Europe’s largest oil and gas companies are leaving US rivals further and further behind in the race to cut their reliance on fossil-fuel sales. Total SE, Galp Energia SGPS SA, Equinor ASA, Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Eni SpA are leading the pack, while Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp …
Read More »Qatar Petroleum and Leading LNG Players Sign Agreement to Develop New LNG Carrier Designs
Qatar Petroleum, along with several leading international LNG players, signed a multi-party agreement with LNT Marine, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) to collaborate on the development of new medium and large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier designs. The agreement paves the way for the …
Read More »GECF: Asia with 71% of Global LNG Imports to Remain Largest Regional Market
The gas market will progressively become more interconnected and less regionalised due to the projected extension of total gas exports; GECF said and noted the Asian LNG market, with 71% of global LNG imports, will remain the largest regional market. The share of traded LNG will increase to approximately 48% …
Read More »OPEC Target Gets Harder for Iraq as Exports Jump
Iraq’s crude oil exports jumped in the first half of February even after OPEC’s second-biggest producer pledged to cut production this month. The group and partners including Russia are restraining supply with the coronavirus pandemic still raging. The alliance, known as OPEC+, is seeking to ensure a 66% rally in …
Read More »Qatar Lays Out Ambition to Be LNG King for at Least Two Decades
Qatar aims to be the world’s biggest producer of liquefied natural gas for at least the next two decades, capitalising on rising demand as the world transitions from oil and coal to cleaner energy. Qatar will spend billions of dollars expanding its LNG capacity more than 50% to 126mn tonnes …
Read More »Iraq Misses Goal to Make up for OPEC Quota Breaches
Iraq missed its own target to slash oil output to a six-year low and make up for breaching its OPEC quota. The group’s biggest producer after Saudi Arabia pumped 3.87mn barrels of crude a day last month, only 10,000 fewer than in December, according to a Bloomberg survey and tanker-tracking …
Read More »GECF Ministers Upbeat on Natural Gas Outlook despite Pandemic
The full promise of natural gas will unfold once the world is past the coronavirus pandemic, upbeat energy ministers of the leading gas exporting countries said at a recent GECF ‘Ministerial Roundtable’ held virtually The full promise of natural gas will unfold once the world is past the coronavirus pandemic, …
Read More »OPEC+ Inches Closer to Delaying Output Hike after Russian Talks
OPEC+ inched closer to delaying its January output increase, with Russia actively discussing keeping its current curbs for an extra three months as oil markets weaken. The producer group has been dropping hints for weeks that its plan to add almost 2mn barrels a day to oil markets next year …
Read More »Oil Market more Fragile as Virus Hurts Demand
The outlook for global oil markets has grown “even more fragile” as a resurgent pandemic derails the recovery in demand, the International Energy Agency said. The IEA, which advises major economies, trimmed forecasts for fuel consumption for the rest of the year and predicted that oil inventories – which rebounded …
Read More »BP to Sell Oil, Gas Assets Even If Prices Rebound
BP will sell oil and gas assets to fund its ambitious low-carbon strategy even if prices improve, three unnamed sources told Reuters. A tenfold increase in investments in low carbon businesses to some $5 billion annually is among BP’s new strategic priorities for the next ten years as the supermajor …
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