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Kuwait has nominated its former governor to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Haitham Al-Ghais, to lead the oil producer group after Mohammad Barkindo's term as secretary...

A US official said yesterday that the White House stands by its calls for oil-producing countries to "do more" to support the global economic recovery, as crude prices recorded...

An OPEC+ ministerial panel gathered today to discuss the latest oil prices and decided to follow an existing pact to hike oil output by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in...

Speaking at a Future of the Oil and Gas Industry conference, Pulitzer prize-winning author and global energy expert Daniel Yergin said that the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that the...

Qatari Energy Minister Saad Bin Sherida Al-Kaabi announced today that Qatar will not rejoin the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and stressed that Doha will mainly invest in...

Algeria is preparing a new investment law to improve its business climate and attract foreign investors with the aim of boosting the non-energy sector, Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane said...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday that it expects Oman's economy to recover this year with a projected growth of 2.5 per cent, spurred by non-hydrocarbon GDP growth...

Algeria's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.3% in the first quarter of this year helped by a better performance from the energy sector, official data showed on Saturday, after...

Pro-government commentators in Saudi Arabia are publicly criticising the United Arab Emirates' role in Yemen, a rare move that reflects political and economic tensions between the two Gulf allies...

The UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure yesterday announced that the negotiations between the Emirates and the OPEC+ alliance are ongoing and no agreement on production quotas has been...

Abu Dhabi lashed out at Riyadh's proposal saying it was unfair on them and that the world needed more crude oil after collapsing prices due to the pandemic

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister has condemned the opposition of the United Arab Emirates to a proposed OPEC+ deal to increase output and extend cuts, in a clear example of...

Iraq backs a proposal by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies to extend a pact on output curbs until December 2022, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul...

Iraq Basra Gas (BGC) consortium has signed a $360 million loan agreement with the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) to help it reduce gas flaring across the south...

Iran's oil output can easily reach 6.5 million barrels per day (bpd) when U.S. sanctions are lifted, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Monday, according to the Ministry's...

Iraq's Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail yesterday said he does not expect oil prices to drop below $65 a barrel and that lower oil prices should not be a...

Oil prices were mixed today supported by a weaker US dollar and with more supplies expected from the OPEC+ decision to ease output cuts after April, Anadolu Agency reports. International...

OPEC+ today debated whether to keep deep oil output cuts in place or ease them after the administration of US President Joe Biden resumed Donald Trump's practice of calling...

Libya's oil and gas ministry is to be reorganised pending the election in December, the prime minister's office has announced. According to Bloomberg, one representative from western Libya will...

The long-time oil minister of Saudi Arabia, who led the kingdom through the famed 1973 oil embargo, passed away today in London at the age of 90. Ahmed Zaki...

Saudi Arabia's oil production cut will last a further two months coming to an end in April, the kingdom's energy ministry has announced. Speaking in a televised interview with Bloomberg yesterday,...

Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar said yesterday that the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic have put the oil industries in a critical situation, adding that he expects oil prices...

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on Friday that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had exempted it from production cuts because of difficult conditions facing the country....

The United Arab Emirates came out of OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia's shadow this week by demanding better adherence with oil supply cuts, effectively delaying the latest strategy decision by...

Members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other allies including Russia yesterday delayed talks on whether or not oil production cuts should be extended for...

S&P Global Platts quoted traders in the oil market stating that the global market has absorbed the growing and sudden surge of Libyan oil production, contrary to the expectations...

Oil markets may take advantage of the prospects of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech to stabilise, Bloomberg reported today. Last week, crude oil prices soared to their highest level...

Crude oil prices increased by more than six per cent on Monday following statements by Saudi Arabia and the Emirates about the possibility of amending the OPEC+ production cut...

Gulf OPEC producers the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, as well as Iraq, are debating whether they should roll over existing oil supply cuts into 2021, as they struggle...

Saudi Arabia's oil exports declined 62 per cent in the second quarter of 2020, the state-run Saudi General Authority for Statistics announced yesterday. In an official statement, the authority said...

Iraq's commitment to a recent agreement by the Russian-led OPEC+ group will deprive the country of 750,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), the former Iraqi oil minister warned...

Saudi Arabia has been encouraing members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other producers such as Russia, known as OPEC+, to incerase output in the...