Oil & Gas Industry News

Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned Iranian oil tankers from entering its waters in an effort to slow Iran’s oil exports.

The Iranian ships are restricted from entering Saudi ports, and Bahrain, a Saudi ally, has issued similar restrictions.

05 April 2016
Iran wants euro payment for new and outstanding oil sales

Iran wants to recover tens of billions of dollars it is owed by India and other buyers of its oil in euros and is billing new crude sales in euros, too, looking to reduce its dependence on the U.S. dollar following last month’s sanctions relief.

01 March 2016
Australia became a leader in LNG export to Asian-Oceanian countries in Q3 2015

Australia has become the largest LNG exporter in Asia in 2015.

08 December 2015
Iran prepares infrastructure to export gas to Oman

Referring to Iraq’s request for the purchase of Iran’s LNG, deputy oil minister reported on creation of a 48-inch split from the 7th overall pipeline in order to export gas to Oman.

02 December 2015
Iraq’s crude oil export hit a new record

It grew up to 3,10 million barr/day for one month.

01 November 2015
U.S. Steps Up Its Attacks on ISIS-Controlled Oil Fields in Syria

The United States and its allies have sharply increased their airstrikes against the sprawling oil fields that the Islamic State controls in eastern Syria in an effort to disrupt one of the terrorist group’s main sources of revenue, American officials said this week.

01 November 2015
GTL plans to build APG processing plant in Iraq

Within 9 months GTL plans to sign an agreement with South Oil Company for construction of APG processing plant in Iraq, said the company on October 20, 2015.

26 October 2015
Sudan wants to join OPEC

Sudan has formally submitted an application to join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), its oil minister Mohamed Zayed Awad said this week.

20 October 2015
Russia and Syria has discussed cooperation in the oil sector

Syrian Prime-Minister V. Al Halqi and Director Deputy of Stroitransgas I.Kazak have discussed potential return to cooperation, as informed by the Government of Syria September 16, 2015.

16 September 2015
SOCAR Turkey launches construction of port for Star oil refinery

Construction of the sea port for Star oil refinery launched in Turkey. Under the project, construction of offshore trestles of refinery will be completed in May 2017.

07 August 2015
Iran and Syria have oil, gas projects worth $3,6 billion

Syria and Iran have a batch of joint oil and gas projects in the pipeline worth an estimated $3.6 billion, said Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader Halqi.

23 July 2015
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, rose July pricing for most crude grades sold to Asia amid signs that demand is growing.

Arab Light for buyers in Asia will sell at parity to the regional benchmark, state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. said Thursday in an e-mailed statement. Saudi Aramco raised the official selling prices for that grade and Arab Medium crude to 10-month highs.

05 June 2015
Big oil companies to cut investments

More than $100bn of spending on new projects by the world’s energy companies has been slowed, postponed or axed following the oil price plunge, evidence of the drastic industry action that will curb output in coming years.

19 May 2015
Saudi Aramco will increase its oil export to China

Saudi Aramco plans to increase oil output to China, said Khalid Al-Falih.

25 March 2015
Ethiopia and Djibouti will build oil pipeline

Black Rhino, owned by funds of U.S. investment firm Blackstone Group, and a South African-based firm have signed framework agreements to build a fuel pipeline between Djibouti and Ethiopia, the contractors said on Wednesday.

26 February 2015
UAE Energy Minister: Future of oil price depends on non-OPEC countries

Depending on the actual production growth from non-OPEC countries this problem could take months or years [to be resolved]. If they act rationally we can see positive corrections during 2015, the UAE’s Energy Minister said.

08 January 2015