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Russia still earning half a billion dollars a day from oil exports

27 February 2023

Despite major efforts by the US, the EU and other countries to restrict Russia's fossil fuel revenues, the country is still earning more than half a billion dollars from oil and gas sales per day.

Shell enters Armenia

27 February 2023

Egyptian public sector companies and Norway’s Scatec sign deal to invest in green ammonia production

27 February 2023

Two Egyptian public sector companies, Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Co. (ECHEM) and Misr Fertilizers Production Co. (MOPCO), have agreed with Norway’s Scatec to invest in a new domestic green ammonia production facility using green hydrogen.

Urals oil price is increasingly meaningless, allowing Russian-owned refineries in Europe to build up slush funds

27 February 2023

After the twin price cap sanctions were imposed on Russian oil exports, Ukraine’s supporters cheered as the price of the key Urals blend collapsed. The trouble is, Russian refineries in Europe make the price of Urals increasingly irrelevant.

Saudi Arabia’s Luberef awards Petrojet $148mn EPC contract for Yanbu Growth II Expansion Project

27 February 2023

Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company (Luberef) has signed a SAR555mn ($148mn) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Egypt’s Petrojet for the expansion of Yanbu facility (Growth II),

How big is Russia's "ghost fleet" of oil tankers?

26 February 2023

How many ships are in Russia’s “ghost fleet” of tankers? No one has a clear idea: estimates run from 100 to 600 tankers depending on what you include in the fleet.

First ever offshore wind sale proposed in US Gulf of Mexico

26 February 2023

The US Department of the Interior today is proposing the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico.