Tag Archives: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Russian President Vladimir Putin told an energy conference in Moscow on Wednesday that Russia and Saudi Arabia would “most likely” extend output cuts into 2024 and warned that clashes in the Middle East could impact oil exports with higher shipping and insurance costs. “I am sure that the coordination of …

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia and Saudi Arabia will discuss the oil market situation and oil prices later on Wednesday, news agencies reported, as the Israel-Palestinian conflict rages on. Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman is due to take part in an energy …

Climate action to reach net zero undermines investment in the oil sector and jeopardises global energy security, warned OPEC. General secretary Haitham al-Ghais took aim at forecasters predicting a drop-off in oil demand this decade, with the cartel engaged in a protracted war of words with the International Energy Agency …

The past couple of UN Climate Change Conferences have featured a growing number of fossil fuel lobbyists who almost inevitably end up clashing with climate activists and environmentalists over the role and fate of the fossil fuel industry in the global energy transition. For instance, more than 600 delegates affiliated …

OPEC has raised forecasts for global oil demand through to the middle of the century, even as the world shifts away from fossil fuels to avert catastrophic climate change. Oil consumption will climb 16% over the next two decades to reach 116m barrels a day in 2045, about 6m a …

Last week, OPEC+ decided to keep current oil production cuts in effect until the end of the year. The announcement was anything but surprising, and yet crude oil prices fell substantially, sparking suggestions that the OPEC+ cuts may already be activating what many call the cure for high oil prices, …

In a joint statement released on Monday, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain reaffirmed their commitment to “voluntary collective and individual production adjustments” for oil, according to the Reuters style news report. The statement followed a meeting of the oil ministers of the six countries on the …

The OPEC Fund for International Development has announced the allocation of a grant to support relief and recovery efforts in Libya, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel, which struck the country last month. In response to the humanitarian emergency, the OPEC Fund has approved a $500,000 aid grant to provide …

Petroleum and natural gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri has urged the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to show sensitivity to oil consuming-nations and curb output cuts. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Puri said he discussed the global energy scenario during a meeting with OPEC secretary general Haitham Al …

Following Saudi Arabia as the second-largest oil producer in OPEC, Iraq said on Tuesday that it will grant 30 new oil and gas projects in its fifth+ and sixth licensing rounds. At the ADIPEC energy conference in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, an official from the Iraqi Ministry of Oil …