$70 Oil Won’t Keep OPEC Happy
Oil prices plunged on Friday on renewed fears of a COVID-19-fueled drop in demand. OPEC has been slow to open the taps despite soaring oil prices over the past several Continue Reading
Iran Insists on Immediate Lifting of Sanctions as Nuclear Talks Resume – The New York Times
The setting was right, but the atmosphere chilly. After a break of more than five months, talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal resumed on Monday in the Palais Continue Reading
Iran Plans To Boost Oil Production To 5 Million Bpd
Iran is determined to return to its pre-sanction oil production level of 5 million barrels per day, regardless of how the nuclear deal develops The Islamic Republic is aiming to Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia forges ahead with shale gas play in unconventional push to cut oil use
Highlights Jafurah field could yield up to 2 Bcf/d of gas at peak Output will also support chemicals, hydrogen production Aramco says shale gas will reduce oil used for electricity Continue Reading
Iranian water protests a ‘wake-up call’ for regime
Farmers demanding water for their crops, protesters with blood pouring down their faces and riot police shouting at them to disperse — in recent weeks the scorched riverbed at the Continue Reading
Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal
Plans by some nations to end the financing of gas exploration will prove a “fatal cost” for several emerging African economies, Senegal President Macky Sall said at the start of Continue Reading
La Nina Is Set to Deliver Drought to Argentina’s Soybean Crop
La Nina is set to wreak havoc during Argentina’s upcoming summer, when soybean and corn plants will be growing across the Pampas farm belt. Precious little rain will fall in Continue Reading
Design flaw could explain problem at EDF’s Chinese nuclear plant-NGO
A design flaw in the reactor pressure vessel could be the cause of a problem that was made public in June at French company EDF’s jointly-owned nuclear power plant in Continue Reading
ExxonMobil continues preparatory work for gas project in Vietnam
ExxonMobil (XOM.N) is continuing preparatory work for its Ca Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) gas project in Vietnam, it said on Monday, with a final investment decision dependent on factors including Continue Reading
These Australian Coal Mines Are Methane Super-Emitters
Just inland of Australia’s east coast, roughly 200 miles from the Great Barrier Reef, a single coal mine run by Glencore Plc emitted so much super-warming methane in a year Continue Reading