, the Russian company continues to abuse its monopoly position in the market. “Gazprom has not complied with the final decision of the Arbitration …
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