Oil prices rose 1 percent on Monday, as expectations OPEC will cut output if needed to support prices, conflict in Libya, and rising demand amid soaring natural gas prices in Europe helped offset a dire outlook for growth in the United States. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures jumped …
Read More »Libya Aims to Raise Oil Production to 1.2 Million bpd
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) aims to bring back production to 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in two weeks, NOC said in a statement. “NOC is striving to increase production and bring it back to its normal rates of 1.2 million barrels per day in two weeks,” according to …
Read More »EU Signs Deal with Azerbaijan to Double Gas Imports amid Energy Crisis
The European Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with Azerbaijan to double imports of Azeri natural gas to at least 20 billion cubic metres a year by 2027. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a strategic …
Read More »Italy’s Eni Transfers First Oil from Venezuela after US Sanction Relief
An oil tanker chartered by Italian oil company Eni SpA to carry 650,000 barrels of diluted crude oil supplied by Venezuelan state-run PDVSA arrived on Friday in Venezuelan waters, according to a document from the state-run firm. The crude cargo will be the first for Eni following an authorization issued …
Read More »Russia Gas Sanctions could Cost Germany Extra $5.4B a Year
Russia’s sanctions against Gazprom Germania and its subsidiaries could cost German taxpayers and gas users an extra $5.4 billion (5 billion euros) a year to pay for replacement gas. The estimated cost was reported by German Welt am Sonntag weekly on Sunday, citing industry representatives. In May, Russia decided to …
Read More »Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Overtakes Apple as World’s most Valuable Company
Saudi Aramco has dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable company as surging oil prices drive up shares and tech stocks slump. The Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company, billed as the largest oil producing company in the world, was valued at $2.42 trillion based on the price …
Read More »Oil Giants Exxon, Chevron Increase Spending amid Ukraine Crisis
ExxonMobil and Chevron have reported soaring profits despite lower oil and natural gas volumes as the petroleum giants return billions of dollars to shareholders in the wake of lofty crude prices and refining margins. Both US oil giants scored huge profit increases propelled by crude prices that rose after the …
Read More »Russia’s Imminent Invasion of Ukraine Hikes Oil Prices, Tumbles US Stocks
Wall Street stocks tumbled and oil prices surged as White House warnings of a possibly imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine reverberated through financial markets. Markets lurched on Friday during a briefing by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who said a Russian invasion could “begin at any time,” including during …
Read More »Russia Gas Imports from Turkmenistan Double this Year
Russia has doubled the purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan this year amid rising global demand. Russia this year stands to import about 10 billion cubic metres of gas from Turkmenistan, Russian envoy to Ashgabat Alexander Blokhin said on Friday. That’s nearly twice the amount imported in 2020. This year’s …
Read More »Germany Warns Nord Stream won’t Operate if Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate
Germany has said the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia will not be allowed to operate in the event of any new “escalation” in Ukraine, under an agreement between Berlin and Washington. “In the event of further escalation this gas pipeline could not come into service,” Germany’s new Foreign …
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