The World Bank forecast that metals prices are expected to rise 9 per cent in 2018 on the back of a pickup in demand and supply constraints.
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Iraq’s 2018 budget of nearly $88 billion comes with a deficit of more than $10 billion.
Read More »SOCAR and BP Sign New Production Sharing Agreement
Block D230 lies some 135 kilometres (84 miles) north-east of Baku in the Caspian Sea.
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Iraq wants to increase its crude oil production to over 5 million barrels per day (bpd) from its current production of about 4.35 million bpd.
Read More »Venezuela Enters New Phase of Crisis
Venezuela’s oil production has declined to just 1.488 million barrels per day (mb d) as of March.
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Azar holds 2.5 billion barrels of in-place oil. but new reservoir studies on the field suggest a much higher figure of 4 billion barrels.
Read More »Oil Hits $75 a barrel as Trump Labels Iran Nuclear Deal `Insane`
A rise in geopolitical tensions has been the main driver of prices in recent times.
Read More »Russia is Ready to Provide Europe with as much Gas as It Needs
Russia has been implementing the Nord Stream 2 project. which intends to double the existing capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline from Russia to Germany.
Read More »Kuwait Energy Starts Producing Natural Gas from Field in Southern Iraq
Iraq is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ second-largest producer after Saudi Arabia.
Read More »Aramco Considers to Become One of World`s Biggest Oil Traders
Saudi oil giant plans to trade as much as 6 million barrels a day.
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