On Monday, Turkey signed a ten-year agreement with Shell under which the supermajor will supply Turkish state energy firm BOTAS with LNG for ten years starting in 2027, in a boost to Turkey’s plans to become a regional gas hub for Europe and the Mediterranean. The agreement envisages Shell supplying …
Read More »Indian Refiner Expects Domestic Fuel Demand to Rise by 5% Annually
Fuel demand in the world’s third-largest crude oil importer, India, is set to rise by between 4% and 5% per year for the “foreseeable” future, G. Krishnakumar, chairman of India’s state-controlled refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), said on Friday. At the same time, Indian consumption of petrochemicals is expected …
Read More »China’s Oil Giant CNOOC Books Record-High Profit as Output Jumps
China’s state-held oil and gas giant CNOOC reported on Wednesday a record-high net profit for the first half of 2024, pushed up by an all-time high oil and gas production and rising oil prices. CNOOC, which specializes in offshore oil and gas developments in China and internationally, booked a net …
Read More »How Libya’s Supply Outage Impacts Oil Markets
Several oilfields across Libya have halted production as closures spread, engineers reported on Tuesday, amid a dispute over control of the central bank and oil revenues. Mohammed al-Menfi, head of the Presidency Council in Tripoli, had issued a decision to replace Central Bank head Sadiq al-Kabir and the bank’s board, …
Read More »U.S. Electricity Demand for 2024 Likely Peaked in July
U.S. power generation and electricity demand have risen this year to the highest in at least three years but the 2024 demand likely peaked in July amid peak air conditioning and cooling consumption, Reuters columnist Gavin Maguire reports, citing data from LSEG. U.S. power generation in the Lower 48 states …
Read More »ExxonMobil: Oil Demand will be over 100 Million Bpd in 2050
As the rivalry over global oil demand projections continues to intensify, supergiant Exxon Mobil on Monday chimed in to forecast that crude demand will continue to be over 100 million barrels per day through 2050, contradicting other forecasts that come in much lower, Reuters reported. The forecast from Exxon, which …
Read More »U.S. Expands Sanctions on Entities Involved in Russia’s Arctic LNG 2
The U.S. State Department is intensifying efforts to derail Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 exports by targeting companies involved in the development of the project and vessels found to have loaded LNG from the facility. Located in the Gydan Peninsula in the Arctic, the Arctic LNG 2 project was considered key …
Read More »Namibia Plans to Become the Fifth Largest Oil Producer in Africa
Namibia has ambitions to become one of the largest oil producers in Africa by 2035, with an average output of half a million barrels daily, displacing Egypt in the top five list, a government official has said. “With four floating production storage and offloading units deployed by 2035, we could …
Read More »LNG Prices under Pressure as Seasonal Demand Peaks
The spot market price of liquefied natural gas in Asia is on the decline amid signs that seasonal demand for the fuel is peaking. Last week saw the first weekly decline in Asian spot LNG prices in a month, Reuters’ Clyde Russell reported, noting however that prices are still over …
Read More »Global Oil Inventories Shrink as OPEC+ Decision Looms
As OPEC+ gears up for its next meeting, the group finds itself at a crossroads that has the potential to sway global oil markets. With the autumn months approaching, key decisions loom regarding whether to proceed with planned production increases or to maintain current output levels. The backdrop to this …
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