Ben Winkley

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Ukraine, US Sign Reconstruction Deal By Ben Winkley, John Gawthrop and James Keates May 1, 2025 - The government of Ukraine has agreed a "reconstruction" deal with the US that will establish a fund to be filled with proceeds from new mineral extraction licenses. There are few firm details about how much money will be involved, or how any future extraction contracts will be structured.

Nov 8, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Ben Winkley

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 08 November 2023 France-based upstream oil and gas producer Maurel and Prom said today it will resume operations in Venezuela, after the US lifted sanctions on the south American country's hydrocarbons sector.

Nov 5, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Ben Winkley

An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 05 November 2023 Saudi Arabia and Russia today confirmed they would each extend their respective additional oil production and supply cuts to the end of this year, as widely flagged. The Saudi energy ministry said the extension of its 1mn b/d production cut into a fifth month will mean the country's crude output will again be around 9mn b/d in December.

Oct 27, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Ben Winkley

Norway's climate change committee said today the government should begin to prepare for "the final phase of Norwegian petroleum activities", and recommended a number of far-reaching measures including an immediate halt to exploration and extraction permitting.

Oct 12, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Ben Winkley

The IEA today cuts its oil demand growth forecast for 2024, saying it sees evidence of demand destruction after the rise in global prices that ran throughout September. In its Oil Market Report (OMR) the Paris-based agency put 2024 demand growth at 880,000 b/d compared with 990,000 b/d in its previous OMR. For this year the IEA raised its demand growth forecast slightly to 2.3mn b/d from 2.2mn b/d, citing "buoyant" results from major demand centres China, India and Brazil.