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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • April 6, 2022

Obama Got It Right A Decade Ago But Biden Never Will

Obama Got It Right A Decade Ago But Biden Never Will Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog..
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • March 12, 2022

Natural Gas Now Best Picks – March 12, 2022

natural gas now Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • December 30, 2021

Energy Security This Winter Can’t Be Assured by Unreliables

Energy Security Vijay JayarajResearch Associate: CO2 Coalition.. .… … … [Editor’s Note: Energy security is threatened by energy policies favoring renewables a/k/a “unreliables” for the sake of transferring trillions of dollars to corporatist elites.]
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 25, 2021

Afghanistan Lithium Lost to China. Is Biden Selling Us Out?

Afghanistan … …[Editor’s Note: Natural gas bans aren’t happening organically; they’re being financed by a ruling class looking to move trillions from ratepayers and taxpayers their own way!]
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • October 28, 2020

Dana Gas sells onshore Egyptian assets

Dana Gas has agreed to sell its onshore Egyptian producing oil and gas assets to IPR Wastani Petroleum for $236 million including contingent payments, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • October 28, 2020

Oman LNG exports down 10% so far this year

Omani liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports are 10% lower so far this year than in 2019, but that’s not all bad news for the Middle Eastern country, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • October 21, 2020

Turkey tops up Tuna-1 gas discovery volumes

Turkey has topped up its Tuna-1 natural gas discovery in the Black Sea by 85 billion cubic meters (Bcm) to 405 Bcm, as it continues the search for its own hydrocarbons, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • October 9, 2020

IEC claims Chevron stopped supply amid contractual dispute

Israel Electric Company (IEC) is accusing Chevron to have halted its natural gas supplies from the offshore Tamar field, keeping the country’s energy market as a “hostage.”
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 18, 2020

Kuwait’s Al-Zour LNG terminal to start next year

Completion of Kuwait’s Al-Zour liquefied natural gas (LNG) importing terminal is said to be late by a quarter, with commissioning expected next year.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 15, 2020

Kurdistan’s first gas capture, injection project hits milestone

Kurdistan’s first gas capture and injection project has reached the one billion cubic feet (Bcf) gas injection milestone, after commissioning in mid-2020, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 11, 2020

Turkish natgas demand set to rebound

Turkish natural gas demand is anticipated to recover thanks to industrial and residential demand growth, Kallanish Energy learns from a new analysis.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 11, 2020

Turkey may save up to $21B with new gas discovery: Rystad

Turkey could save up to $21 billion in import costs with the future development of its giant Tuna-1 gas discovery, according to an analysis by Rystad Energy.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 8, 2020

ACWA completes funding for 900MW UAE solar farm

Saudi utility company ACWA Power has finalized funding agreements for the development of a 900-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) solar park in Dubai, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 2, 2020

Saudi Aramco makes two oil and gas discoveries

Saudi Aramco has made two new oil and gas discoveries in northern Saudi Arabia, according to the country’s official news agency SPA.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 2, 2020

Greece, Turkey continue clashes over east Mediterranean waters

Greece on Tuesday called on Turkey to “desist from daily rants” and work towards security and stability in the region, as the countries clash over hydrocarbon resources rights.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 25, 2020

Saudi Aramco builds new unit for corporate development

Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Saudi Aramco has created a new unit to optimize the company’s portfolio and focus on growth opportunities, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 25, 2020

Syria restarts power supply after gas pipeline explosion

Repairs work and the normalization of power supply have started in Syria, after an explosion on the Arab Gas Pipeline at dawn on Monday caused a blackout in the country.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 13, 2020

Chevron confirms EastMed assets major driver in Noble’s merger

Chevron and Noble Energy confirmed on Tuesday the driving force behind their proposed $5.08 billion merger has been Noble’s Eastern Mediterranean assets, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • July 30, 2020

Turkey tests 20% hydrogen-gas blend for heating

Turkey is studying the safety of a 20% hydrogen blend into the domestic gas network to be used for heating, Kallanish Energy learns.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • July 21, 2020

Israel’s Leviathan gas field production hit by declining demand

Israel’s offshore Leviathan gas field experienced declining gas production volumes and prices in Q2 2020, following a drop in regional demand as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • July 17, 2020

Middle East to remain major petrochemicals player post-pandemic

The Middle East is set to remain a key supplier of petrochemicals post-Covid-19, despite the current negative outlook caused by the pandemic, according to GlobalData.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • July 15, 2020

Saudi Aramco restructures downstream business

Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco announced on Tuesday it’s reorganizing its Downstream business into four commercial units, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • July 8, 2020

UAE’s largest gas-fired power project reaches financial close

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) announced Tuesday the project to build the largest independent gas-fired power plant in the UAE has reached financial closing, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • July 8, 2020

Air Products to build $5B ammonia project in Saudi Arabia

Air Products announced on Tuesday it will form a joint venture to build a $5 billion world-scale hydrogen-based ammonia plant in Saudi Arabia’s planned city of Neom.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • July 3, 2020

Botas to discount natgas prices to Turkish industry

Turkish state-owned company Botas will reduce its natural gas prices to industrial customers in a bid to help the country to boost an economic recovery, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • July 1, 2020

Leviathan partners ink new domestic gas deal

The partnership developing Israel’s Leviathan offshore gas field has inked a new domestic supply, increasing the number of local deals to 14, the companies said on Tuesday.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • June 24, 2020

Snam, investment funds buy 49% stake in Adnoc gas pipeline assets

Italy’s energy infrastructure operator, Snam, has partnered with five international funds to invest in a 49% stake in Adnoc Gas Pipelines, in a deal valuing the Abu Dhabi company in $20.7 billion.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • June 11, 2020

MENA LNG projects to face delays: analyst

Liquefaction projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are likely to be put off due to the economic slowdown brought up by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to analytics company GlobalData.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • June 10, 2020

Iranian gas flows to Turkey to resume in July: official

Iranian natural gas exports to Turkey are expected to resume next month, the head of the Iranian Gas Transmission Company told Iran’s energy ministry news service, Shana.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • May 27, 2020

Aramco’s Bahri shelves LNG-tanker charter plan: report

Saudi Aramco’s shipping arm Bahri is said to have shelved plans to charter up to 12 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, following a delay in final investment decision (FID) for the Port Arthur LNG project.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • May 26, 2020

QP presses ahead with LNG expansion, global growth

Qatar Petroleum said last week it continues to press ahead with its liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion, despite lower gas demand and expected capex cuts, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • May 26, 2020

Shell in talks with Iraqi government over BGC

Royal Dutch Shell is in talks with the Iraqi government to agree a plan for its operated Basrah Gas Company (BGC), following the evacuation of its staff.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • May 15, 2020

Adnoc Gas Processing starts tender for $1.5B terminal expansion

Adnoc Gas Processing has started looking for interested contractors to bid for work on the expansion of Asab 1 and 2 gas terminals.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • May 15, 2020

Qatar set to struggle in ‘lose-lose’ conundrum: report

Qatar is poised with a “lose-lose” situation as the global gas markets face their own turmoil, amid weak demand, low prices and high storage levels.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • May 13, 2020

Valeura looks for M&A opportunities amid industry turmoil

Canadian-based, Turkish-focused natural gas company Valeura Energy said on Tuesday it is exploring potential merger and acquisitions opportunities to take advantage of current market conditions.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • April 17, 2020

Qatar Petroleum starts drilling mega-project

Qatar Petroleum has kicked started its 80-well drilling campaign for the North Field expansion project, now known as North Field East Project (NFE), Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • April 8, 2020

Qatar Petroleum to continue LNG expansion plans

Qatari state-owned oil company, Qatar Petroleum, will continue its domestic and international expansion agenda, despite the ongoing global havoc caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • April 8, 2020

Qatargas uses boil-off gas to power LNG tankers

Qatargas said on Tuesday it has started a program to use the so-called LNG boil-off gas to power its chartered conventional LNG vessels during unloading operation in Japan.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • March 20, 2020

Energean secures gas prices for 70% of output

Israeli gas-focused company Energean said Tuesday it’s well-placed to weather the challenges currently posed to the industry, and its Edison acquisition will shield the company from price volatility.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • March 12, 2020

Saudi Arabia, UAE to flood oil markets in April

As the coronavirus outbreak is declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, Saudi Arabia and the UAE announced they are increasing crude supply to the market in April by around 3 million barrels per day (Mmbpd), Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • March 5, 2020

Jazeera eyes new sizes, markets, foresees economic rebound

Gulf Cooperation Council economies should rebound in 2020-2021 following a weak spell in 2019, with around 2% annual growth forecast in each of the six nations, according to Al Jazeera Steel.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • February 25, 2020

Oman plans to install offshore wind farms in Arabian Sea

Oman reportedly is planning to build offshore wind farms in the Arabian Sea, a plan that complements the country’s desire to install and increase high power generation capacity from renewable resources, Kallanish Energy learns.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • February 18, 2020

The UAE OKed to operate 1st nuclear power plant

The United Arab Emirates independent nuclear regulator Monday issued the operating license for Unit 1 of the country’s $24.4 billion Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, the first nuclear power plant in the Middle East, CNBC reported.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • February 18, 2020

Qatar delays partnerships for natgas expansion

Qatar has delayed choosing Western partners for the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by several months after surprising the industry with a big expansion plan despite a collapse in global gas prices, four sources told Reuters.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • January 23, 2020

BP pulls out of Iraq’s Kirkuk field as expansion plans stall

BP has pulled out of Iraq’s giant Kirkuk oilfield after its $100 million exploration contract expired with no agreement on the field’s expansion, three sources told Reuters.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • January 13, 2020

Aramco raises IPO to record $29.4B by share over-allotment

Saudi Arabia-owned Saudi Aramco said Sunday it had exercised its over-allotment to sell an additional 450 million shares in the oil giant, raising the size of its initial public offering to a record $29.4 billion, Kallanish Energy learns.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • December 23, 2019

Possible drone attacks hit 3 O&G facilities in Syria

Near-simultaneous attacks believed to have been carried out by drones hit three government-run oil and gas installations in central Syria, state TV and the Syrian Oil Ministry said last Saturday.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • December 9, 2019

US crude posts best week since June, on Opec+ news

Crude oil rose Friday as Opec+ agreed to raise production cuts another 500,000 barrels a day through March 2020, bringing total production cuts to 1.7 million barrels a day, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • November 11, 2019

Aramco will offer less than 1% of shares to individuals

Saudi Aramco will sell up to 0.5% of its shares to individual investors in what could be the largest initial public offering in history, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • November 5, 2019

7 BBbls of oil found in new Abu Dhabi reserves

The UAE’s Supreme Petroleum Council Monday announced a new pricing mechanism for Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (Adnoc) Murban crude oil, which will be listed on “an exchange,” the Gulf News Web Report reported.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • October 30, 2019

Aramco to begin planned IPO on Nov. 3: sources

Saudi Aramco aims to announce the start of its initial public offering on Nov. 3, three people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, after delaying the deal earlier this month to give advisers time to secure anchor investors.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • October 28, 2019

Trump wants deal with XOM, or others to tap Syrian oil

President Trump said Sunday he’s interested in making a deal with ExxonMobil or another producer to tap Syrian oil reserves, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • October 22, 2019

Aramco delays planned IPO until post-earnings update

Saudi Aramco has delayed the planned launch of its initial public offering in hopes pending third-quarter results will raise investor confidence in the world’s largest oil firm, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • October 15, 2019

Iran says it discovered a gas reserve worth $40B

Iran announced Sunday it’s discovered a new natural gas reserve with the capacity to produce nearly 400 million barrels (Mmbbl) of gas condensate, which could generate $40 billion of revenue, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 23, 2019

Iran responsible for ‘attack against the world’: Saudi official

Iran’s recent warnings to Saudi Arabia are “ridiculous” and “laughable,” Saudi minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir told CNBC Friday, amid investigations by the kingdom tying Iran to a major attack on its oil facilities.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 11, 2019

Iraq will comply with Opec cuts, minister says

Iraq will immediately comply with Opec production cuts after months of overproduction, its oil minister told CNBC Tuesday. The second-largest crude producer in the 14-member cartel is known to chronically overproduce even as the group tries to curb output to help prop up prices, Kallanish energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • September 3, 2019

Saudi Arabia splits energy, industry ministry

Saudi Arabia has announced a reshuffling in its former most important ministry – the Energy, Mineral Resources and Industry Ministry – as the kingdom prepares for a transformational future, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 13, 2019

On-off Saudi Aramco IPO ‘back on’

Saudi Aramco’s on-off-on-again initial public offering is being accelerated, according to the Wall Street Journal, though it remains unclear when the listing may happen.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 1, 2019

Iran ready to export gasoline, natgas if can’t export crude

With U.S. sanctions on its crude oil seriously crimping exports, Iran has turned to gasoline and natural gas exports to boost its economy.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • July 31, 2019

Sovereign wealth fund GIC joins BlackRock, KKR in Abu Dhabi

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has joined international investors BlackRock and KKR in an oil pipeline partnership with Abu Dhabi’s National Oil Co.
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