HD Hyundai Chemical and Lotte Daesan Petrochemical have completed their integration to establish H&L Advanced, marking the first major restructuring case in South Korea’s petrochemical industry. The new company aims to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs and accelerate a strategic shift from commodity petrochemicals toward specialty and higher-value-added materials.
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Bloomberg reported that Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports in August dropped to their lowest level in nine years.
Three liquefied natural gas cargoes loaded in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have been transferred between ships outside the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks for delivery to India and Japan, according to ship-tracking firms.
Germany’s foreign minister said Berlin is negotiating long-term gas contracts with Algeria to diversify supply and secure energy before winter, after a sharp drop in Russian imports, low German storage, and added market pressure from the war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran.
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the U.S. would remain in force for 25 years, target an increase in crude output to 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) and preserve the country's sovereignty over its natural resources.
President Donald Trump is expected to meet with U.S. refiners and fuel retailers next week to highlight efforts to lower gasoline prices, as his administration seeks to ease pressure on consumers from the Iran war ahead of November's congressional midterm elections, people familiar with the matter said.
Six months into the Iran war, the world's most powerful oil alliance, OPEC+, finds itself in an unfamiliar position: unable to influence a market it once helped shape.
At least three Indian oil refiners and a global energy major plan to stop using vessels on Iran's new blacklist, including for ship-to-ship transfers, due to security concerns, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said this week.
Japan is set to unveil on Wednesday a comprehensive plan to boost resilience of its energy supply, with steps such as diversifying crude oil procurement and supporting Middle East pipelines to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, media said.
Japan plans no additional releases of crude oil from its national reserves in September or October, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Tuesday.
French oil major TotalEnergies will invest in expanding the Fujairah oil export pipeline in Abu Dhabi and continue investing in the Middle East despite the Iran war, its CEO said on Monday at an energy conference in Norway.
India's downstream petroleum and gas regulator said on Friday it has approved the laying of about 1,800 km of LPG pipeline infrastructure at an estimated investment of 70 billion rupees ($731.49 million).
Deep in Australia's Red Centre, gas is set to start flowing next month from the sprawling Beetaloo basin to Darwin 500 km (310 miles) north, in what developers hope kicks off the country's own U.S.-style shale revolution.
Tajikistan has asked to import 2.5 million metric tons of oil and petroleum products from Iran, the Central Asian country's transport ministry said, as its traditional supplier Russia grapples with fuel shortages of its own.
Oil shipments from Russia's western ports have fallen to about 2.3 million barrels per day in the first half of August, 15% below the initial loading plan, because of disruptions at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
Canada's biggest oil producers are targeting late 2027 for a final investment decision on their proposed 6-million-tonne carbon capture and storage project, a key piece of the country's plan to grow oil production and keep emissions in check, the president of the Oil Sands Alliance industry group told Reuters.
India's Torrent Gas aims to file updated draft papers for an initial public offering of up to 40 billion rupees ($418.09 million) as early as this week, two sources aware of the matter told Reuters.
A series of new Canadian crude oil export pipeline projects could help the world's fourth-largest oil producer meet global demand and come closer to achieving Prime Minister Mark Carney's "energy superpower" ambition.
Saudi Arabia’s listed petrochemical sector has started 2026 with a much smaller loss bill, but the recovery remains uneven and heavily dependent on cost discipline, plant reliability and global demand.
Chevron said on Monday it had discovered oil and gas condensate at an exploration well in Block 0, offshore Angola, adding to its push to increase production in sub-Saharan Africa through infrastructure-led exploration.
