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Russia aims to nearly triple LNG exports to 100 million metric tons/year (mmty) by 2030 by expanding the list of natural gas fields allowed to export the super-chilled fuel, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said in a televised government meeting earlier this month. Draft amendments aimed at achieving that goal would “legally free up reserves for…

American exploration and production firms’ (E&P) continued to drive oil output at strong levels over the last two weeks, though activity slipped from the highs of the year. E&Ps generated 12.2 million b/d for the week ended March 10, even with the prior week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Weekly Petroleum Status…

The world’s natural gas markets are fundamentally changed for the long term with less dependence on Russia, Chevron Corp. CEO Mike Wirth said Monday. Wirth was the opening speaker in Houston at CERAWeek by S&P Global. CERAWeek Chairman Daniel Yergin joined Wirth on stage to kick off the week-long conference. The two men discussed how…

U.S. crude output last week held at robust levels as American exploration and production (E&P) companies remained active to bolster domestic supplies and help meet global demand. E&Ps generated 12.3 million b/d for the week ended Feb. 24. That was on par with the highest level since March 2020, when the pandemic was declared. U.S.…

Domestic crude production climbed to the highest level since 2020 as demand for petroleum products pushed ahead last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday. American producers generated 12.3 million b/d for the week ended Feb. 3, up by 100,000 b/d from the prior week, data from EIA’s latest Weekly Petroleum Status Report…

Russian natural gas exports to foreign markets dropped nearly 46% year/year in 2022, when they were impacted by a steep decline in deliveries to Europe, according to Gazprom PJSC. Exports, including those to China via the Power of Siberia Pipeline, dropped to 100.9 billion cubic meters (Bcm) last year, or about 3.6 Tcf. That’s compared…

PAO Novatek has discovered a prolific natural gas and condensate field it plans to use to boost the resource base for its Arctic LNG 1 project as it furthers its goal of growing Russian exports. Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, reported it has found a field on the Gydan Peninsula in the far…

Russia is turning to Turkey as a potential natural gas hub partner with a new sense of urgency to find new export outlets for volumes left stranded by damages to the Nord Stream pipelines in September.  But any hub would likely face political, financial and supply issues that are compounded by the Kremlin’s war in…

A fatal explosion on a natural gas pipeline in western Russia, which moves supplies to Europe, did little to move prices on the continent after a unit of Gazprom PJSC said deliveries were being rerouted. Three people were reportedly killed and another was injured during maintenance on a stretch of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhhorod pipeline in the…