The transportation of Kazakh oil through Azerbaijan will begin this year, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Roman Vasilenko said at a briefing, Trend reports via Kazakh media. “The transportation of Kazakh oil through in the direction of Aktau – Baku will start in 2023,” he said. The deputy …
Read More »Norway Replaces Russian as Europe’s First Gas Supplier
Norway has replaced Russia as the biggest gas supplier of Europe, said the EU Commissioner Kadri Simson, as she was addressing a committee meeting and a press conference in the European Parliament, Trend reports via the European Commission. “Since September 2022, Russian gas is about 8 percent of all pipeline …
Read More »Pakistan Seeks Petroleum Products’ Imports from Azerbaijan
Pakistan is in talks with Azerbaijan to import Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL) products on credit, as well as to agree on liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies at affordable prices, a senior official at Pakistan’s Energy Ministry said, Trend reports via Geo News. Reportedly, a delegation led by Pakistan’s Federal …
Read More »Number of Active U.S. Drilling Rigs down Slightly this Week
The number of active drilling rigs in the United States stands at 760 this week, down by one from the previous week but up by 115 from a year ago, according to the weekly data released Friday by Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes, Trend reports citing Xinhua. These active …
Read More »Ceyhan Terminal Resumes Tanker Loadings of Oil from Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
Tanker loadings of oil from Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline at Ceyhan terminal have been resumed as of this afternoon (12 February), bp Azerbaijan told Trend. The tanker loading operations at the Ceyhan Terminal were temporarily suspended by the operator of the BTC pipeline in Turkiye (Botaş International Anonim Şirketi (BIAS) on Feb.6 …
Read More »Uzbekistan Resumes Gas Imports from Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan has resumed gas imports from Turkmenistan, Trend reports via Uzbek Uztransgaz Company. According to the source, on January 21, 2023, Turkmenistan’s Türkmengaz state-owned company resumed gas supplies to Uzbekistan. Due to an accident that occurred at the Galkanish gas field of Turkmenistan since January 12, 2023 gas supply to …
Read More »EU Restrictions on Import of Russian Oil to Trigger Demand Spike for Azerbaijani Crude
The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will trigger demand spike for Azerbaijani crude from the European countries, Philipp Lausberg, Policy Analyst in the Europe’s Political Economy program at the European Policy Centre (EPC) told Trend. “The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will increase European demand for oil from other countries. …
Read More »EU Restrictions on Import of Russian Oil to Trigger Demand Spike for Azerbaijani Crude
The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will trigger demand spike for Azerbaijani crude from the European countries, Philipp Lausberg, Policy Analyst in the Europe’s Political Economy program at the European Policy Centre (EPC) told Trend. “The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will increase European demand for oil from other countries. …
Read More »Algeria Sets Reference Price for Oil at $60 Barrel through 2023/2025
Algeria has set the reference price for crude oil at $60 a barrel through 2023-2025, state news agency (APS) said on Sunday, citing the 2023 budget approved earlier in the day by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Trend reports citing Reuters. The budget set the market price for crude oil at $70 …
Read More »US Pushing OPEC+ not to Cut Oil Output
The United States is pushing OPEC+ nations not to proceed with potential deep oil output cuts, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as President Joe Biden seeks to prevent US gasoline prices from rising, Trend reports. Washington is arguing to OPEC+ nations that economic fundamentals do not support …
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