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Iran has started pumping oil at a giant new reservoir at the offshore Abuzar oilfield in the Gulf, Iran’s oil ministry news service Shana reported on Tuesday. The Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) announced it had achieved first oil from the Asmari reservoir of Abuzar oilfield, which is located southwest …

The increasingly bullish sentiment in oil markets has several analysts to predict $100 in 2022, but some think that prices could hit that level in 2021 already Oil’s rally to above $70 a barrel has spurred talk of $100 oil—an unthinkable outlook at this time last year when economies and …

China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has expanded the construction of what will be the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks in Yancheng Binhai Port Industrial Park in Jiangsu province. Overall, six tanks will be built at a cost of 6.1 billion yuan ($955 million), the company said. …

When Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced that Saudi Arabia was no longer an oil-producing country, he likely didn’t mean literally. “Saudi Arabia is no longer an oil country, it’s an energy-producing country,” the Energy Minister told S&P Global Platts this week. Saudi Arabia has high green …

Saudi Arabia’s energy giant, Saudi Aramco, has started sales of its first dollar-denominated Islamic bond as it seeks to raise cash to pay out $75 billion in dividends. The official Saudi Press Agency said that the sale of sukuk, or Islamic bonds compliant with the Muslim faith, will end on …

Russia is advancing projects to have waste-to-energy plants produce electricity, Sergei Ivanov, Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology, and Transport said at an economic forum in Russia. “Garbage will never end. It is just like the forest, the wind and the sun. I hope the sun will not go …

Russian energy giant Gazprom’s output rose significantly from January through May compared to the same period last year, the company said on Tuesday. “For the first five months of 2021, production amounted to 221.9 billion cubic meters of gas, according to preliminary data,” Gazprom said on Telegram, adding: “This is …

US daily imports of Russian oil have hit new highs, despite tough talk on a wide range of issues, including energy. In March, the nation purchased Russian crude and oil products in volumes not seen since 2009. According to the latest data released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), …

Germany will fund 62 large-scale hydrogen projects with as much as $10 billion in federal and state funds as it aims to become the world’s leader in hydrogen technologies, the German ministries of economy and transport said. Germany will provide $9.72 billion (€8 billion) to the 62 projects it has …

Traffic on Europe’s highways and in the biggest cities has been rising in recent weeks as economies reopen, suggesting a rebound in road transportation fuel demand. Traffic on highways in Spain and France, one of the largest car markets in Europe, is now only slightly off the pre-COVID levels from …