Oil may have clocked some stunning moves this week, but the systemic implications do not look so dire, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Moves across other asset classes look “tame” by the standards of typical recessions, despite front-month West Texas Intermediate futures falling at one point this week to …
Read More »New Coronavirus Test Kit Cargo Arrives in Iran
A new consignment of coronavirus test kits bought from France arrived in Iran through Sari Su border, northwestern country, on Wednesday morning.
Read More »IEA Calls for Deeper Cuts
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called for the OPEC-led group to take more production offline and faster than previously agreed. Following the carnage of negative WTI prices on April 20, and a growing realisation about pressure on storage, the energy watchdog’s head Fatih Birol set out 3 steps. The …
Read More »OPEC+ Ministers Hold Virtual Meeting Amid Insane Oil Market
Several oil and energy ministers of the OPEC–non-OPEC oil producing countries, signatories of the Declaration of Cooperation, held an informal teleconference to brainstorm the current dramatic oil market situation.
Read More »IEA Suggests OPEC+ Deepen, Speed up Supply Cuts
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday the OPEC+ should consider quicker, deeper production cuts to ease the turmoil in oil markets, Kallanish Energy reports. Executive director Fatih Birol said the initial 9.7 million barrels per day (Mmbpd) production cut in May and June “is a solid start but …
Read More »Iran’s Oil Minister Says Oil Production Cut should be Taken Seriously
Oil producer countries should respect crude production cuts aimed at stabilizing the oil market, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told state TV on Wednesday. “The market will stabilize gradually if the oil production cut is respected by all the producer countries … Cooperation is necessary under this circumstances,” Zanganeh said. …
Read More »Oil’s Collapse Puts Even More Pressure on Emerging Markets
The news just gets worse for some emerging markets, with the collapse in oil prices adding further pressure to currencies and the fiscal situation of countries like Mexico, Brazil, and Russia. Of the commodity-producing emerging market countries, the one that is worrying analysts the most is Mexico. Emerging markets outside …
Read More »Abu Dhabi Replaces 4,184 Streetlights with LED Lights
The $3m project is expected to contribute to more than 80% savings in annual energy consumption.
Read More »OPEC+ Participants will Contact each other to Reconcile Positions if Necessary
Participants of OPEC+ deal will contact each other if necessary, but so far there are no decisions on holding such meetings, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday. “We have all mechanisms to reconcile positions with our partners in this deal, and proper contacts will be carried out if …
Read More »Australia Pledges AUD$70m to Boost Renewable Hydrogen Development
The new funding aims to drive down the cost of producing renewable hydrogen through commercial scale electrolyser projects.
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