Upon an invitation of the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) participated in its 50th jubilee Meeting of Ministers, dedicated to the topic “The energy sector during…
Iraq voices frustration with Opec days before crunch meeting
Bloomberg/London Iraq’s deputy leader has criticised Opec just days before the oil group makes a crucial decision on whether to raise output. Opec should take members’ economic and political conditions into account…
China is set to eclipse US as world’s biggest oil refiner
Bloomberg/Beijing Earlier this month, Royal Dutch Shell pulled the plug on its Convent refinery in Louisiana. Unlike many oil refineries shut in recent years, Convent was far from obsolete: It’s fairly big…
Lebanon sets starting point for sea border negotiations with Israel
BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Michel Aoun on Thursday specified Lebanon’s starting point for demarcating its sea border with Israel under U.S.-mediated talks, in the first public confirmation of a stance sources say…
Athens responds to US State Department’s claim that Greek air space is only 6 nautical miles
Regarding the report by the US State Department, which was forwarded to the US Congress on March 18 and in the framework of the provisions of the “Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy…
Nakilat completes second phase of fleet management transition
Qatar-based shipping and maritime company Nakilat has completed the second phase of its fleet management transition from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company. A total of seven liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers…
Qatar gas delivers first LNG cargo on Q-Max vessel to Tianjin Terminal in China.
Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) announced today the delivery of the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on a Q-Max LNG carrier to the Tianjin LNG Receiving Terminal in China. The…
Maritime Disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Way Forward by Dr. Roudi Baroudi
Now available in English at Brookings Institution Press. Coming soon in Arabic, French, and Greek. Using satellite imagery, international law, and geodesic research, Roudi Baroudi walks readers through a road map for peaceful and…
Opec+ gets scant relief from vaccine as ministers meet
Bloomberg/London Oil markets may be cheering the prospects of a coronavirus vaccine, but Opec+ can’t celebrate. Crude prices have rallied to a 10-week high on hopes that Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE’s…
GECF ministers upbeat on natural gas outlook despite pandemic
The full promise of natural gas will unfold once the world is past the coronavirus pandemic, upbeat energy ministers of the leading gas exporting countries said at a recent GECF ‘Ministerial Roundtable’…