The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures Alena Douhan called for the lifting of all unilateral sanctions that obstruct the humanitarian responses of sanctioned States, in order to enable their health care systems to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and save lives.
Read More »Majority of OPEC+ States Ready to Cut Oil Output
Oil prices suffered their worst decline in decades in March after Russia and Saudi Arabia failed to reach a deal on output cuts amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo is in constant contact with the OPEC+ countries; the main participants in the group support the idea …
Read More »OPEC+ Emergency Meeting Likely to be Postponed to April 8 or 9
OPEC and its allies will not hold their emergency virtual meeting on Monday and will likely postpone it until April 8 or 9 to allow more time for negotiations among oil producers on crude supply cuts, two OPEC sources said on Saturday.
Read More »OPEC+ Meeting Planned for April 6 on Output Cut
The Saudi-led OPEC group of oil producers and their allies will meet on Monday via video conference, a source close to OPEC said on Friday, to seek to boost oil prices which have tumbled by two-thirds since the beginning of the year. Top world crude exporter Saudi Arabia on Thursday …
Read More »Bakken Shale Leader Whiting Petroleum Files for Bankruptcy
The unprecedented collapse in global oil markets brought another driller to its knees, forcing a champion of what was once the premier U.S. shale field to seek protection from creditors.
Read More »Oil Sector Hit Disproportionately by Corona Crisis
The coronavirus pandemic and resulting plunge in crude prices will result in a leaner, stronger oil industry but raise the risk of shortages further down the line, Goldman Sachs analysts said March 30. Crude prices suffered another sharp fall on March 30 as the pandemic worsened and the Saudi Arabia-Russia …
Read More »OPEC Members Balk at Request to Review Virus’ Impact on Markets
OPEC nations aren’t giving support to a request from the group’s president for emergency consultations over tanking oil prices, according to a delegate.
Read More »Global Renewables Expansion in 2020 will be Wiped Out by Covid-19
The momentum-building global expansion of wind and solar power plant could be stymied for at least year as government restrictions on movement impact construction timeframes and foreign exchanges market contract around the world, according to new forecast by Rystad Energy. The Norwegian analyst group calculates growth in newly commissioned renewables …
Read More »Yamal LNG Is on Its Way Back to Norway
The almost 200 meter long «Vladimir Vize» is one of 15 top ice-class carriers that over the last 2,5 years have shuttled to Sabetta to pick up liquified natural gas from the Novatek’s major Arctic plant. On that same day, tanker «Yamal Spirit» set out from Rotterdam. Also this ship …
Read More »OPEC Members Balk at Request to Review Virus’ Impact on Markets
OPEC nations aren’t giving support to a request from the group’s president for emergency consultations over tanking oil prices, according to a delegate. Algeria, which holds the cartel’s rotating presidency, urged the secretariat this week to convene a panel that assesses market conditions as oil slumps amid the coronavirus crisis …
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