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How a Saudi-Russian Standoff Sent Oil Markets Into a Frenzy

Moscow refused to accept production cuts to offset the effect of the coronavirus outbreak. Now Saudi Arabia is trying an alternative: inflicting pain.

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IEA: Oil Demand To Drop For First Time Since 2009

Global oil demand is set to drop this year for the first time since the financial crisis in 2009, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Monday, as it sl…

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Aramco Shares Fall 9%; Below IPO Price for First Time as OPEC Pact Unravels

Shares of Saudi state oil company Aramco (2222.SE) slumped below their initial public offering (IPO) price on Sunday for the first time since they began trading…

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Saudi Arabia to up Oil Production after Opec Deal Falls Through

World’s largest oil exporter Saudi Arabia is planning to ramp up production to nearly 11m barrels a day in April after the three year alliance between oil cart…

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Kazakhstan in Talks with PetroChina after Force Majeure on Gas Supplies

Kazakh natural gas exporter Kaztransgas is discussing further gas supplies with PetroChina after it issued a force majeure notice citing the coronavirus outbrea…

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CNOOC Has Fully Resumed, Recovering From the Effect of Coronavirus

On March 6, the reporter learned from China National Offshore Oil Corporation that, with full coordination efforts, up to now, CNOOC's projects under constructi…

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OPEC+ Stuck Yet Again as Saudi Arabia and Russia Disagree on Output Cuts

The OPEC+ found itself stuck yet again, after a day of talks that ended with its two most important members split over whether they should deepen production cut…

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Saudis Lobby for Million-Plus-Barrel OPEC Cuts, Extending Oil’s Gains

Oil rose for a third day after Saudi Arabia pushed for a deeper output cut than OPEC’s technical committee recommended a day earlier.

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Oil Looks Into Abyss as Coronavirus Threatens Demand Contraction

Flights canceled in Europe, schools closed in Japan, towns quarantined in Italy and panic in California. The coronavirus crisis has gone global, and with it, it…

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China's Fuel Demand To Normalize Earlier Than Projected

China's thirst for fuel has substantially gone down after the coronavirus outbreak forced government officials to lock down cities and restrict non-essential tr…

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China-Myanmar Gas Pipeline Imports of Natural Gas made a Breakthrough Last Year

The reporter recently learned from Kunming Customs that the natural gas imports of China-Myanmar oil and gas pipelines will exceed 5 billion cubic meters in 201…

BP Exits Hat-Trick of US Trade Associations Over Climate Policies

Oil giant BP has announced that it will exit three US trade associations after a climate review.

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Oil may Hit $40 if Russia doesn’t Support Opec’s Production Cuts

In a volatile trading last week, crude oil prices touched one-month high and then fell back as coronavirus fears were back in the markets, with infection and de…

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IEA: Coronavirus May Hit Oil Demand Growth More Than Expected

The coronavirus outbreak could hit global oil demand growth more than currently expected, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, add…

Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project

he development objective of the 1000 Electricity Transmission and Trade Project for Central Asia and South Asia (CASA) is to create the conditions for sustainab…