IOC Middle East and RR Holdings sign JV

DUBAI, IOC Middle East FZE, Dubai, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IndianOil Corporation, India’s largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products, and RR Holdings Ltd, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, the holding company of Beximco LPG of Bangladesh, have signed an agreement for the formation of a 50:50 Joint Venture Company (JVC) for LPG business in Bangladesh.…

Tepid response: Only one private bid for oilfields in 5th OALP round

For the smallest oil field offered in this OALP round, the director general of hydrocarbons (DGH) has received bids from Invenire Petrodyne and ONGC.This block in Gujarat is spread over only 18.4 sq km while the cumulative area of the oil fields offered in the auction is 19,789 sq km. The Union government received bids…

Oil rises on signs of economic recovery, but new infections loom

LONDON – Oil prices rose on Wednesday on a string of positive manufacturing data and a drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, both indicating an economic recovery, however, fears of surging coronavirus infections capped the gains. Brent crude LCOc1 was up 67 cents, or 1.6%, at $41.94 a barrel at 1336 GMT, and U.S. crude was…

US negotiates North American rival to OPEC as Trump trade deal takes effect

The historic United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which goes into effect on Wednesday, could lay the groundwork to reshape the global energy market and create even more challenges for the once-dominant OPEC. The three countries are negotiating on an “American pact that will work together to protect American production against foreign forces that are detrimental against our…

Opec cuts output to lowest since 1991 as virus slams oil demand

Opec slashed oil production to the lowest level since the Gulf War in 1991, as it escalated efforts to revive global markets just as a resurgence of the coronavirus is threatening demand again. Saudi Arabia faithfully delivered the extra curbs promised in June, and the laggards, though still trailing in implementing the cuts, stepped up…