OPEC+ pauses as Russia sanctions and China covid rules roil crude markets
OPEC+ responded to surging volatility and growing market uncertainty by keeping oil production unchanged.
OPEC+ responded to surging volatility and growing market uncertainty by keeping oil production unchanged.
The government of Indonesia is reviewing plans to again auction the giant East Natuna Block offshore Indonesia as carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology opens up the development potential of the carbon dioxide (CO2) intense field, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif.
The Shell (LON: SHEL) Penguins FPSO – the oil giant’s first new manned vessel in UK waters for 30 years – is finally due to head to the North Sea.
Oil extended a rebound from the lowest level in almost a year on speculation that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies will deepen supply cuts to respond to weakening global demand.
The war in Ukraine is strengthening the role of Asia and the Middle East as the world’s main providers of fuels like diesel and gasoline that are crucial to the global economy.
Sinopec has signed up to buy 4 million tonnes per year of LNG from QatarEnergy (QE) for 27 years.
Oil sank again following the biggest weekly decline since August as China tightened anti-Covid curbs, hurting the outlook for demand.
As COP27 continues apace, the slew of demands for more – or less – hydrocarbon investments is mounting.
International sanctions on Russian crude will reduce supply by 2 million barrels per day of crude, Windward AI CEO and co-founder Ami Daniel has predicted.
Shell (LON:SHEL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sinopec, Baowu and BASF to explore the feasibility of developing an open-source carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project in the East China region.
Chinese yard Dajin Offshore Heavy Industry will supply wind towers for Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland after winning a subcontract from Siemens Gamesa.
China and India will significantly expand their LNG import infrastructure over the next five years with the pair, led by China, set to record the highest LNG regasification capacity additions in Asia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to allow companies from friendly countries, such as China and India, to invest in its gas and LNG business, as Western firms retreat.
PetroChina’s third-quarter earnings rose on stronger oil prices even as China’s strict Covid Zero policy continues to constrain fuel demand.
Europe’s near-term natural gas supply glut means more fuel for Asia this winter.
A city in southern China is planning an offshore wind farm bigger than all of the power plants in Norway combined.
China’s Sinopec said it has discovered major shale gas reserves in the Jinshi 103HF exploratory well in the country’s Sichuan basin.
The Baodao 21-1 gas-bearing structure is the first large-scale deep-water natural gas field in the South China Sea with proved gas in place of over 50 billion cubic metres, reported Chinese national oil company CNOOC Limited.
Insurers should move faster away from hydrocarbon coverage, Insure Our Future has said. The group has suggested insurers may also seek damages from large emitters.
President Xi Jinping has promised a slow and steady end to the growth of planet-warming emissions in China, with energy security taking top priority as the country contends with a flagging economy and tumult on global fuel markets.
Cnooc Ltd said that net income probably more than doubled in the first nine months of the year, as China’s biggest offshore oil and gas driller continues to reap the benefit of higher energy prices.
China has installed a new oil and gas production platform near the median line with Japan in the East China Sea, reported the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), sparking Tokyo’s anger.
Nearly half of UK offshore wind capacity is controlled by state-owned or majority state-owned foreign entities, according to a new report.
Ethiopia has terminated the Poly-GCL licence given a lack of progress in developing the Calub and Hilala gas fields.
A typhoon has ripped a BP FPSO away from its moorings at a Chinese yard, throwing up another challenge to plans for LNG production off Senegal and Mauritania.