Poland vowed to keep its disputed Turow coal mine running on Monday despite being hit with a order to pay a 500,000 euro ($585,550) daily penalty to the European Commission for defying an earlier court ruling to halt operations. Europe’s top court, the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European …
Read More »China Oil Consumption Seen Peaking In 5 Years
China’s oil consumption could peak in five years at a daily level of around 16 million barrels, a senior Sinopec executive has forecast, as quoted by Reuters. Ma Yongsheng, acting chairman of the state oil major, also said gas consumption will likely peak around 2040. As for oil, Ma said, …
Read More »Russia Prepares for First LNG-Fueled Icebreaker
Metals miner Nornickel said it will participate in the design and building of Russia’s first dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) and diesel icebreaker to prepare for more capacity in the environmentally sensitive Arctic region. Russia, which has a fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, has long considered LNG-powered icebreaking ships to develop …
Read More »Ida’s Fury Hits U.S. Oil Production, Gasoline Supplies
Hurricane Ida pummeled U.S. Gulf Coast energy suppliers, knocking out most of the region’s offshore wells, nearly half its motor fuel production and closing energy-export ports. The storm moved into Mississippi on Monday after leaving a trail of destruction in Louisiana and rampaging through U.S. offshore oil and gas fields. …
Read More »China’s CNOOC Launches First Offshore Carbon Capture Project
China’s top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC, has launched the country’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in South China Sea, which is expected to store more than 1.46 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Read More »OPEC+ could Reconsider Output Increase
The increase in oil output agreed last month by OPEC+ nations could be reconsidered at its next meeting on Sept. 1, Kuwait’s oil minister said on Sunday. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies including Russia, collectively known as OPEC+, will meet on Wednesday to discuss the …
Read More »Iraq Plans to Increase Oil Production to 8 mln bpd by 2027
Iraq plans to increase oil production to eight million barrels per day (BPD) by the end of 2027, Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar told the Iraqi news agency (INA) on Tuesday. The oil ministry’s spokesman, Assem Jihad, also told INA that oil-producing countries reconsidered their plans because of the …
Read More »Oil Recovers from Three-Week Low amid Surge in Delta Variant in Asia
Oil prices rose more than $1 on Tuesday, recouping some of the losses in the previous session, as rise of demand in Europe and the United States outweighed concerns over a rise of COVID cases in Asian countries. Brent crude was up $1.20, or 1.7%, at $70.24 a barrel by …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Hikes Oil Prices to Asia for Second Consecutive Month
The world’s largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, raised on Wednesday its official selling prices for crude oil loading for Asia in September in a widely expected move tracking stronger Middle East oil benchmarks. Saudi oil giant Aramco lifted its official selling price (OSP) for its flagship Arab Light grade for …
Read More »Oil Falls $1/bbl as Coronavirus, Floods Threaten Demand
Oil prices fell nearly $1 on Monday as concerns about fuel demand from the spread of COVID-19 variants, as well as floods in China, offset expectations of tight supplies through the rest of the year. Brent crude futures for September fell 95 cents, or 1.3%, to $73.15 a barrel by …
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