Supermajors ExxonMobil, Chevron, TotalEnergies, and Eni are competing in Libya’s first oil bid round in 18 years, Masoud Suleman, chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), told Bloomberg in an interview published on Wednesday. Libya earlier this year launched its first oil and gas exploration tender since 2007, which is …
Read More »India Eyes New Sites to Boost Strategic Oil Reserves
India, the world’s third-largest crude oil importer, which depends on imports for about 85% of its daily consumption, considers building three new sites to raise its strategic petroleum reserves. Engineers India Ltd, a state-run engineering consultancy, is doing feasibility studies, L R Jain, chief executive at the state company managing …
Read More »Equinor Invests $1.3 Billion to Expand Europe’s Biggest Oilfield
Equinor and its partners have decided to invest $1.3 billion (13 billion Norwegian crowns) in the Phase 3 expansion of the Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea, Western Europe’s biggest oil-producing field. The Phase 3 development plan includes two new subsea templates, which will be tied into existing infrastructure …
Read More »U.S. and Russia Vie for Influence in Energy-Rich Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan has attracted lots of diplomatic attention this week from both the United States and Russia. The flurry of activity suggests geopolitical jostling is intensifying over the Central Asian state, apparently catalyzed by the recent Iranian-Israeli conflict. Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov capped a hectic week with a June 26 …
Read More »OPEC+ to Call the Shots Live as Russia Backs In-Meeting Decision
OPEC+ will make its August oil production decision on the fly during the upcoming July 6 meeting, Russia confirmed on Friday, suggesting there would be no pre-negotiating behind closed doors. “We’ll review it during the meeting, as is traditional,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters, adding to market …
Read More »Tesla Has Big Plans in China
Tesla is moving forward with plans to develop new operations in China despite the ongoing trade war between the United States and China, and with uncertainty over tariffs. In June, Tesla signed an agreement to develop a grid-scale battery power plant in China to help provide the country with a …
Read More »Shell Boosts Natural Gas Production at Norway’s Ormen Lange Field
Shell and its partners have started up two subsea compressors to boost the recovery rate at the Ormen Lange natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea, the UK-based supermajor, which operates the field, said on Friday. Shell expects the compression stations to raise the gas recovery rate to 85% from …
Read More »China Launches Phase 2 Deep-Sea Gas Field Adding 4.5BCM to Supply
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has fully launched the second phase of its Deep-Sea No. 1 natural gas project in the South China Sea, boosting domestic output by 4.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year. The project, China’s largest deepwater gas development to date, officially reached full capacity on …
Read More »Russia to Boost Exports of China’s Favorite Russian Crude in July
Russia is set to raise the shipments of the ESPO Blend crude from its Far East port of Kozmino in July, after lower exports this month due to maintenance, trading sources told Reuters on Wednesday. ESPO loadings from Kozmino are expected at 4 million tons, or about 970,000 barrels per …
Read More »IEA Calls for more Investment in Ensuring Universal Energy Access
The world has made progress in increasing access to basic electricity, but developing nations need much more financial support to reach 666 million people in vulnerable and rural areas who lack access to energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report on Wednesday. The report tracks the progress …
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