Year: 2020

Oil Markets Hopeful As OPEC+ Meeting Looms

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TOM KOOL Tom majored in International Business at Amsterdam’s Higher School of Economics, he is Oilprice.com’s Head of Operations More Info SHARE Facebook Twitter Google + Linkedin Reddit PREMIUM CONTENT Oil Prices Are On Course For Another Weekly Gain U.S. Shale Production Continues Its Decline Iran’s Leading Nuclear Bomb Expert Assassinated Why OPEC Is Worried About The UAE Oil Markets Hopeful As OPEC+ Meeting Looms By Tom Kool – Nov 27, 2020, 2:00 PM CSTJoin Our Community Oil prices are set for a fourth consecutive weekly gain as positive vaccine news and…

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Energy damage

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In a press conference, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister Nadeem Babar attempted to answer some of the questions on energy purchase raised by Geo’s Shahzeb Khanzada in his show – all the while denying he was referring to the show at all. What the presser led to, though, were even more unanswered questions – leading us to wonder why the prime minister and the people of Pakistan are being provided misinformation on so many issues and why the national exchequer lost an amount of $122 million, an amount that…

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In a first, ‘serious’ coral bleaching reported in Pakistan near Churna Island

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WWF-Pakistan on Thursday appealed to the government to declare Churna Island a Marine Protected Area (MPA) after coral bleaching was reported in some areas of the island. This is the first time that the phenomenon has been reported in Pakistan. According to a statement released by the WWF-Pakistan, a PADI certified driver, Khizar Sharif, while on a diving expedition around the north-eastern part of Churna Island in the last week of October, noticed serious bleaching of corals. In some areas, large patches of bleaching were observed. WWF-Pakistan termed the bleaching…

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Police Bust Crude Oil Theft Gang, Eight Arrested

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KOHAT, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 26th Nov, 2020 ) :Police on Thursday busted eight-member inter-provincial gang involved in theft of crude oil from Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) pipeline in Shakardara area. Police also seized three vehicles and several drums and other equipments used in stealing crude oil. Police said that thieves have drilled main supply line from OGDCL oil field causing loss of millions of rupees to the national exchequer by stealing crude oil. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Lachi Circle, Nazir Hussain…

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Stakeholders oppose SNGPL’s demand for 123pc hike in gas rate

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ISLAMABAD: Despite facing gas shortfalls, the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) on Thursday demanded 123 per cent increase in its gas rate, 100pc increase in meter rent and 700,000 fresh domestic connections, which was strongly opposed by the stakeholders including textile industry and transport sector. At a public hearing presided over by Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Acting Chairman Noorul Haque, the stakeholders contended that there was no justification for network expansion when the gas utility was unable to meet the requirements of existing consumers. They contended that…

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