Energy

  • After dismissing China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) from the joint South Azadegan oil field due to poor performance, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has now imposed stringent…

  • Iran Grid Management Company (IGMC) will barter the remaining part of its debts to private power suppliers by the yearend, IGMC managing director said.  

  • Tokyo has agreed in principle to allow the UAE to store crude in Japan for three more years, giving the No.2 crude supplier to Japan continued access to a supply depot. The deal allows UAE to get…

  • Russia’s energy minister is positive about executing oil contracts in roubles, energy minister Alexander Novak told ITAR-TASS on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Beijing. “It should be…

  • Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, is set to showcase how a new generation of smarter Digital Oilfield technologies is set to streamline efficiencies, reduce security risks and…

  • Egypt, facing its worst power crisis in decades, on Saturday pledged greater energy cooperation with Greece and Cyprus, a diplomatic move that opened up the possibility of progress in talks to…

  • Pakistan scrapped its biggest share sale in eight years as a slump in crude oil prices and political opposition to reducing a government stake in oil explorer Oil and Gas Development Co. damped…

  • A German company has offered to invest $1 billion to develop wind power in Iran, deputy energy minister said, Mehr news agency reported Sunday.

    “We have had several negotiations with…

  • Increase in water and electricity prices will be investigated in the next phase of the national subsidy reform plan, chief of staff of the president said, Fars news agency reported.

  • The Oil Contracts Revision Committee (OCRC) was established after President Hassan Rouhani' took office in mid-2013 to help attract foreign investment in the key oil and gas sector that has been…

  • The petrochemical sector requires $33 billion in investments to reach the 55 million tons of petrochemical products targeted in current projects, the deputy oil minister said Sunday.

  • Rosneft may implement its projects without state support, including that from the National Welfare Fund, Russia’s Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said. Ulyukayev said that it…

  • Russia and China signed a memorandum of understanding with a view to supplying natural gas to China via the “western route,” Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said, Interfax reported.…

  • Russia's largest independent natural gas producer Novatek is in talks with Chinese banks to get over $10 billion for its Yamal liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, according to the company’s key…

  • Turkmenistan has signed an outline deal with Turkey to supply gas to a new pipeline that could help Europe reduce its dependence on Russian gas imports.

    The two countries struck a so-…

  • India needs to invest $250 billion over the next five years to tackle chronic energy shortages and provide power for all its 1.2 billion people, according to its power minister.  Piyush Goyal…

  • Traders and shipping companies scrambled to source fuel and take over supply contracts on Friday after Danish marine fuel supplier OW Bunker said a suspected fraud at its Singapore subsidiary had…

  • Iraqi Kurdistan has sold 34.5 million barrels of oil worth almost $3 billion since January, the Kurdistan Regional Government said, despite opposition from the federal government to independent…

  • Iran exports water and electricity equipment and services to 2o countries, energy minister Hamid Chitchian said Saturday, ILNA reported.

    "We build thermal, hydroelectric and renewables…

  • To improve implementation of oil projects, the oil ministry needs to sign contracts directly with subcontractors after tendering, the deputy for engineering affairs at the oil ministry said, IRNA…

  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA is boosting fuel prices as Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff gives the state-run producer some relief from inflation-fighting policies and the lowest oil…

  • Libyan state security guards have started a protest at the 120,000 barrels a day Hariga oil port in the east, halting any oil exports, Reuters quoted a Libyan oil official as saying. The closure…

  • Saudi Arabia’s move to cut the cost of its oil to US customers has injected fear into the oil markets, bringing the price of OPEC crude below $80 and suggesting to some observers that the cartel…

  • The firm operating the incapacitated Fukushima nuclear power plant announced its success in removing all the spent uranium fuel from one of the wrecked plant's reactor buildings, completing one…

  • Asia needs market reforms to capitalize on the "golden opportunity" represented by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday, Oil and Gas Daily reported.