The firm, to be called Energy Development Oman, will own a shareholding in Petroleum Development Oman LLC as well as an interest in Block 6, according to a government gazette on Sunday. The company will “undertake hydrocarbon exploration and production operations” and can borrow money “in any manner.” SourceContinue Reading
Over the past several weeks, Asian refineries have snapped up crude oil from the Middle East, the U.S. and Russia as buyers received more government allowances to boost imports after the start of next year. Demand for North Sea barrels was slow to pick up, but even that’s now started to change. SourceContinue Reading
Crude futures were down 1.9% in New York, with the dollar trading higher and European stock markets declining. It follows a rally last week after OPEC and its allies agreed to add 500,000 barrels a day of output from January to a market that’s showing signs of recovery. SourceContinue Reading
Tehran will “prepare resources and oil-industry equipment for the production and export of oil in line with current capacity within the next three months,” according to President Hassan Rouhani’s official website. “We’re ready to quickly raise oil production,” he said. SourceContinue Reading
“The peak of consumption may have already passed,” Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Kolychev said in an interview in Moscow. “The risk is rising in the longer term” that hydrocarbon revenues could come in below the current outlook, he said. SourceContinue Reading
In the wake of fresh warnings about declining oil demand, a struggle is brewing between key exporters like the U.S. and the OPEC+ alliance to gain market share in the world’s last growth region before it’s too late. SourceContinue Reading
The UAE’s multi-billion-dollar investments to grow oil market share plays into a wider shift in the dynamic between Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over who in the region holds sway on the international stage. SourceContinue Reading
It’s a tale of two cities with the EU’s largest oil producer swearing off production by 2050, as OPEC+ stalwarts Saudi Arabia and the UAE grapple over who will lead the group’s drive to meet the world’s future oil demand. SourceContinue Reading
In the wake of fresh warnings about declining oil demand, a struggle is brewing between key exporters like the U.S. and the OPEC+ alliance to gain market share in the world’s last growth region before it’s too late. SourceContinue Reading
The largest oil price increase in five months indicates Saudi Arabia is confident global energy demand is strong enough to absorb a small boost in output from OPEC+ members next month, and that markets will remain tight even with parts of Europe and the U.S. in lockdown. SourceContinue Reading
