21 JAN – Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refuge

  President Joe Biden’s administration announced plans Wednesday for a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge after the Trump administration issued leases in a part of the refuge considered sacred by the Indigenous Gwich’in.The plans, along with other executive actions, were announced by press secretary Jen Psaki. Issuing…

20 JAN – Kurdistan oil production ‘justified,’ in compliance with OPEC decision: KRG

  ERBIL – The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday responded to the recent statements Iraq’s oil minister made about the Kurdistan Region’s oil.   In a recent interview with Iraq’s Sharqiya TV, Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar made comments about “a number of issues related to the Kurdistan Region’s oil,”…

18 JAN – Pakistan opens bids for 20 onshore blocks for grant of Petroleum Exploration Rights

  ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Petroleum Concessions has publicly opened bids for 20 onshore blocks for grant of Petroleum Exploration Rights through open bidding at Petroleum House, Islamabad.   According to a press release of Ministry of Energy, the minimum investment to be carried out by the Exploration and Production companies in these blocks for…