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Oil prices rose on Monday, pushing Brent back above $50 a barrel, buoyed by hopes that a rollout of coronavirus vaccines will lift global fuel demand while a tanker explosion in Saudi Arabia jangled nerves in the market. Brent crude futures for February rose 67 cents, or 1.3%, to $50.64 …

The Arab Energy Conference, which was supposed to take place in 2022, has been postponed to 2023, Minister of Energy of Algeria, President of the OPEC conference Abdelmadjid Attar said at the 105th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) held in …

Russia has signaled it may be starting to prepare for a permanent decline in crude oil demand over the long term, even after the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic are over. “The peak of consumption may have already passed,” Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Kolychev told Bloomberg in an interview. …

BP has said it will invest heavily in Middle Eastern oil and natural-gas fields going into 2021. Despite pledging its transition to renewable energy, the company has highlighted its interest in Middle East oil and gas. At present, BP currently operates the world’s third largest oil field in Iraq, Rumalia, …

Oil prices are set for a volatile start to the new year, as the next OPEC+ group meeting on production policy is expected to be set for the first trading day, January 4, Argus reported on Monday, citing delegates with the OPEC+ alliance. The group managed to avoid a no-deal …

Iraq is committed to all OPEC+ production cut agreements that help contain the volatility in oil prices because OPEC’s second largest oil producer seeks higher prices for its crude exports, the country’s oil minister said Dec. 6. Ihsan Ismaael said in an oil ministry statement that oil prices are expected …

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced on Sunday that the meeting and the celebration marking the establishment of OPEC and OPEC + would be postponed until next February, after positive developments regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. “The ministry decided to postpone the meeting and the celebration marking the 60th anniversary of …

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Data showed, on Saturday, that Iraq did not export oil to the United States in the past week. EIA stated in a report, “Iraq oil exports dropped to zero bpd in the fourth week of November, compared to 197 thousand bpd in the week before.” …

The 12th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting took place this last week and concluded on Thursday with the participation of the head of the National Oil Cooperation, Mustafa Sunallah, representing Libya and its oil interests. The meeting evaluated the state of the international oil market in terms of supplies, demand …

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports to the United States fell to the lowest in 35 years in October, averaging less than 100,000 bpd. In the week to November 27 alone, the volume of Saudi oil shipments to the US fell to as little as 73,000 bpd. The average daily volume …