When Saudi Arabia approached members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its affiliates recently to cut oil production in an attempt to cushion the impact of the falling oil prices as a result of Covid-19, Russia rejected the proposal. The subsequent spat between Moscow and Riyadh saw …
Read More »US Shale Industry Expected to Shrink Sharply as Oil Price Falls
The US shale industry is expected to shrink by more than 2m barrels a day following a collapse in global oil prices which has forced oil producers to shut down their fracking rigs. The US oil market slumped to fresh 18-year lows and below $18 a barrel on Friday following …
Read More »US Adopting Yet Another Anti-Iranian Measure in IMF
Sources say that the United States is trying to prevent the start of a powerful tool in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that would increase liquidity and help COVID19-affected countries such as Iran.
Read More »US Injects $38m of Funding into Marine Technology
Funds will support the development of hydrokinetic turbines, which will supply energy to remote communities and utility-scale applications.
Read More »US to Provide $32m for Fusion Energy Technology Projects
The grant aims to develop commercially-viable, low-cost fusion energy concepts as potential energy sources.
Read More »Iran Can Take Back Paid Membership Fee to IMF
After the United States opposed the IMF loan grant to Iran, a member of the Iranian Parliament's Plan and Budget Commission said that Tehran can take back its membership fee paid to the Fund over the past years.
Read More »UN Chief Reacts to Trump’s Decision to Halt WHO Funds
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that it was not the time to reduce the WHO's resources to fight COVID-19.
Read More »ExxonMobil Field Testing Methane Detection Technologies
ExxonMobil is conducting field trials of eight emerging methane detection technologies, including satellite and aerial surveillance monitoring, at nearly 1000 sites in Texas and New Mexico, US, to further reduce methane emissions. The field tests are evaluating effectiveness and scalability of a range of next-generation detection technologies that in addition …
Read More »U.S. Stocks Mostly Fall as Oil Prices Gyrate on OPEC Deal
Wall Street stocks mostly fell on Monday, April 13, ahead of major earnings reports, while the oil market gave a muted response to an historic deal by major producers to cut output. Two of the 3 major United States stock indices ended solidly lower ahead of Tuesday, April 14, when …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices to Asia, Raises US
Saudi Arabia has announced its official crude pricing (OSP) for May, selling oil more cheaply to Asia while keeping prices flat for Europe and raising them for the U.S., after OPEC and its allies agreed the biggest output cut deal in history. Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Saudi Aramco has …
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