Kazakhstan’s oil output has fallen sharply after damage at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) export terminal disrupted flows, tightening supplies from one of OPEC+’s largest non-core contributors and forcing operators to curtail production, Reuters reported on Thursday. Output dropped in the first two days of December after storms and structural …
Read More »Oil Exports from Russian Black Sea Ports Dip on Attacks and Storms
Crude oil exports from the Russian terminals on the Black Sea were much lower in November than originally planned as bad weather and Ukrainian attacks on infrastructure have delayed loadings and departures, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting sources in the industry. Both the port of Novorossiysk and the CPC terminal …
Read More »Central Asia Rallies to Prevent Kyrgyzstan’s Winter Energy Crisis
As concerns mount about looming heating and electricity shortages in Kyrgyzstan this winter, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have pledged to help Bishkek avert a crisis. Fears about shortages stem from extremely low water levels in the Toktogul reservoir, a major source of hydropower in Central Asia, as well as for water …
Read More »Argentina Sees Greenlight for $20 Billion LNG Project in Mid-2026
Argentina’s state-run energy firm YPF expects to take together with its foreign partners the final investment decision for the $20-billion Argentina LNG project in the middle of 2026, YPF’s chief executive Horacio Marin told Reuters on Thursday. YPF, Italy’s Eni, and XRG, the new energy investment company of Abu Dhabi’s …
Read More »Pakistan Inks Five Oil and Gas Exploration Deals
Pakistan has signed five deals for oil and gas exploration with local private and state-owned companies that will develop three offshore and two onshore blocks, Pakistani media reported, citing a securities filing. The companies that will be involved in the development of the five blocks include Mari Energies, Oil & …
Read More »China’s Petrochemicals Surge Raises Global Oversupply Fears
A buildout in new petrochemical capacity in China is fueling fears that the country could tip the global market into oversupply, hurting smaller petrochemical producers. Bloomberg reported today that China’s polyethylene production could add 18% this year, based on forecasts by a local consultancy. The output growth will significantly exceed …
Read More »Kazakhstan Plans to Double Oil Refining Capacity by 2040
Kazakhstan plans to build a new large refinery and boost existing refining capacity to more than double its crude processing capacity by 2040, Energy Minister Yerlan Akenzhenov said on Tuesday. Last year, the refining processing rate of the OPEC+ oil producer was 18 million tons per year. Expansion of existing …
Read More »Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Poised to nearly Double by 2030
The hydrogen fuel cell market is on the verge of a major inflection point, projected to nearly double in value over the next six years as global powers scramble to hit critical net-zero emission targets. The technology, which provides emissions-free electricity for everything from heavy-duty trucks to corporate data centers, …
Read More »Saudi Budget Defies Oil Slump with more Spending and more Debt
Saudi Arabia is doing something that might seem confusing; it’s spending more, borrowing more, and pushing ahead with massive economic projects, even though oil prices are far too low to balance the budget. According to the new 2026 budget outline released on Tuesday, Riyadh plans to spend 1.3 trillion riyals …
Read More »Russia Vows to Boost Oil Supply to India despite Western Sanctions
The decline of India’s crude oil imports from Russia could be only temporary as Russia plans to boost supply and evade Western sanctions, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday as India prepares to welcome Vladimir Putin on an official visit later this week. “There can be, for a …
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