Angolan Mining Oil & Gas

Angola’s national oil company, Sonangol, has initiated testing at the Tobias-14 well (TO-14), situated in Block KON-11 onshore Angola. Sonangol, in collaboration with its project partner, the oil and gas company Corcel, anticipates revealing the initial flow test results of the well in the upcoming weeks. Preparations are also in progress for testing the TO-13 well, scheduled to commence following the conclusion of activities at TO-14. The KON-11 Block encompasses the Tobias field, a historically

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Contrary to OPEC, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) stated yesterday that the supply of oil will be “more than sufficient” to meet global demand in 2024 during an interview on the Bloomberg Talks podcast. According to Fatih Birol, the absence of major geopolitical conflicts or extreme climate events should keep the oil market “comfortable,” resulting in price moderation throughout the year. Demand will be 1.2 to 1.34 million barrels. Birol predicts

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The predictions from the monthly report on the oil market by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), released on Tuesday, the 13th, estimate that global demand for oil will grow steadily this year and in 2025, with China’s consumption and transport fuels being the main drivers of this trend. OPEC states that pre-Covid-19 consumption levels were already surpassed in 2022. According to the document, demand will increase by 2.2% this year, reaching 104.4

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Brent crude oil futures dropped 82 cents, or about 1%, to $81.37 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures fell 74 cents, also about 1%, to $76.1 per barrel at 10:22 GMT. Last week, the key drivers behind the recovery were persistent threats to shipping in the Red Sea, Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, and maintenance at American refineries, said Tamas Varga of PVM oil brokerage. According to him, “this led to

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