Venezuela lost the top spot to Brazil amid triple-digit inflation. unpaid debts to oil-service companies and lack of investment.
Read More »Iraq`s Oil Export Talks with Turkey Vexed by $4-Billion Kurd Debt
Iraq is holding talks with Iran to truck 15.000 bpd of Kirkuk crude to Iran’s Kermanshah refinery.
Read More »Kurdistan Accuses Iraq of Dishonesty after Kirkuk Attack
OPEC’s de facto leader. Saudi Arabia. needed to hit the $60 benchmark in order to feel safe in authorizing its state-run firm. Saudi Aramco’s. initial public offering.
Read More »Turkish Stream Enters Turkey`s Exclusive Economic Zone
The Turkish Stream project envisages building a gas pipeline along the seabed of the Black Sea to the European part of Turkey and farther on to the border with Greece.
Read More »Saudi Arabia Needs Oil to Trade at US$70 a Barrel in 2018 to Break Even
Oil will trade at $50 to $60 a barrel for the ``medium term.`` the IMF said.
Read More »Russia Signs Nigeria to Build Nuclear Power Plant
Rosatom is seeking to build nuclear power plants in other countries on the continent including South Africa.
Read More »Bahrain Minister Calls for Freezing Qatar`s GCC Membership
Bahrain will not attend the upcoming GCC summit if Qatar takes part.
Read More »Russia Cements Top Spot in Crude Sales to China as Saudis Recede
The Asian nation’s imports of Russian crude jumped 61% to a record 6.35 million metric tons in September from a year earlier.
Read More »China Is about to Do for Global Gas Demand What It did for Oil
The major risk to future gas demand is the possibility that renewable power sources will take a larger slice of the global energy pie faster than now expected.
Read More »Kurdish Oil Keeps Flowing Despite Baghdad`s Threats Over Kirkuk
The federal government has sent troops into areas around Kirkuk and soldiers haven’t entered the city boundaries.
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