24 Sept. 2020-OPEC’s 60th birthday should have been reason for celebration, but its largest producer Saudi Arabia is increasingly putting its own interests before the cartel’s objectives and has put the very existence of OPEC at stake on a number of occasions Founded 60 years ago this month by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Read more

23 Sept. 2020-LAUNCESTON: China’s rate of storing crude oil slowed for a second month in August, as the massive of surge of imports started to ease in a trend likely to extend in the coming months. The flow of crude into commercial and strategic stockpiles was around 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd), according to Read more

23 Sept. 2020-Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has begun loading an Iran flagged large tanker with Venezuelan heavy crude for export, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday, as ties have deepened between the two OPEC nations. Venezuela and Iran are under sanctions imposed by the United States, hurting their oil industries Read more

23 Sept. 2020-Saudi Arabia’s energy minister is keeping his options open while the recovery in oil prices splutters, setting up a potentially volatile period ahead.Crude prices tumbled at the start of September after traders grew nervous that further potential lockdowns to slow the spread of coronavirus could fracture a fragile recovery in consumption. But Prince Read more

All OPEC’s interests and goals in its 60 year-activity are based on unity, solidarity and cooperation and the transformation of the OPEC’s idea into reality is also the result of trust among the oil countries, Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry. “While fulfilling its regulatory mission in Read more

OPEC and its allies are watching efforts to resume oil output in Libya very closely, OPEC sources said on Monday, although producers should wait to see if there is a sustainable restart before reacting. OPEC member Libya is exempt from cutting oil output under a deal by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Read more

Market sentiment has been generally bullish over the last week supported by (i) supply disruption caused by Hurricane Sally in the Gulf of Mexico (ii) a draw in commercial crude oil inventories by 4.4 million barrels w/w and (iii) strong language coming from OPEC+ during the JMMC meeting last Thursday, during which Saudi Arabia pressured Read more

ISLAMABAD: Turkmenistan on Friday announced that it intended to start building a gas pipeline from the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border to the Herat offtake point in Afghanistan. Turkmenistan also assured Pakistan of addressing its concerns over different issues pertaining to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Petroleum Nadeem Babar led a Read more

As the price of oil begins to falter, Saudi Arabia has stepped up its rhetoric, even going as far as to warn short sellers not to bet against the price of the commodity. Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman gave “clear hints” on Thursday that there could be a change of direction in production Read more

New Delhi, A bigger global effort to stabilise oil prices involving all major oil producers including Russia is again on the cards to see that the current crisis does not escalate further putting several oil producers closer to bankruptcies. Sources said that an emergency meeting of OPEC+ including Russia could be scheduled next month if Read more

Pakistan and Turkmenistan on Friday held a detailed discussion and reviewed progress achieved so far on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Petroleum Nadeem Babar led the discussion with the Turkmenistan delegation, which was headed by Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of TPCL Read more

The oil industry’s search for carbon-free alternatives to fossil fuels has led to many interesting investment decisions over the years. Somewhere high on that list is nuclear fusion, the energy that powers the sun, which has drawn investment from at least three major oil companies. Chevron became the most recent player to show an interest Read more

Vienna: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday on governments not to “throw away” economic stimulus funds by supporting fossil fuel industries that contribute to global warming. Speaking at a virtual conference on climate change, Guterres noted that countries have “a choice of two paths” as they mobilise trillions of dollars of taxpayers’ money for economic Read more

Crude oil prices are falling again, on word of OPEC member Libya’s plan to reopen its oil ports as soon as this coming weekend. As of this writing late on Monday afternoon, Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude futures are lower, with WTI October deliveries down to $37.26 per barrel, while Brent November deliveries are Read more

LAUNCESTON: If 2020 had been anything close to a normal year, the oil and gas industry would have just wrapped up its annual gathering in Singapore, most likely reassured of its ongoing essential role in humanity’s future.But this is far from a normal year, and the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) was a virtual event Read more