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

Falling crude oil prices and declining oil exports resulted in a $3.2-billion drop in Russia’s oil revenues to $15.3 billion for September, the lowest monthly oil export revenue for Moscow this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. Total crude oil and oil product exports out of Russia …

Some Biden administration officials are growing concerned that their plan to cap the price of oil purchased from Russia may backfire after the OPEC+ alliance’s surprise production cut last week, according to people familiar with the matter. The plan seeks to keep enough Russian supplies on the global market to …

OPEC on Wednesday cut its 2022 forecast for growth in world oil demand for a fourth time since April and also trimmed next year’s figure, citing slowing economies, the resurgence of China’s COVID-19 containment measures and high inflation. Oil demand will increase by 2.64 million barrels per day (bpd) or …

Oil prices struggled to find their footing in early Asian trade on Thursday after a weakening global demand outlook depressed the market in the last session. Brent crude futures dropped 7 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $92.38 a barrel by 0310 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 21 …

US President Joe Biden warned Tuesday that there will be “consequences” for Saudi Arabia after Riyadh threw its weight behind a production cut by the oil cartel OPEC+ which has sent prices soaring. “There’s going to be some consequences for what they’ve done with Russia,” Biden said in an interview …

The leader of the non-OPEC oil producers in the OPEC+ alliance, Russia, is the biggest beneficiary of the 2 million barrels per day (bpd) cut announced this week, as Russia will not cut any output while the price of oil is set to rise in the coming months, analysts say. …

OPEC+, a group of 24 OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers, announced sharp output cuts Wednesday in a bid to facilitate the recovery of crude prices. The move comes despite calls from Washington to raise oil production to prop up the global economy. Saudi Arabia, the key OPEC member and the …

The Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohammed Aoun, has stated that a new gas pipeline parallel to the existing one, could be extended to Italy, within four to six months, noting that Libya exports about 250 to 300 million cubic feet of gas to Italy per day. “There are huge …

The world’s largest crude oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, left the official selling price of its flagship Arab Light grade unchanged for November loadings compared to October, sources familiar with the latest pricing told Reuters on Thursday. Saudi Arabia’s Arab Light will sell in November to Asia at a premium of …

Concerns over tight oil supplies and soaring inflation have intensified after the OPEC+ group of nations announced its largest supply cut since 2020 ahead of European Union embargoes on Russian energy. The move has widened a diplomatic rift between the Saudi-backed bloc and Western nations, which worry higher energy prices …