(Oil Price) – Officials from Alaska plan a visit to Japan and South Korea in search of potential Asian investors in the planned $44-billion Alaska LNG project, which is strongly supported by the Trump Administration. State firm Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) seeks to advance the Alaska LNG project, designed to deliver North Slope natural gas to Alaskans and export LNG to U.S.
(Oil Price) – American and Vietnamese companies signed this week several agreements in the energy and minerals sectors estimated to be worth $4.15 billion, as the Southeast Asian country looks to avoid U.S. tariffs and boost cooperation with U.S. firms. Vietnam’s Trade Minister Nguyen Hong Dien visited the United States this week and held talks with the US Trade Representative Jamieson
(Oil Price) – The global trade wars intensified on Tuesday as the U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico took effect and China was slapped an additional 10% levy, prompting retaliatory tariffs and sending equity markets and oil prices lower. Oil prices were down by 1% in Asian trading early on Tuesday, as markets fear economic slowdown from the tariffs and
(Oil Price) – The United States has imposed sanctions on more than 30 people and vessels for selling and transporting Iranian petroleum-related products as part of the country’s” shadow fleet,” the Treasury Department has announced. The latest sanctions target tanker operators and managers in India and China; oil brokers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Hong Kong and the
(Oil Price) – Japanese oil and gas firm Japex is pivoting back to its core business after seeing poor returns in the renewable energy sector, as it becomes the latest major company to scale back green energy investments. “For now, the investment focus will remain on oil and gas exploration and production… as securing a fair return from renewable energy sources
(Oil Price) – American and European companies in the nuclear energy supply chain have become increasingly vulnerable to a possible supply shock in the uranium market amid fierce resource competition from China and Russia and the planned surge in nuclear power generation to meet electricity demand. As many countries are now looking to nuclear power to cut emissions and reliance on
(BOE Report) – Indian oil companies are looking to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), buoyed by the Trump administration’s lifting of a ban on export permits for new projects, Oil Secretary Pankaj Jain said on Monday. The world’s fourth largest importer of LNG, India aims to raise the share of gas in its energy mix to 15% by 2030
(BOE Report) – Japan’s demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) may grow by more than 10% to some 74 million metric tons by 2040 under a government scenario where the renewable energy rollout goes slower than expected, a senior industry ministry official said. Japan’s domestic LNG demand continued to fall last year, dropping by 0.4% to 66 million tons due
(Investing) – Crude prices fell on Tuesday as U.S. tariffs on China took effect and Beijing retaliated with its own measures, heightening trade war fears, while U.S. President Trump delayed a decision on imposing steep levies on Canada and Mexico for a month. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was down $1.63, or 2.23%, at $71.53 per barrel at 1302 GMT,
(Investing) – TOKYO -Japan is considering offering support for a $44 billion gas pipeline in Alaska as it seeks to court U.S. President Donald Trump and forestall potential trade friction, according to three officials familiar with the matter. Officials in Tokyo expect Trump may raise the project, which he has said is key for U.S. prosperity and security, when he meets
(Investing) – Oil prices slipped lower Monday in volatile trading, as traders digested President Donald Trump demands that the OPEC lower crude prices as well as his brief imposition of tariffs on Colombia. At 08:55 ET (13:55 GMT), Brent oil futures expiring in March fell 0.4% to $77.23 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 0.4% to $74.40 a barrel. Prices were nursing
(World Oil) – Murphy Oil announced that its subsidiary has drilled an oil discovery at the Hai Su Vang-1X exploration well in Block 15-2/17 in the Cuu Long Basin, located 40 miles offshore Vietnam. The well was drilled to total depth of 13,124 feet in 149 feet of water. Hai Su Vang-1X encountered approximately 370 feet of net oil pay
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