Norway, the biggest oil producer in western Europe, said it would consider joining a broad international agreement to cut production. The Nordic nation, whose oil output is set to grow over the next few years, hasn’t been a part of coordinated international cuts to support prices since 2002. OPEC and …
Read More »Majority of OPEC+ States Ready to Cut Oil Output
Oil prices suffered their worst decline in decades in March after Russia and Saudi Arabia failed to reach a deal on output cuts amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo is in constant contact with the OPEC+ countries; the main participants in the group support the idea …
Read More »Spain and Sweden are Europe’s Cheapest Markets for PPA
Spain and Sweden have the cheapest power purchase agreement (PPA) prices in Europe for wind and solar energy, according to data from Bloomberg NEF’s (BNEF) 1H 2020 European Corporate PPA Price Survey. Sweden, with prices set around €30.50/MWh, is the cheapest market for onshore wind corporate PPAs. In the solar …
Read More »IAEA to Send Two Rapid Coronavirus Testing Devices to Iran
Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency says the IAEA will soon send two rapid coronavirus diagnostic test devices to Iran. Kazem Gharibabadi said following consultations between the two sides, the International Atomic Energy Agency decided to send two RT-PCRs to Iran. “In addition to these …
Read More »Saudi Arabia: It was Russia that Pulled out of OPEC+ Deal
Saudi Arabia’s foreign and energy ministers on Saturday denied Russia’s claim that the Kingdom abandoned the OPEC+ deal, leading to a collapse in world oil prices. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said “a statement attributed to one of the …
Read More »OPEC+ Meeting Planned for April 6 on Output Cut
The Saudi-led OPEC group of oil producers and their allies will meet on Monday via video conference, a source close to OPEC said on Friday, to seek to boost oil prices which have tumbled by two-thirds since the beginning of the year. Top world crude exporter Saudi Arabia on Thursday …
Read More »Kremlin: No Talks yet of New Deal to Replace OPEC+ to Stabilize Oil Market
There are yet no talks about a possible new deal to replace the OPEC+ agreements, Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. “So far, no one has started talking about any specific deals or even abstract deals to replace OPEC+,” he said, answering a question from TASS about whether …
Read More »China Starts Buying Oil for State Reserves after Price Crash
China is moving forward with plans to buy up oil for its emergency reserves after an epic price crash, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The world’s biggest importer is taking advantage of a 60 per cent plunge this year to snatch up cheaper barrels for its stockpiles, …
Read More »US Ready to Help End Oil-Price War
US President Donald Trump said he was ready to help resolve an escalating oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia that has helped push crude benchmarks to 17-year lows. The threat of a global recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic had already hammered prices when Riyadh said last month …
Read More »European LNG Imports to Hit All-Time High in May
European liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports are set to hit an all-time high in March, as the region absorbs global oversupply at a time of declining demand, Kallanish Energy reports. According to experts at the IHS Markit LNG Research Service, total LNG deliveries to Europe are expected at nearly 11 …
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