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Iran Aims To Finance Petrochemical Boom Through Stock Market

Jul 20, 2020 at 10:29 | Simon Watkins

Alongside the continued development of its huge West Karoun oil fields, the completion of the supergiant South Pars non-associated gas offshore sector (including the implementation of Phase 11…

Newcomer Brazil Steals Market Share In Key Asian Oil Market

Jul 20, 2020 at 08:56 | Irina Slav

Brazil’s crude oil exports to Asia increased during the first half of the year as most of the country’s competitors for the Asian market cut production to match the slump…

British Regulator Threatens To Slash Profitability Of Utilities

Jul 17, 2020 at 17:21 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

Ofgem, the UK’s energy regulator, characterized in the past as “feeble” and “toothless”, now has threatened in a recent proposal to halve the profitability of regulated utilities. This…

Norway’s Oil Industry Is Beginning To Recover

Jul 17, 2020 at 11:08 | Charles Kennedy

Norway sees oil and gas activity picking up after the market turmoil and the health crisis earlier this year, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said in its first-half activity

Surge In Coronavirus Cases Sparks Concerns About Demand Recovery

Jul 17, 2020 at 10:09 | Irina Slav

A surge in new cases in parts of the world and a resurgence of the coronavirus in places that had thought they’d beat it are leading to renewed lockdowns and…

Russia Looks To Woo Tech Companies As Oil Lags

Jul 17, 2020 at 09:14 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Russia is looking to woo technology companies by giving firms annual tax breaks worth more than US$1.1 billion as it aims to diversify its oil export-dependent economy after the…

Bullish News Fails To Spark Rally In Oil Prices

Jul 16, 2020 at 16:44 | Nick Cunningham

Negotiations were relatively smooth, and OPEC+ did not deliver any major surprises when it agreed to ease the production cuts beginning in August. Widely expected, oil traders appeared…

Rising Demand Leads To Record Refinery Runs In China

Jul 16, 2020 at 10:03 | Irina Slav

After some good news for oil exporters from China, there is now even better news about oil demand from the world’s top importer: Chinese refineries processed a record-high amount of…

OPEC Is Worried That Another COVID Wave Could Derail Oil Market Recovery

Jul 16, 2020 at 09:09 | Tsvetana Paraskova

OPEC may have to play its market-rebalancing act longer than initially intended as it is afraid that a second coronavirus wave would slow oil demand recovery, Reuters reported on…

Oil Prices Jump 2% On Bullish Inventory Data

Jul 15, 2020 at 16:49 | Julianne Geiger

Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Wednesday after a favorable U.S. inventory report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), an OPEC agreement to taper the production cuts,…

Norway Eager To Boost Domestic Offshore Oil Investment

Jul 15, 2020 at 13:40 | Viktor Katona

Anxious and unsure as to when exactly will the COVID-induced recession come to an end, both current and future oil-producing nations have been having quite the hard time to define…

Oil Prices Rise On Bullish EIA Data

Jul 15, 2020 at 09:39 | Irina Slav

Crude oil prices rose higher today, after the Energy Information Administration confirmed the crude oil inventory draw reported earlier by the API. The EIA estimated U.S. crude oil inventories…

Saudi Arabia: OPEC+ To Ease Record Cuts From August

Jul 15, 2020 at 08:39 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The OPEC+ group is easing the record 9.7-million-bpd production cuts as of August as demand has started to recover, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, said at…

Can OPEC+ Still Justify Its Deep Output Cuts?

Jul 14, 2020 at 17:18 | Nick Cunningham

OPEC+ compliance rose sharply in June, helping to tighten up the market. The improved compliance also boosted confidence and cohesion in the group’s collective effort ahead of a possible loosening…

Oil And Gas Drilling Set For A Multi-Decade Low In 2020

Jul 14, 2020 at 17:09 | Rystad Energy

The COVID-19 pandemic has stymied oil and gas activity, a phenomena which has now affected the drilling market both in terms of wells drilled and in terms of related demand…

Will Oil Ever Recover To Pre-COVID Levels?

Jul 14, 2020 at 12:43 | Costis Stambolis

Last May, Bernard Looney, the CEO of BP, said that "the coronavirus hit to crude consumption was likely to endure beyond the pandemic- and may have even ushered in "peak…

Chinese Oil Imports Surged In H1 2020 Despite COVID-19

Jul 14, 2020 at 10:08 | Irina Slav

Despite the devastating coronavirus pandemic that locked down China for weeks, the country’s overall crude oil imports during the first half of the year…

OPEC+ To Discuss Oil Production Cuts This Week

Jul 14, 2020 at 09:05 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Panels of the OPEC+ groups begin their monthly meetings on Tuesday to discuss the state of oil market and how to proceed with the record production cuts, with analysts widely…

Extending Production Cuts Would Be ‘Suicidal’ For OPEC

Jul 13, 2020 at 17:07 | Nick Cunningham

OPEC+ will hold a committee meeting this week to assess the status of the oil market and decide on its next steps. For now, the group appears ready…

Tighter Oil Market Could Trigger Supply Surge

Jul 13, 2020 at 14:46 | Yousef Alshammari

Despite a reported rise in oil inventories last week, bullish trading returned to oil markets with Brent closing at $43.24, up by 10.02…

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