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Oil jumps as markets price in rising risk of US strike on Iran
Sopuruchi Onwuka Oil prices surged to around $71.50 per barrel on Thursday, the highest level since late September, as markets rapidly priced in the growing risk of direct US military action against Iran. Analysts say the speed of the rally…
Digital initiatives can save petroleum industry over $320 bn _Rystad
Sopuruchi Onwuka Digital innovation is becoming a defining force for the oilfield services (OFS) sector as it adjusts to shifting market realities. According to a new analysis from global energy advisory firm Rystad Energy, the next five years could bring…
IMO reworking net-zero framework for easy adoption
Proposed delay in the implementation of the Net-Zero Framework (NZF) by the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) will give member states time to refine ambiguous or contentious elements to produce a stronger, more implementable framework for marine transport. According to analysis…
OPEC+ stokes oversupply fears with 137,000 new barrels
Sopuruchi Onwuka Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and nonmember allies (OPEC+)are billed to pump in significant 137,000 barrels per day of new supply into the increasingly bearish oil market, heightening concerns that possible supply surge would dilute…
Putin quenches Trump’s fire in the oil market
Sopuruchi Onwuka All the market sentiments and related price movements associated with high stake peace meeting between President Donald Trump of the United States and Russian President Vladimir Putin went cold after the American president came from the meeting without…
More oil coming to market as global 2P reserves hit 1.5 trillion barrels
Global 1P reserves grow by 5Bbbls A total of 1.572 trillion barrels produced in past 124 years Sopuruchi Onwuka The world is not really coming to the end of petroleum consumption as more exploration and production investments achieve significant reserves…
World’s oil reserves remain at 1.5 trn barrels __Rystad
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Recoverable hydrocarbon liquids reserves that would continue to fire engines for transportation and industry remain at 1.5 trillion barrels, according to latest research published by Rystad Energy. The figure is some 52 billion barrels lower…
America, Asia fuel Europe outside Russian sanctions
The prevailing trade sanctions slammed on Russia by American and European countries mean that only countries with higher production and refining capacity are available for commercial gains from the dispute. According to Rystad Energy, Whereas the United States and…
Nigeria missing in 2024 frontier exploration programmes __Rystad
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria which has the most developed petroleum exploration and production plays in Africa is missing in new exploration drilling campaigns mapped by world’s biggest operators in the continent; highlighting the persisting investment apathy by distraught players protesting stringent…
Rystad projects 13 GW from African geothermal projects
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports With significant $35 billion investment outlook by 2050, Africa’s geothermal power projects could deliver some 13 gigawatts of electricity, making the continent the third largest geothermal power generator by 2030. According to Rystad Energy, geothermal…
