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OPEC is encouraging its members to engage with the U.S. administration over a proposed U.S. bill against the group, known as NOPEC, and to explain that passing the bill could put at risk U.S. interests abroad. A U.S. House panel passed a bill this week to open OPEC to lawsuits …

A group of some of the world’s most powerful oil-producing nations will meet on Thursday to discuss the next phase of production policy amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. OPEC and its non-OPEC partners, an energy alliance sometimes referred to as OPEC+, will convene via videoconference from 1 p.m. London time. …

The consumption of renewable energy cannot come anywhere close to overtaking oil and gas usage in the decades ahead, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries said on Wednesday. Secretary-General, OPEC, Mohammad Barkindo, said this in his special address at the S&P Global Platts Americas Petroleum and Energy Conference, with the …

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has expressed its support for the adoption of electric vehicles in a sustainable manner as well as renewable energy as part of efforts to reduce emissions. The Secretary-General, OPEC, Mohammad Barkindo, who spoke at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum 2021 on Tuesday, …

Oil-producing group OPEC will continue to strengthen its relationship with the U.S. energy industry under Joe Biden’s new administration, the oil cartel’s Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo told CNBC on Tuesday. It comes despite the Democratic leader’s stated commitment to fight climate change and focus on renewable energy. Barkindo congratulated Biden …

The Secretary General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Sanusi Barkindo, has said that given the very bad experience of 2020, the worst part of the crisis in the global oil market has been put behind it by the oil and gas industry. Barkindo spoke while participating via video-conference …

Oil prices touched multi-month highs on Monday on expectations that OPEC and allied producers may cap output at current levels in February as the coronavirus pandemic keeps worries about first-half demand elevated. Prices rose in line with broader financial markets with Brent crude futures reaching $53.17 a barrel, the highest …

OPEC sees plenty of downside risks for oil markets in the first half of 2021, its secretary general said on Sunday, a day before meeting allies led by Russia to discuss output levels for February. “Amid the hopeful signs, the outlook for the first half of 2021 is very mixed …

Secretary-General of OPEC Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo said investment in the global oil industry dropped by nearly 30 percent this year, even more than in the 2014-2016 downturn, from which the industry was still recovering when COVID-19 struck. “The oil industry requires $12.6 trillion in investment to reduce volatility and avoid …

OPEC’s secretary general said an oil market recovery may take longer than hoped as coronavirus inflections rise around the world, and OPEC and its allies would “stay the course” in balancing the market. OPEC and allies including Russia made a record oil output cut in April as the pandemic hit …