The world’s three biggest oil-producing countries, Saudi Arabia, Russia and the US have intensified their fight for a greater share of the global oil market as sluggish oil demand worldwide continues with low crude prices. Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), oil consumption around the world has weakened over the …
Read More »US, China will Cooperate on Hydropower Plant in Turkey
Turkey will collaborate with China and United States to build a pumped-storage hydropower plant in the Isparta province, in the western Anatolian region, Anadolu reported General Electrics General Manager Marwan Al Roub saying. “The pumped-storage hydropower plant will provide important capacity toward Turkey’s renewable energy potential,” Al Roub stated. The …
Read More »Oil Prices Gain as OPEC Meeting Looms
Crude oil prices were up on Wednesday as the upcoming meeting between OPEC and its allies, known as OPEC+, give hope to investors of potential support to prices. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $32.32 per barrel at 0620 GMT for a 1.4% increase after it closed Tuesday at …
Read More »Global Oil Demand Forecast to Fall 4.9% in 2020
Global oil demand is forecast to decline by 4.9% in 2020, compared to the previous year, Norway-based energy research center Rystad Energy said in a statement on Wednesday. Oil demand around the world is estimated to decrease by 4.9 million barrels per day (bpd) to reach 95 million bpd, from …
Read More »Turkey’s 3rd Drillship Reaches Its Mediterranean
Turkey’s third drillship arrived in Tasucu, Mersin, a coastal city in the Mediterranean region of the country on Sunday, the country’s energy minister said. Fatih Donmez said that the Turkish Petroleum Corporation took the ship into its inventory on Jan. 31 and it set off from the U.K. “We named …
Read More »Erdogan`s Attempt to Explore Gas in the Eastern Mediterranean
Cyprus regards Turkey’s attempt to explore gas in the Eastern Mediterranean as provocative.
Read More »Libya’s Largest Oil Refinery Faces Closure amid Clashes
Libya’s largest functioning refinery in Zawiya is located around 49 kilometers (30 miles) from the capital. Tripoli.
Read More »Australia. Biggest LNG Exporter in 2019
The country has a nameplate capacity of 88 million tonnes.
Read More »Putin Says to Respond to US Sanctions on Nord Stream 2
The U.S. sanctions over the pipeline would affect bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington.
Read More »Aramco to Be Worth more than $2T
Aramco shares will begin to be trade publicly on Saudi stock exchange Tadawul next week.
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