Shipments of Russian Sokol crude oil to Indian Oil Corp have been delayed by payment problems, forcing India's biggest refiner to draw from its inventories and buy more oil from the Middle East, two sources familiar with the matter said.
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Brent crude futures rose 18 cents, or 0.2%, to $79.25 a barrel by 1208 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 3 cents at $73.59.
The oil and gas industry went on a $250 billion buying spree in 2023, taking advantage of companies' high stock prices to secure lower-cost reserves and prepare for the next upheaval in an industry likely to undergo more consolidation.
The head of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has stressed the need for using new specialized financing solutions in the petrochemical industry, Shana reported.
Oil Minister Javad Owji on Monday expressed Iran’s readiness for exporting oil products and technical and engineering services to Nicaragua.
Global crude oil prices would have surged and created “havoc” in the international oil market had India not ramped up oil imports from Russia in the aftermath of Moscow’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the petroleum and natural gas ministry told the department-related parliamentary standing committee.
The Canadian government is backing up to C$2 billion ($1.5 billion) in new commercial loans for Trans Mountain Corp (TMC), the crown corporation building an over-budget and long-delayed oil pipeline expansion to the Pacific coast.
The National Petrochemical Company (NPC) managing director on Sunday said the petrochemical industry’s technology needs must be satisfied by Iranian companies.
The international benchmark crude Brent traded at $78.80 per barrel at 0659 GMT, a 0.45% decrease from the closing price of $79.16 a barrel in the previous trading session on Friday.
The managing director of Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) has said 32,000 barrels per day (bpd) of gas condensate are exported from the South Pars Gas Terminal, Shana reported.
Iran has added 60 new wells to boost production capacity in the South Azadegan oil field, which the country shares with its neighbor Iraq, the head of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) announced.
India's crude oil imports decreased by 2.3 per cent and increased by 0.4 per cent during November 2023 and April-November 2023 respectively, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
A natural gas project to be developed in Venezuelan waters by Shell and Trinidad and Tobago's state firm National Gas Company could achieve first output in the next two years if a positive investment decision is made, Trinidad officials said on Friday.
Russia is hoping its shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will offset a sharp fall in pipeline gas exports to Europe, but a shortage of gas tankers and sanctions hold back its plans, analysts and industry sources said.
India is set to register the second highest LNG regasification capacity additions in Asia between 2023 and 2027, accounting for about 22% of the region’s total capacity additions by 2027, forecasts GlobalData.
China's state oil majors CNPC and CNOOC have both asked the U.S. government for exemptions from sanctions on a new Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant, a Beijing-based industry official with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Brent crude futures were up 92 cents, or 1.16%, to $80.31 a barrel by 0931 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 96 cents, or 1.3%, at $74.85 a barrel.
Bassirabad gas pressure reduction station in Iran’s northeastern province of Golestan was officially launched in the presence of Oil Minister Javad Owji on Thursday.
The urea and ammonia plan in Golestan Province, northeastern Iran, will turn into the largest provincial construction project, said Oil Minister Javad Owji on Thursday.
Almost five million barrels of Russia's Sokol grade crude has failed to reach Indian refiners over the past four weeks, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.