OPEC+ panel meeting next week will advise on policy, not decide

LONDON/MOSCOW – An OPEC-led panel meeting to review the oil market next week will advise the wider OPEC+ group cooperating on a record supply cut, five OPEC+ sources said, meaning further talks would be needed on whether to extend the agreement further.   OPEC, Russia and allies, known as OPEC+, agreed on Saturday to keep…

Barkindo: It would be pleasure to welcome Azerbaijan as OPEC member

The world owes much to Azerbaijan for promoting international energy cooperation and for being at the forefront of efforts to ensure sustainable oil market stability, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, said at the Webinar on ‘Energy Issues in the post-COVID-19 World’, Azerbaijan Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center), 11 June 2020, via…

Gas Exchange can facilitate trading of coal bed methane in a short term market

Gas Exchange can facilitate trading of coal bed methane in a short term market: Vilas Tawde, MD & CEO, EOGEPLMumbai-based Essar Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Ltd (EOGEPL) will soon evacuate gas from the Raniganj block through GAIL’s Urja Ganga Gas Pipeline which once commissioned will become the energy lifeline of local industry, Vilas…

India’s oil demand has a long and painful road to recovery ahead

Singapore — India’s oil demand has rebounded from levels witnessed during the lockdown, prompting refiners to raise throughput, but consumption will struggle to recover to year-ago levels in coming months and keep overall demand numbers for 2020 in the red, analysts told S&P Global Platts.   With the economy struggling and COVID-19 cases rising, domestic…