Liquefied natural gas (LNG) dispenses through pipes on-board the Gallina LNG tanker after docking at the National Grid Plc’s Grain LNG plant on the Isle of Grain in Rochester, U.K., on Saturday, March 4, 2017. The shipment to England on the Gallina was priced using the U.K.’s National Balancing Point, …
Read More »BP to Become Integrated Energy Company as It Moves Away from Oil and Gas
BP is probably the first oil major that has made concrete plans for the end of oil — or at least the shrinking of its role. The company announced a big strategic pivot in August that would see it turn from an “integrated oil company” to an “integrated energy company”. …
Read More »Kuwait Aims to Finish Mideast’s Biggest LNG Terminal by March
Kuwait aims to open what will be the Middle East’s largest import terminal for liquefied natural gas in March, according to two people familiar with the project. The Al-Zour plant will allow Kuwait to receive 22 million tons of LNG (about 31 billion cubic meters) a year, almost doubling the …
Read More »China’s Appetite for Oil Is Probably Bigger than It Looks
A surge in Chinese buying of blending fuels this year means oil demand in the world’s biggest importer is likely bigger than the official figures indicate, according to the trading arm of refining giant Sinopec. Chinese fuel consumption was already back at year-earlier levels in May, Fairy Wang Pei, head …
Read More »BP: The Era of Oil-Demand Growth Is Over
BP Plc said the relentless growth of oil demand is over, becoming the first supermajor to call the end of an era many thought would last another decade or more. Oil consumption may never return to levels seen before the coronavirus crisis took hold, BP said in a report on …
Read More »Natural Gas Is Losing Its Luster as a “Bridge Fuel” to Renewable Energy
Even the cleanest fossil fuel is losing its appeal to rich nations. Just a few years ago, natural gas was hailed as vital for the transition toward an economy that runs on renewable energy. But sentiment is changing and the fuel is going the same way as coal, its dirtier …
Read More »Saudi Government Taps into Aramco for Cash, Forcing It to Stall Projects
The world’s biggest oil company is getting squeezed by its main shareholder, the Saudi Arabian government. Even with crude dropping to US$40 a barrel this week and its cash flow plunging, Saudi Aramco is trying to pay a US$75 billion dividend this year, almost all of it to the state. …
Read More »Merkel Faces Pressure to Drop Russian Pipeline to Punish Putin
Chancellor Angela Merkel is under pressure from within her own party to drop support for a controversial gas pipeline with Russia after links point to the Kremlin in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Norbert Roettgen, head of the German parliament’s foreign affairs committee and a candidate to …
Read More »China Is Turning Its Back on Saudi Arabia
In recent months, the world’s biggest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, has lost market share in China to the United States as the world’s top oil importer has boosted imports from America and reduced purchases from the Kingdom. China has imported record volumes of crude oil in recent months, taking advantage …
Read More »OPEC Compliance Still Appears Good as Iraq Pledges Extra Cuts
Pledged overdue output cuts from Iraq in the next couple of months — if delivered — could help mitigate rising OPEC oil supply amid an expected recovery in demand vs. a weak 2Q. Our analysis points to the group’s overall good 93% compliance with quotas in July, despite sustained non-adherence …
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