Shipments of Russian crude oil to China increased more than 30 percent in March compared to a year earlier while Saudi imports of the commodity sank, Reuters reported, citing Chinese customs data. As crumbling demand for crude and lack of storage space have been wreaking havoc on the oil market, …
Read More »Baghdad Discloses Iraqi Oil Exports Volume to East Asia
The world economy will improve after the end of Corona crisis in East Asia, especially as the Republic of China which is the largest importer of crude oil in the world,” The Prime Minister’s Advisor for Economic Affairs, Mathehar Mohammad Salih revealed on Sunday. ” 80% Iraqi oil exports goes …
Read More »The Oil Industry Can No Longer Rely On China
The global oil sector is reeling from a combination of negative oil prices, storage overload, demand destruction, and calls for a renewable energy revolution in the post-COVID-19 era. US and European oil market analysts appear to be pinning their hopes on a rebound in oil demand from Asia. Even international …
Read More »Russia’s Oil Industry has Certain Reserves
The Russian oil industry does not yet need government support, it has accumulated certain reserves, Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel. “So far they are managing. On the one hand, certain reserves have been accumulated, and on the other hand, …
Read More »Saudis Join Three Other OPEC+ Nations Cutting Output Early
Saudi Aramco began reducing oil production earlier this week ahead of the May 1 start date for OPEC+ output cuts, according to a Saudi industry official familiar with the matter. Aramco has begun to curtail production from about 12 million barrels a day to achieve the agreed level of 8.5 …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Starts Cutting Output Ahead of May 1 OPEC+ Target
Saudi Aramco started reducing production earlier this week ahead of the May 1 deadline when new OPEC+ output targets kick in, according to a Saudi industry official familiar with the matter. Aramco started to reduce production from about 12 million barrels a day to achieve the new level of 8.5 …
Read More »Iraq Seen Struggling to Invest $10 bil to Wean Itself off Iranian Gas and Electricity Imports
With just three days remaining to the expiry of a 30-day US waiver to import Iranian gas and electricity, Iraq will struggle to drum up some $10 billion in investments over a four-year period to stop these imports at a time when US patience with OPEC’s second-largest oil producer is …
Read More »Historic Fall in US Oil Prices Amid Virus Outbreak
When the capital city of Tehran partially emerged out of the shutdown on Saturday, we witnessed some traffic on the roads for the first time after almost a month, since the beginning of Nowruz holidays.
Read More »OPEC cannot Address Oil Market Crash Alone
Resolving crude oil issues need global support, and producers must work together in order to survive, especially producers who produce more expensive crude.
Read More »IEA Calls for Deeper Cuts
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called for the OPEC-led group to take more production offline and faster than previously agreed. Following the carnage of negative WTI prices on April 20, and a growing realisation about pressure on storage, the energy watchdog’s head Fatih Birol set out 3 steps. The …
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