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EU Climate Researchers Say 2023 Will Be The Hottest Year In 125,000 Years

EU Climate Researchers Say 2023 Will Be The Hottest Year In 125,000 Years

Nov 08, 2023 at 02:13 | Irina Slav

Researchers from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service have sounded an alarm about this year being “virtually certain” to be the hottest in 125,000 years. The service’s…

China's Oil Demand Weakens

China's Oil Demand Weakens

Nov 08, 2023 at 01:11 | Irina Slav

Lower refining margins, higher oil and fuel inventory levels, and a slower-than-expected increase in air travel have combined to push down oil demand in China, according to a…

Oil Prices Fall Further As U.S. Crude Oil Inventories See Major Build

Oil Prices Fall Further As U.S. Crude Oil Inventories See Major Build

Nov 07, 2023 at 16:10 | Julianne Geiger

Crude oil inventories in the United States rose by a staggering 11.9 million barrels for week ending November 3, according to The American Petroleum Institute (API), after a 1.347-million-barrel…

Suriname’s Staatsolie Opens Bidding For 11 Offshore Blocks

Suriname’s Staatsolie Opens Bidding For 11 Offshore Blocks

Nov 07, 2023 at 14:24 | Julianne Geiger

Suriname’s state-run energy company Staatsolie has opened up bidding for 11 offshore areas in the country, according to a statement made on the company’s website. Staatsolie Hydrocarbon Institute N.V. (SHI)…

OPEC Says Door Is Open for Brazil To Join Oil Group

OPEC Says Door Is Open for Brazil To Join Oil Group

Nov 07, 2023 at 12:15 | Julianne Geiger

OPEC’s door is open should Brazil wish the join the oil exporting group, OPEC’s Secretary General HE Haitham al-Ghais said at this week’s Argus European Crude Conference. “Today, Brazil has…

Switzerland To Keep Nuclear Plants Operating For Longer Than Planned

Switzerland To Keep Nuclear Plants Operating For Longer Than Planned

Nov 07, 2023 at 10:39 | Charles Kennedy

Switzerland’s nuclear power plant operators plan to keep the facilities operational for longer than initially planned, spokespeople for the large Swiss utilities Axpo Holding and Alpiq Holding told 

OPEC Is Upbeat On Oil Demand Ahead Of Key Policy Meeting

OPEC Is Upbeat On Oil Demand Ahead Of Key Policy Meeting

Nov 07, 2023 at 09:11 | Charles Kennedy

Despite the ongoing concerns about the state of the global economy, OPEC continues to hold an upbeat view on world oil demand, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais…

French Utility Giant: European Natural Gas Demand Is Unlikely To Recover

French Utility Giant: European Natural Gas Demand Is Unlikely To Recover

Nov 07, 2023 at 08:37 | Charles Kennedy

Europe’s natural gas demand continues to be weak after last year’s energy crisis and most of the demand destruction will likely be permanent, according to France’s utility giant…

China To Tighten Regulation Of Oil, Natural Gas, And Power Monopolies

China To Tighten Regulation Of Oil, Natural Gas, And Power Monopolies

Nov 07, 2023 at 07:50 | Tsvetana Paraskova

China plans to tighten regulation of monopolies in the oil and gas and power sectors, among other vital industries, a commission of the Communist party has decided.   …

Nigeria Launches New Crude Grade To Compete In Europe

Nigeria Launches New Crude Grade To Compete In Europe

Nov 07, 2023 at 06:55 | Tsvetana Paraskova

NNPC Ltd, Nigeria’s state-controlled oil company, has launched a new low-sulfur crude grade, called Nembe, which it plans to sell primarily on the European market, an NNPC executive…

Saudi Aramco Q3 Profit Slips 23% As Oil Prices And Production Fall

Saudi Aramco Q3 Profit Slips 23% As Oil Prices And Production Fall

Nov 07, 2023 at 05:33 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Saudi Aramco reported on Tuesday a 23.2% annual decline in its third-quarter net income as lower oil prices and lower oil sales weighed on profits and cash flows.…

China’s Oil Imports Jump By 13.5% In October

China’s Oil Imports Jump By 13.5% In October

Nov 07, 2023 at 04:40 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Stronger fuel demand due to a week-long holiday and a fresh batch of oil import quotas boosted China’s crude oil imports by 13.5% year-over-year in October, customs data…

Kinder Morgan Strikes $1.82-Billion Deal For Texas Natural Gas Pipelines

Kinder Morgan Strikes $1.82-Billion Deal For Texas Natural Gas Pipelines

Nov 07, 2023 at 03:24 | Charles Kennedy

Kinder Morgan will buy the natural gas pipeline portfolio of NextEra Energy Partners in Texas, paying $1.82 billion for the assets. The pipeline network has a throughput capacity…

Department Of Energy Invites Bids For SPR Oil Refill

Department Of Energy Invites Bids For SPR Oil Refill

Nov 07, 2023 at 02:15 | Irina Slav

The Department of Energy has issued an invitation for bids for some 3 million barrels of crude that will go into the strategic petroleum reserve…

U.S. Institutional Oil Investors Shun Climate Resolutions

U.S. Institutional Oil Investors Shun Climate Resolutions

Nov 07, 2023 at 01:09 | Irina Slav

Large U.S.-based institutional investors in Big Oil have this year refused to back climate-related resolutions tabled at the companies’ general meetings. Per a Reuters report, at the…

Russia Shrugs Off Arctic-2 LNG Sanctions As Putin Eyes 2024 On The Throne

Russia Shrugs Off Arctic-2 LNG Sanctions As Putin Eyes 2024 On The Throne

Nov 06, 2023 at 15:26 | Charles Kennedy

Russian Novatek has dismissed sanctions against its Arctic LNG 2 project imposed by Washington last week as a desperate attempt to keep international gas prices high, Interfax reported on Monday. …

American Refiners To Lower Utilization Rates As Gasoline Demand Cools

American Refiners To Lower Utilization Rates As Gasoline Demand Cools

Nov 06, 2023 at 13:29 | Charles Kennedy

American refiners are planning lower refinery utilization rates after producing gasoline at high rates amid softening demand, Reuters reports.  In the past month, U.S. national average gasoline prices have dropped…

Iranian Oil Exports Decline As Sanctions Talk Intensifies

Iranian Oil Exports Decline As Sanctions Talk Intensifies

Nov 06, 2023 at 12:26 | Charles Kennedy

Iranian oil exports have declined for the second consecutive month in October, with the country loading 1.43 million barrels per day of crude and condensate, Bloomberg reports, citing TankerTrackers.com…

Ex EU Climate Chief Drops Key Green Pledge Ahead Of Dutch Election

Ex EU Climate Chief Drops Key Green Pledge Ahead Of Dutch Election

Nov 06, 2023 at 10:41 | Charles Kennedy

Frans Timmermans, the former European Commission climate chief and currently the leader of the left-wing bloc ahead of the upcoming Dutch elections, has ditched a previous commitment to halve…

Price Of Russian Oil For India Dropped In September

Price Of Russian Oil For India Dropped In September

Nov 06, 2023 at 09:44 | Charles Kennedy

High prices and maintenance prompted Indian refiners to reduce purchases of Russian crude oil in September compared to August, which resulted in lower prices of Russia’s crude landing…

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