In a significant development, the euro zone’s trade surplus with the world grew in February, with imports from China falling sharply. The unadjusted goods trade surplus grew to $25.1 billion (23.0 billion euros) in February, compared with 18.5 billion euros… Read More ›
Russia
Fighting for marketshare OPEC+ wants U.S. to cut oil production as well
According to three OPEC+ sources, the group of oil producing nations known as OPEC+, which includes Saudi Arabia and Russia, may agree to a truce in the oil war and cut production at a meeting scheduled for Thursday, as long… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia and Russia could sign oil production agreement in coming days: Trump
In a statement, U.S. President Donald Trump said, he expects Russia and Saudi Arabia to reach an agreement on crude oil production in the next few days, and end the price war between the two which has “ravaged” the oil… Read More ›
COVID-19 data from China, Russian, North Korea and Iran are hard to chart: U.S. Intelligence
According to sources familiar with an intelligence reporting, U.S. spy agencies are finding it hard to put together a precise picture of the world’s coronavirus outbreaks. There are serious gaps in their ability to assess the situation in China, North… Read More ›
Toyota extends factory shutdown in Europe till April 20
On Monday, Toyota Motor Corp said, it will be extending a suspension of production at its factories in Europe with the exception of Russia until further notice. A restart of operations could potentially start after April 20. Following the Wuhan… Read More ›
Volkswagen Group stops Russian production due to supply shortage from Europe
On Tuesday, Volkswagen Group Rus stated, the carmaker will suspend car production in Russia following a supply shortage caused by the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in Europe. Volkswagen Group Rus will stop production at its Russian plant from March 30 to… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia’s price war on crude prices aims to punish Russia for not adhering to OPEC+ production cuts
On Monday, oil prices fell by nearly 30% after Saudi Arabia slashed oil prices and set plans for a significant increase in crude production from April. Following the Saudi move, oil prices fell by as much as a third after… Read More ›
PetroChina declares force majeure on imports
According to four industry sources, PetroChina has declared force majeure on natural gas imports, including on liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments and on gas imported via pipelines, following the coronavirus outbreak. PetroChina issued the force majeure notice to suppliers of… Read More ›
Ukraine to purchase second consignment of U.S. Javelin anti-tank missile system
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry disclosed, Kyiv will be purchasing a second consignment of U.S. Javelin anti-tank missiles and launch units. Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, the United States has emerged as one of Kiev’s strongest supporters. An outbreak of… Read More ›
Jointly operated Saudi-Kuwaiti oil field to produce 320,000 bpd by Dec. 2020
As per a report from Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV, the Kingdom’s Khafji oil field, which is jointly operated with Kuwait, will produce 320,000 oil barrels per day (bpd) by the end of 2020. The announcement by was made by Prince Abdulaziz… Read More ›