The US stepped up pressure on Saudi Arabia to seal a historic deal to cut oil production as negotiations that President Donald Trump himself has brokered dragged on for a third day. Talks aimed at ending a price war that’s savaging the US oil industry and threatening petrostates’ budgets continued …
Read More »US Senators Urges Saudi Officers to Take Concrete Action to Cut Oil Output
Republican U.S. senators from oil states who recently introduced legislation to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia said on Saturday they had spoken with three officials from the kingdom and urged them to take concrete action to cut crude output. Saudi Arabia and Russia were close to finalizing a deal …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Delays Release of Oil Price Data Again as Mexico Refuses to Yield on Output Cuts
On Thursday, Riyadh, Moscow and other OPEC+ members and partners tentatively agreed to cut crude output by some 10 million barrels per day (bpd) over the next two months, with the deal requiring each country to cut about 23 percent of its output. Saudi state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco has …
Read More »Saudi Arabia and Russia End Their Oil-Price War with Output Cut Agreement
Saudi Arabia and Russia ended a devastating oil price war on Thursday, agreeing to slash output together with other members of the OPEC+ alliance in an effort to lift the market from a pandemic-driven collapse.
Read More »Saudi Arabia and Russia End their Oil-Price War with Output Cut Agreement
Saudi Arabia and Russia ended a devastating oil price war on Thursday, agreeing to slash output together with other members of the OPEC+ alliance in an effort to lift the market from a pandemic-driven collapse. The tentative deal came after strong pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump and American lawmakers, …
Read More »Saudi Wealth Fund Buys Stakes in European Energy Companies
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has built up stakes in European oil firms, including about $200 million in Equinor ASA, as the kingdom navigates the coronavirus pandemic and plummeting crude prices. The Public Investment Fund amassed shares in Norway’s largest producer mostly through the open market last week, according to …
Read More »OPEC+ May Clinch 3-Months Accord for Output Cut
Changes are reportedly high for countries part of the OPEC+ group to agree upon implementing oil production cuts for at least three months from May to July, 2020.
Read More »Oil Market hit by 8-Magnitude Quake
Look at these remarks made by heads of states in the aftermath of sinking oil prices and demand destruction caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Read More »Under US Pressure, Saudi Arabia Concedes Defeat in Its Oil Price War against Russia
By calling for an urgent OPEC+ meeting to discuss oil price stabilization under pressure from President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia has admitted defeat in its price war against Russia, Mamdouh Salameh, a visiting professor of Energy Economics at ESCP Europe Business School said. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency …
Read More »Saudi Arabia will Host G20 Energy Ministers Virtual Meeting to Discuss Coronavirus Hit Markets
Saudi Arabia will host a video conference meeting on Friday for G20 energy ministers “to ensure energy market stability”, it was reported on Tuesday, citing an internal document. Oil prices have fallen sharply due to the impact of Covid-19, in addition to last month’s collapse of coordinated output cuts led …
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