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Have Middle East Oil Flows Rebounded to 15 Million Bpd as U.S. Claims?

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright this week said that the oil exports from the Middle East have rebounded to 15 million barrels per day (bpd) and even topped the pre-war average of 20 million bpd on Sunday.

Vessel-tracking services and commodity analysts are baffled and struggling to reconcile these numbers with their observations of tanker loadings and traffic in the region.

ConocoPhillips, Suncor and Shell lead this week’s oil and gas appointments

ConocoPhillips chief financial officer and executive vice president, strategy and commercial Andy O’Brien to succeed Ryan Lance as president and chief executive, with Lance becoming executive chair. Current vice president, finance and controller Konnie Haynes-Welsh to become senior vice president and chief financial officer. All effective 1 September.

TAQA Arabia, TPDC, Africa50 Ink Gas Sales Deal for Tanzania’s First Small‑Scale LNG Project

TAQA Arabia, through its subsidiary Rosetta Energy Solutions, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), and Africa50, a pan‑African infrastructure investment platform, have signed a Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) for East Africa LNG (EALNG), the venture developing Tanzania’s first small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.