BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Apr.2025) — The US Department of the Treasury‘s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on […]
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Israel Conflict Gains Grip as Output: Rystad Says
(Rystad, 17.Oct.2024) — Here is Rystad Energy’s market update from Middle East Research Director, Aditya Saraswat. “Tensions are persisting in the Middle East and the […]
LatAm NRG Matters: Highlights, Heard
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Oct.2024) — LatAm NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week ended 4 Oct. 2024. LATIN AMERICA —Argentina: Malaysian […]
Scientists: Epoch Marked by human impact — the Anthropocene — Began in 1950s
(AP, 11.Jul.2024) — From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since […]
Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report [PDF Download]
(The World Bank, 31.Mar.2023) — After a decade of little progress, global gas flaring volumes fell by around 3% in 2022. However, despite this welcome […]
Iran Starts Refining its Oil in Venezuela: Minister
(Xinhua, 17.Oct.2022) — Iranian Petroleum Minister Javad Owji said on Sunday that Iran has started refining its crude oil in Venezuela, SHANA news agency affiliated […]
Venezuela’s Oil Exports Drop 8% in April amid Quality-linked Delays
(Reuters, 6.May.2022) — Venezuela’s oil exports fell 8% in April from the previous month amid continued delays linked to poor-quality crude grades and insufficient oil […]
Iranian Oil Minister Meets Venezuela’s President Maduro in Caracas
(AFP, 3.May.2022) — Iran’s oil minister has paid an official visit to ally Venezuela to meet President Nicolas Maduro and discuss ways to “overcome” the […]
Venezuela and Iran to Deepen Oil and Defense Ties
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.May.2022) — Venezuela’s Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami held a working meeting in Caracas with his Iranian counterpart Javad Owji to discuss […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela Receives 185 Mbbls from Iran; Pemex, Exxon 1Q:22 Conf. Calls
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Venezuela reportedly receiving 185,000 barrels of 29-degree API petroleum from Iran; Pemex plans to host a conference […]
White House Pressed on Potential Oil Deals with Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Iran
(Politico, 7.Mar.2022) — The White House on Monday pushed back on concerns about the Biden administration’s willingness to cut deals with countries like Saudi Arabia, […]
Iran, Qatar Sign Major Deals on Raisi’s Doha Trip
(Al Jazeera, 23.Feb.2022) — Qatar and Iran have signed 14 agreements during President Ebrahim Raisi’s two-day trip to Doha this week. Raisi was accompanied by […]
Iranian Oil Tanker to Discharge 2 mln Barrels in Venezuela
(Reuters, 31.Jan.2022) — An Iranian supertanker carrying about 2 million barrels of condensate this week began discharging at Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA‘s main oil […]
NRGBriefs: Maduro Courts Arab Investments
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro talking in a special interview w/ Arab media house Al Mayadeen broadcast on […]
Crude From Venezuela, Iran Stacks Up Off Singapore
(Bloomberg, 24.Aug.2021) — Oil stored in ships has been stacking up off key Asian ports as a crackdown in China on private crude oil processors […]
China’s CCPC Takes Center Stage In Iran
(Reuters, 22.Jul.2021) — A Chinese logistics firm has emerged as a central player in the supply of sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, even after […]
Iran Activates Game Plan For Oil Comeback In 2021
(Platts, 9.Feb.2021) — Emboldened by the change in US presidency, Iran is pushing more oil onto the market, even as sanctions remain in place, as […]
OPEC Fund Marks 45 Years Of Driving Development
(The OPEC Fund, 28.Jan.2021) — The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) marks its 45th anniversary today. Since inception, the multilateral development finance […]
20 Companies: The Biggest Polluters In The World
(Insider Monkey, 2.Jan.2021) — In this article we are going to list the 20 companies that are the biggest polluters in the world. Click to […]
Biden Presidency To Reset US Sanctions Focus
(Argus, 14.Dec.2020) — Washington’s failure in the past two years to force regime change in Caracas by means of severe sanctions gives the incoming US […]
Iran Mostly Contains Fire After Oil Pipeline Spill
(Reuters, 13.Dec.2020) — Firefighters have contained most of a blaze that broke out after a pipeline carrying crude oil to Iran’s second-largest refinery ruptured on […]
India Looks To Resume Iran, Venezuela Oil Imports
(Reuters, 2.Dec.2020) — India wants to diversify its oil imports, including the resumption of supplies from Iran and Venezuela, after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes […]