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The U.S. and UAE sign a $100 billion clean energy pact- oil and gas 360

The U.S. and UAE sign a $100 billion clean energy pact

Oil Price The United States and the United Arab Emirates (UEA) signed on Tuesday a partnership expected to attract $100 billion in investment in clean energy projects worldwide, the White House said today.   Source: Bloomberg The U.S. and the UAE have signed the U.S.-UAE Partnership for Accelerating Clean Energy (PACE), set to catalyze $100 billion in financing, investment, and other support

Saudi wealth fund teases the sale of its $85-billion Aramco stake- oil and gas 360

Saudi wealth fund teases the sale of its $85-billion Aramco stake

Oil Price The Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, could soon have an announcement about a possible sale of part of its 4% stake in Saudi Aramco, which is currently worth around $85 billion, the governor of the fund, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, told Bloomberg in an interview on Tuesday. Al-Rumayyan said that investors and analysts should “stay tuned” for news

Qatar energy chief says oil and gas trade should be depoliticized- oil and gas 360

Qatar energy chief says oil and gas trade should be depoliticized

Nasdaq Saad al-Kaabi, the head of Qatar’s state-run energy company, said on Monday all oil and gas trade should be depoliticized, calling for policies to move away from sanctions and anti-free market agreements. Source: Reuters The comments by Kaabi, who is also Qatar’s minister of state for energy, come ahead of a Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) meeting in Egypt

Oil steadies as rate hike talk offsets China demand hopes- oil and gas 360

Oil steadies as rate hike talk offsets China demand hopes

US News LONDON – Oil prices rose on Friday in choppy trade as hopes of stronger Chinese demand and output cuts by OPEC and its allies offset concern about a global economic downturn and the impact of interest rate rises on fuel use.   To fight inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve is trying to slow the economy and will keep

Analysis: Saudi oil power play bruises U.S. ties but won't break them- oil and gas 360

Analysis: Saudi oil power play bruises U.S. ties but won’t break them

US Money RIYADH – Neither side is backing down in a battle of wills over oil between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and U.S. President Joe Biden, putting severe strain on their countries’ energy-for-security alliance, although a full rupture looks unlikely, Gulf sources and experts said.   As de facto leader of the OPEC+ oil group, Saudi Arabia risked U.S. wrath

Why Saudi Arabia rebuffed Biden’s pleas to help lower oil prices- oil and gas 360

Why Saudi Arabia rebuffed Biden’s pleas to help lower oil prices

World Oil (Bloomberg) — The U.S. has accused Saudi Arabia of siding with Russia after it led OPEC+ in a shock decision to slash crude output, keeping oil prices high at a time of global concern about inflation. The world’s largest oil exporter insists the decision was about economics, not politics. The move marks a significant moment in the more

Arabian Drilling Co. hires Goldman, HSBC, SNB Capital for IPO- oil and gas 360

Arabian Drilling Co. hires Goldman, HSBC, SNB Capital for IPO

World Oil (Bloomberg) — Arabian Drilling Co., a Saudi oilfield-services firm partly held by Schlumberger NV, hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc, HSBC Holdings Plc and SNB Capital to manage its IPO in Riyadh, seeking to join a steady stream of Gulf firms tapping equity markets. The firm will sell 26.7 million shares, or a 30% stake, in initial public offering, according

Oil exports from Iraq’s Basra Port stop—repair could take weeks- oil and gas 360

Oil exports from Iraq’s Basra Port stop—repair could take weeks

Oil Price An oil spill has forced a shutdown of all crude oil exports from Iraq’s Basra Port, oil sector sources said on Friday, cited by Reuters.   With four tanker berths, the Basra oil terminal can process 3.3 million barrels of crude oil per day, although the country had plans to raise this capacity to 3.45 million barrels per

An Iran nuclear deal revival could dramatically alter oil prices — if it happens- oil and gas 360

An Iran nuclear deal revival could dramatically alter oil prices — if it happens

CNBC The return of the Iran nuclear deal could be imminent — and with it, the return of a lot of oil to international crude markets.   Before the U.S. resumed sanctions on Iran after former President Donald Trump left the deal in 2018, Iran was the third-largest producer in OPEC after Saudi Arabia and Iraq. In 2017, it was

Israel: Nuclear deal would give Iran $100 billion to destabilise region- oil and gas 360

Israel: Nuclear deal would give Iran $100 billion to destabilise region

Yahoo News JERUSALEM – A new nuclear deal between world powers and Iran would allow other nations to avoid sanctions and give Teheran $100 billion a year to destabilise the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Wednesday. Source: Reuters The United States aims to respond soon to a draft accord proposed by the European Union that would

Saudi Arabia’s oil export earnings hit a 6-year high in June- oil and gas 360

Saudi Arabia’s oil export earnings hit a 6-year high in June

World Oil (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia’s oil exports reached $31 billion in June, the highest in at least six years, driven by a rally in prices and rising production.   Monthly crude exports topped more than $1 billion a day and jumped 94% year-on-year, the kingdom’s statistics office said on Wednesday. Second-quarter oil exports were more than $91 billion, or

Iran warns proposed U.S. legislation would diminish chance for nuclear deal- oil and gas 360

Iran warns proposed U.S. legislation would diminish chance for nuclear deal

World Oil (Bloomberg) — Iran warned that proposed U.S. legislation targeting the Islamic Republic could further imperil stalled Biden administration efforts to resurrect the moribund nuclear deal.   Source: World Oil The bipartisan U.S. Senate bill, called the Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability Act of 2022, seeks to compel the government to assess the dangers posed by Iran and come up with