Iraq’s oil-rig count tumbles after IOCs ordered to cut spending on oil plunge

Iraq’s oil-rig count has tumbled by almost two-thirds this year after international oil companies were ordered to cut spending because of the oil crash and OPEC’s second-largest producer agreed to stringent new OPEC+ cuts. The total now averages 32 rigs operated by IOCs this month, down from 88 rigs in December 2019, Iraqi sources told…

Fuel prices may rise by ₹5 per litre after daily revision restarts

Be ready to face up to ₹4-5 per litre increase in the pump price of petrol and diesel next month with public sector oil marketing companies bracing up to restart daily price revision of the two petroleum products after the lockdown is lifted in June. Official sources in public sector oil marketing companies said that…

Flexibility helps RIL beat peers, achieve 90-100% capacity under lockdown

Operational flexibility to shift from the domestic to export market and higher petrochemical production helped Reliance Industries (RIL) to operate at 90-100 per cent capacity even amid the lockdown in April and May. In comparison, large public sector refiners operated at a combined average capacity of 59 per cent in April. RIL produced more chemicals…

Govt seeks $520 mn from Cairn Oil & Gas; co slaps arbitration notice

The government has slapped a USD 520 million (around Rs 3,941 crore) demand notice on billionaire Anil Agarwal’s oil and gas unit Cairn after an audit found alleged discrepancies in cost recovery in the Rajasthan oil and gas fields operated by the company, sources said adding the firm has disputed the demand and initiated arbitration…

Crude oil prices slide on US-China tensions, doubts about Russian output cuts

NEW YORK: Oil futures tumbled on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was working on a strong response to China’s proposed security law in Hong Kong and as some traders doubted Russia’s commitment to deep production cuts. Many worried that Russia may not agree to extending production cuts ahead of the meeting in…

Russia plans to drill oil wells and pump in 2022 when OPEC+ deal expires

MOSCOW: The Russian government has tentatively approved a plan on drilling idle oil wells in order to prepare for restoration of oil production once the global deal on output curbs expires in 2022, according to a government statement published on Tuesday. Russia has agreed to cut its oil production by around 2.5 million barrels per…