The world may soon run out of space to store its extra oil as Saudi Arabia prepares to increase its fossil fuel production even as global demand for energy continues to fall due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Oil storage levels across the world’s storage facilities have climbed to about three-quarters …
Read More »Iran to Continue Development of Joint Oil & Gas Fields in New Year
Iran will go ahead with implementation of important oil projects including development of joint oil and gas fields in the new Iranian year started on March 20, NIOC official said on Wednesday. Karim Zobeydi, an official at National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) told IRNA on Wednesday that implementation of oil …
Read More »IMF Urges Action to Face Big Drop in Mideast Growth
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) called Tuesday, March 24, for urgent action from Middle East governments as the coronavirus pandemic threatens a persistent slump in oil revenues and a “big drop” in growth. The IMF said a dozen Middle Eastern and North African countries had already approached it for financial …
Read More »Russia-Saudi Oil Price War: The Worst may Be yet to Come
Saudi Arabia is pricing the crisis, but going back to the negotiations table may be difficult. The global crude supplies are entering the market at a time when global demand for crude has contracted for the first time in 10 years. By entering into a fierce oil war, Saudi Arabia …
Read More »What will It Take to See $65 Oil again This Year?
Right after Saudi Arabia-led OPEC and Russia broke up their pact to keep oil supply and prices in check, some in the U.S. oil industry were optimistic that oil prices would go back up to $65 by the end of the year regardless of the end of the production restrictions, …
Read More »Russia’s Move in European Gas Markets
Russia sees a silver lining in the oil price collapse—it now believes that the oil price war will help it win the war for natural gas market share in Europe. Russia’s gas giant Gazprom, the single largest supplier of natural gas to Europe, has watched with apprehension the growing volumes …
Read More »Oil Demand Expected to Take a Major Hit in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Right after Saudi Arabia-led OPEC and Russia broke up their pact to keep oil supply and prices in check, some in the U.S. oil industry were optimistic that oil prices would go back up to $65 by the end of the year regardless of the end of the production restrictions. …
Read More »Russia Is Out of Control
Russia is out of control. All of a sudden, it has launched an oil price war, even though it is unrealistic that the Kremlin can defeat Saudi Arabia and the United States in such a contest. Saudi Arabia’s population is one-fifth of Russia’s, while holding equivalent international currency reserves. The …
Read More »US-Saudi Alliance One of ‘Many Ideas’ Being Discussed
Forging an oil alliance between the United States and OPEC’s top producer Saudi Arabia is one of “many, many ideas” being floated by US policymakers but it is uncertain whether it will become a formal proposal, the US energy secretary told Bloomberg TV on Monday. “I don’t know that that’s …
Read More »Poland to Supply US Gas to Ukraine
Poland will transport 6 to 8 billion cubic meters of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year to Ukraine in a deal that will help reduce Ukraine’s dependence on Russian gas. The deal should begin delivering the required natural gas in two to three years but much depends on the …
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