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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...

The Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said yesterday that OPEC has succeeded in raising crude prices and stabilising oil markets. "OPEC's performance has been successful because the price of...

The Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) yesterday denied reports claiming it had violated the OPEC+ production cut agreement in July. Earlier this week, financial data site Refinitiv Eikon, Iraq's...

Saudi Arabia's exports of crude oil and petroleum products fell 41.2 per cent in May month on month, the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) revealed yesterday. According to JODI,...

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, including Russia, will ease oil supply cuts next month as global economies slowly recover from the effects of...

Iraq's Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) has significantly reduced oil output from the Basra crude supplies destined for Asia in July, in implementation of the OPEC+ agreement to reduce production, Reuters quoted...

Gulf countries will not continue a reduction of oil output by an extra 1.18 million barrels per day (bpd) in July as part of an agreement made by the...

OPEC, Russia and allies agreed on Saturday to extend record oil production cuts until the end of July, prolonging a deal that has helped crude prices double in the...

On Friday, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil reconfirmed its full commitment to the OPEC+ crude oil production cuts. Oil Ministry Spokesman Assem Jihad announced in a press statement: "Iraq reconfirms its...

OPEC+ members are considering extending the current oil output cut to stabilise global oil prices, Bloomberg reported yesterday. Members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia were...

OPEC President Algeria has proposed bringing forward the next meeting of the oil producing group and its allies, known as OPEC+, to June 4 from an earlier plan to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman agreed on Wednesday to strengthen coordination to cut oil production and stabilise the global oil market. The Kremlin...

A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean, with the first vessel expected to reach the South American country's waters on Sunday,...

Saudi Arabia has called on OPEC+ countries to respect their commitment to the agreed oil production cuts and to reduce production even further to help restore balance to global...