The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it recorded around $121.63m loss in February, when gas supply decline of 70mscf/d to power plants due to vandalism of the Forcados export line.
Iran and Iraq are expected to sign an agreement for export of 2m tons of gas oil to Iraq, which will turn the neighboring country into largest buyer of the Iranian oil product.
Oman recorded a 166% year-on-year increase in the production of regular petrol 90 and super petrol 95 during the first two months of 2016, according to the latest data released by the National Center for Statistics and Information.
BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley is facing a shareholder rebellion against his 20% pay rise for 2015 — the same year that the oil company reported its worst ever annual loss of $6.5b.
Nigeria might use money set aside for funding joint venture projects with foreign and local oil firms to make up any shortfall in the 2016 budget if government revenue projections are not met, Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, said.
Tehran is hoping to increase its crude oil exports to India from the current 350,000b/d, Iranian Oil Minister, Bijan Zanganeh, was quoted as saying after meeting his Indian counterpart, Dharmendra Pradhan.
Kuwait’s state-run oil firm has signed three contracts to import 2.5m tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year through 2020 to meet the country’s needs, a company official said.