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Category: Middle East

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  • Iran
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Iran ready to resume nuclear talks if US lifts sanctions within a year

Iran would be ready to resume talks on the nuclear deal with the US and other western powers if they provide a “clear signal” that sanctions will be lifted within Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Electricity Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush

There are many ways the Iraqi government could deliver 24 hours of electricity service per day – but none without a financial or political cost. In a wide-ranging interview with Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Yemen

Yemen’s Houthis Claim New Attacks on Saudi Base, Airport

Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Friday they launched a drone attack on a military airbase and an airport in Saudi Arabia, stepping up their offensive on the kingdom’s energy and security Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Yemen

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Strike on Saudi Base, Aramco Oil Depot

Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they launched missile and drone strikes against a Saudi Arabian oil facility and a military base, as their attacks on the kingdom’s energy and security installations multiply. Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Turkey

Turkey’s Perfectly Timed Gas Discovery

Turkey’s energy import bill has been a major drag on its economy for decades. In 2019, the country imported $41 billion worth of energy among which 45 billion cubic meters Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Israel

Israel accuses Iran of link to oil spill off its shores

Israel accused Iran on Wednesday of being linked to a recent oil spill off its shores that caused major ecological damage, calling the incident environmental terrorism.  The spill was caused Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran Taps Old Oil Customers as It Eyes End of U.S. Sanctions

ran is reaching out to old customers in Asia to gauge their interest in buying its oil as Tehran ramps up diplomacy to get U.S. sanctions lifted. The National Iranian Oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Iraqi crude exports rise 4 percent in February

 Nationwide oil exports increased to 3.395 million barrels per day (bpd) in February, up from 3.266 million bpd the month before , according to an Iraq Oil Report analysis of Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Rockets land at Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces

At least 10 rockets landed on Wednesday at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad airbase that hosts the United States, coalition, and Iraqi forces, the Iraqi military said. It was the second rocket Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran To Join LNG Race In Asia With Huge North Pars Development

With Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices having risen to unprecedented levels in January and the outlook remaining extremely robust Iran believes now is the time to move full Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi warns Iran nuclear inspections should not be a ‘bargaining chip’

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency on Monday urged that inspections not be used as a “bargaining chip” as Iran, the United States and other nations lock Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Formalizes Crown Prince’s Grip Over Oil Firm ADNOC

The de facto ruler of Abu Dhabi, the richest oil emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), became the chairman of the newly-formed board of directors at state oil firm Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia

Aramco Seeking To Extend Loan $10 Billion Loan

Saudi Aramco is reportedly seeking to extend a $10-billion loan, according to Reuters, which cited unnamed sources familiar with the matter, who confirmed an initial report by a Reuters-related news Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

The Real Reason Why Iraq Paused Its Major Oil Deal With China

With a new man in the White House, Iraq’s Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, appears to believe that Iraq can begin a completely new cycle of playing off the U.S. against Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

Iran Rejects Offer of Direct U.S. Nuclear Talks, Senior Diplomats Say

Iran rejected a European Union offer to hold direct nuclear talks with the U.S. in the coming days, risking renewed tension between Tehran and Western capitals. Senior Western diplomats said Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran Rejects Offer of Direct U.S. Nuclear Talks, Ratcheting Up Tension With West

With Tehran escalating its nuclear activities in recent months in breach of the 2015 nuclear deal, the U.S. conducting airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Syria , and Iranian presidential elections Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran rejects early nuclear talks with the United States

Iran has rejected an early meeting with the United States and the other signatories to the Iran nuclear deal, according to Iranian and Western officials. Because of “recent positions and Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Russia says U.S. gave little warning before Syria strike

Russia was given about four to five minutes warning of the Biden administration’s first military action when it struck Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria early Friday, according to Russian Foreign Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Syria condemns ‘cowardly’ U.S. air strikes on Iran-backed militias

Syria said U.S. airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in the east of the country on Friday were a cowardly act and urged President Joe Biden not to follow “the law of Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • Iraq

Q&A: Dr. Reyadh Abdul Amir, head of Iraq’s coronavirus vaccine program

Iraq is willing to spend the money needed to buy coronavirus vaccines, but global supply availability is hampering its efforts to begin inoculating citizens against covid-19. More than 1.5 million Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Venezuela

Iran And Venezuela Swap Jet Fuel And Gasoline Cargoes

Venezuela and Iran, both sanctioned by the United States, have found a way to help each other as shipping companies stay away from dealings with the two oil-producing countries for Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • Iraq

Iraq’s vaccine program races against worsening pandemic

First shipments of three different vaccines are expected imminently, but limited supply and rising infection rates mean other new pandemic counter-measures are also needed. Nationwide oil production held at just Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Iraq’s southern crude exports stable at 2.7 mil b/d in Feb: Basra Oil

 Iraq’s southern crude exports have been averaging 2.7 million b/d in February, in line with the country’s OPEC+ quota, the head of state-owned Basra Oil Co. said in an oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

Iran inspection deal opens window for nuclear talks with US

A last-minute deal between Iran and the UN atomic watchdog over snap inspections has opened a narrow diplomatic window to revive the landmark nuclear treaty between international powers and Tehran. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

Iran Doubles Down On Nuclear Ambitions As It Expands Oil Influence

Tehran’s broad strategy regarding the U.S. is to seek to push new President Joe Biden back into a non-renegotiated nuclear deal, which favours Iran, whilst at the same time allowing Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

Iran Claims U.S. Sanctions Cost $1 Trillion, Demands Compensation

A major crisis was narrowly averted Sunday over Iran’s nuclear facilities and the planned booting of IAEA inspectors from key sites , scheduled according to a prior Iranian parliament decision Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco sees hydrogen market gaining momentum after 2030

Saudi Aramco is aiming for its hydrogen business to be “world scale” by 2030, as that is when it expects the market for the clean fuel to scale up, Ahmed Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran stops snap nuclear inspections, state-run daily urges caution

An Iranian government newspaper warned on Tuesday that overly radical actions in the nuclear wrangling with the West may lead to the country’s isolation after Tehran ended snap inspections by Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia

Sheikh Yamani, Mastermind of Saudi Oil Supremacy, Dies at 90

Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia’s long-serving oil minister and the public face of the 1973 oil embargo that punctuated the country’s newfound role as an oil-market superpower, has died. Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Iraq Plans to Build 10 Gigawatts of Solar Projects Over 10 Years

Iraq awarded seven projects to generate solar power as part of a plan to produce 10 gigawatts of solar energy by the end of 2030, Iraq Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

Analysis: Road to renewed Iran nuclear deal likely to be long and bumpy

It took seven years from the summer’s day in 2008 when a top U.S. diplomat first sat down with his Iranian counterpart until the two sides sealed the 2015 Iran Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

IAEA chief says struck deal with Iran to mitigate it cutting cooperation

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has struck a deal with Iran to continue “necessary” verification and monitoring activities in Iran after Tehran slashes cooperation this week but there will be less Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran to Attend OPEC+ Committee Meeting Next Month, Delegate Says

Iran is set to attend the meeting of an OPEC+ advisory committee next month, according to a delegate who declined to be identified. While Iran — exempted from OPEC’s production cuts Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran Curbs Nuclear Inspectors, but Appears to Leave Space for a Deal

Iran appears to have partly lifted its threat to sharply limit international inspections of its nuclear facilities starting on Tuesday, giving Western nations three months to see if the beginnings Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Yemen

Yemen War: Biden pulls U.S. support; Houthi rebels push to Marib

The shells started landing inside Hussein Ali Wuhaish’s refugee camp days after the Biden administration ended U.S. support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen and took steps to lift sanctions Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Iraq freezes oil pre-payment deal with Zhenhua amid rising crude prices: minister

Iraq has put on hold an oil supply pre-payment deal with China’s state-owned Zhenhua Oil Co. due to the uptick in crude prices this year, the country’s oil minister told Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

Iran tests Biden as he joins first international summit as president

After a campaign in which he promised to repair relations with allies and put diplomacy first, President Biden joined his first international summit on Friday: A virtual Group of Seven meeting Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Exclusive: IAEA found uranium traces at two sites Iran barred it from, sources say

 The U.N. nuclear watchdog found uranium particles at two Iranian sites it inspected after months of stonewalling, diplomats say, and it is preparing to rebuke Tehran for failing to explain, Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Iraq Boosts Oil Exports In Early February Despite OPEC+ Pledge

OPEC’s second-largest producer, Iraq, boosted its crude oil exports by 4.4 percent to 3.44 million barrels per day (bpd) in the first two weeks of February, data compiled by Bloomberg Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran Plans Petrochemical Boom Despite U.S. Sanctions

Given the extreme unlikelihood of the U.S. returning to the currently structured Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and Iran’s unwillingness to renegotiate the deal any time soon , the Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran will reverse nuclear actions when U.S. lifts sanctions – foreign minister

Iran will “immediately reverse” actions in respect of its nuclear programme when U.S. sanctions are lifted, its foreign minister said on Friday, reiterating Tehran’s position on Washington’s offer to revive Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

U.S. Says It Would Meet for Nuclear Talks With Iran, Other Powers

U.S. and Iranian officials could hold nuclear discussions within coming weeks under a plan by the European Union to bring the two sides together for the first time since President Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

United States signals readiness to resume talks with Iran

 The United States is prepared to talk to Iran about both countries returning to compliance with a 2015 deal that aims to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon, U.S. Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia

Crude stockpiles slump to record low as exports keep rising

 Saudi Arabia’s crude stockpiles dropped to their lowest on record in December as the OPEC kingpin continued to push out more exports with direct use falling even more, according to Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • OPEC
  • Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Set to Raise Oil Output Amid Recovery in Prices

Saudi Arabia plans to increase its oil output in the coming months, reversing a recent big production cut, say advisers to the Kingdom, a sign of growing confidence over an Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Iraq maintains steady output as OPEC meeting approaches

 Iraq’s nationwide crude production held steady in January at just over 4 million barrels per day (bpd), according to an Iraq Oil Report analysis based on data collected independently from Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Iraq

Iraq’s $2 bil oil prepayment deal with Zhenhua delayed pending official approval: SOMO

Iraq’s $2 billion oil prepayment deal with China’s state-owned Zhenhua Oil Co. is on hold pending government approvals, the deputy director-general of State Oil Marketing Organization told S&P Global Platts.Now Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran tells IAEA it plans to scale back cooperation in a week

Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it will dramatically scale back cooperation with it in a week, a report by the agency to its member states showed on Tuesday, Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran to Tightly Restrict Inspectors’ Access if U.S. Sanctions Not Lifted

Iran has warned it would tear up much of the international monitoring of its nuclear activities next week if the U.S. doesn’t lift economic sanctions, in a fresh bid to pressure Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia

FEATURE: Plans for second Aramco share sale increase oil price pressure on Saudi Arabia

 Spurred by the accelerating global energy transition, Saudi Arabia may soon sell more shares of its flagship oil company to finance projects aimed at diversifying its hydrocarbon-reliant economy.  The plan Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple

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