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  • Germany is looking to increase its investments in Pakistan, especially in the energy sector, Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit by Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on…

  • Kazakhstan’s president ordered his government on Tuesday to allocate $3 billion from the National Fund every year from 2015 to 2017 to bolster growth in an economy hit by falling oil prices and a…

  • Total investment in Canadian oil sands projects during 2014-38 will exceed $514 billion, according to the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI).

  • Digitalization of the energy sector is imminent and will play a critical role in the way in which the industry operates, a world renowned physicist said at the ongoing Abu Dhabi International…

  • Domestic gas consumption reached 520 million cubic meters (mcm/d) on Monday, one hundred mcm/d higher than the same time last year, the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) speaker said, Shana…

  • The National Energy Management Plan (NEMP) is being drafted by a government commission, member of parliament Hossein Khamkani said in an interview with Eghtesad News.

    The document was to be…

  • The Prime Minister of Romania Victor Ponta said that the country has no significant reserves of shale gas, but Chevron replied commenting that it is still analysing the data…

  • ConocoPhillips and its partners struck oil with a second exploration well offshore West Africa in the Sangomar Deep block, said the company, Fuel Fix reported.

    The finding is the second of…

  • Russia’s move to broaden its energy ties to China is clouding the outlook for natural gas export projects on the drawing board in the US, Canada and Australia.

  • Drilling operations at six Cluster B wells in the Kish gas field is 80 percent complete, Nasser Pour-Mansouri, director of Fath-61 drilling rig, said.

    The field is expected to go into…

  • Iran aims to increase its share in Iraq's electricity market by 50-60 percent, chairman of the Iran Electrical Industry Syndicate (IEIS) said, Moj news agency reported Monday.

  • Chinese government data show crude oil imports were up 18 percent in October year-on-year, though down from the month prior by more than 10 percent. Chinese average imports for October were 5.7…

  • Brent crude for December fell $1.11 to $81.23 per barrel on Tuesday, its lowest since 2010, as a firm dollar and robust US shale production outweighed a drop in Libyan output, Reuters reported. A…

  • China and Russia deepened their energy ties with a second deal that reduces Russia's reliance on Europe and would secure almost a fifth of the gas supply China needs by the end of the decade,…

  • Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, is seeking to build crude sales and expand in Asia as OPEC producers fight for market share in the US.

  • The Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI) should increase the funding of projects and make revisions to its interest rates and repayment schedules, a deputy energy minister said, ILNA reported…

  • Iran's Petroleum University of Technology (PUT) and Montan University of Austria signed a MoU on Monday to build scientific and research cooperation, Shana news agency reported.

    The two…

  • 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…