On Friday, both US and UK crude oil futures’ prices scheduled to be expired on July 20 had winded down the day marginally lower as fears over another round of forced business closure due to a recent spike in pandemic cases had taken a heavier toll on investors’ mind. In point of fact, contemplating the Read more

BAKU – Azerbaijan warned on Saturday about security risks to the oil and gas it supplies to European markets due to the outbreak of hostilities at its border with Armenia. Elshad Nassirov, vice president of Azeri state energy company SOCAR, said on a conference call some of the energy infrastructure involved in shipping Caspian oil Read more

The media — at least in Europe — seems to be abuzz with talk about green hydrogen. As an energy source, backers envision hydrogen powering everything from aircraft, to steel mills, to global shipping fleets, cars, and homes. The catalyst (no pun intended) came from the E.U.’s recent greenhouse gas emission policy review. The review Read more

High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said he was deeply concerned over the growing use of sanctions, or the threat of sanctions, by the US against European companies and interests. “We have witnessed this developing trend in the cases of Iran, Cuba, the International Criminal Read more

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other nations agreed during a video conference last week to ease up on cuts. Ministers from the OPEC cartel have agreed to allow more oil to flow from the taps, saying demand for oil is growing as economies take steps to reopen. But they also cautioned that Read more

While massive effort is on to douse the roaring fire and cap the gas well head at Baghjan by Oil India Limited, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a stock of the progress in this regard and also expressed his concern towards its affected people. Prime Minister Modi had a conversation with Assam Chief Minister, Read more

India’s quest for building its energy security may see it continue to pursue investment opportunity in Farzad-B gas field in Iran even though ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) may not get to develop the block that it discovered over a decade ago. Highly placed sources in the oil ministry said that Indian consortium including Indian Oil, Read more

The privatisation of BPCL is expected to benefit from the growing forebodings among oil multinationals about investment in China in the wake of its failings to disclose the coronavirus pandemic. Besides, the fuel market in the country — India is the world’s third largest consumer — is a big attraction that should ensure aggressive bidding Read more

NGT asks CPCB to ensure states, UTs ban use of petcoke, furnace oilNew Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure that states and Union Territories (UTs) ban the use of petcoke and furnace oil as fuel to prevent damage to the environment and public health. A Read more

India and the US have marked an MoU to build up a key oil bank and the two nations are in the cutting edge phase of conversation to store crude petroleum in America to expand India’s reserve, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday. Pradhan co-led with his American partner Read more

Crude oil futures eased to Rs 2,998 per barrel on July 7 as participants increased their short positions. The black gold pared morning gain on concerns of increasing coronavirus cases worldwide. Tapan Patel, Senior Analyst (Commodities), HDFC Securities, said crude oil prices traded weak on concerns over demand growth on record virus cases. “The recent Read more

Oil prices fall Tuesday on concerns about the return of restrictive measures in a number of countries due to renewed rise in the incidence of coronavirus infection. The cost of the September futures for Brent crude on the London ICE Futures exchange to 14:29 GMT on Tuesday is $42,71 per barrel, or $0.39 (0.9 per Read more

SINGAPORE: Taiwan’s gasoline exports this year are expected to fall by 50 per cent versus 2019 as its two refiners scale back supplies to combat slow demand, a move that could help keep excess supplies down, industry sources said. Taiwan is the fourth-largest gasoline exporter after China, India and South Korea, and a reduction in Read more

The world’s top oil and gas companies locked in cheap borrowing rates to raise a record amount of debt in the second quarter of 2020 and boost cash reserves as a buffer against a collapse in revenues because of Covid-19. The dash for debt piles pressure on company balance sheets and the issue is particularly Read more

Russia is eyeing the possibility of launching a ‘Gas OPEC’, Vedomosti reports, noting that Russian Deputy Minister of Energy Anatoly Yankovsky mentioned this prospect in early June, while Minister of Energy Alexander Novak stated last week that the creation of a coordinating body that would regulate the volume of gas sales and prices “has been Read more