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Nigeria To Launch Crude Trading at its Commodity Exchange

Nigeria To Launch Crude Trading at its Commodity Exchange

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Algeria Headed For Unrest As Oil Subsidies Set To End

Algeria Headed For Unrest As Oil Subsidies Set To End

May 18, 2017 at 09:41 | Irina Slav

Algeria is planning to reduce oil subsidies further as a way of cutting public spending amid consistently low oil prices, the North African country’s Finance Minister Haji Baba Ammi

Oman To Sell $2 billion In Islamic Bonds To Close Oil Crisis Budget Deficit

Oman To Sell $2 billion In Islamic Bonds To Close Oil Crisis Budget Deficit

May 17, 2017 at 17:11 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Low oil revenues are prompting the government of Oman to sell $2 billion in Islamic bonds to raise funds for the national budget, according to a new report by Bloomberg.…

Venezuela Faces Gasoline Shortages As Protests Drag On

Venezuela Faces Gasoline Shortages As Protests Drag On

May 17, 2017 at 17:05 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Some parts of Venezuela faced gasoline shortages on Wednesday as old refineries shuttered due to technical issues and protests that blocked scheduled deliveries, according to a new report by Reuters.…

Eni, Rosneft Boost Oil Exploration, Refining Cooperation

Eni, Rosneft Boost Oil Exploration, Refining Cooperation

May 17, 2017 at 16:30 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Italy’s oil major Eni SpA and Russia’s oil giant Rosneft signed on Wednesday an agreement to cooperate in oil and gas exploration and production, as well as in oil refining,…

Investors Demand Details On Shell’s Emission-Driven Bonus Pay

Investors Demand Details On Shell’s Emission-Driven Bonus Pay

May 17, 2017 at 13:24 | Tsvetana Paraskova

In March this year, Shell said that it is proposing a Directors’ Remuneration Policy, subject to shareholder approval at the 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 23, 2017. The…

Israel’s Delek Drilling, Avner Oil Merge To Create US$4.4B Firm

Israel’s Delek Drilling, Avner Oil Merge To Create US$4.4B Firm

May 17, 2017 at 12:16 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Israeli companies Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration have fulfilled all conditions necessary to merge the two firms that are part of conglomerate Delek Group into a new entity that…

Indo-Iranian Dispute On Farzad-B Inches Closer To Resolution

Indo-Iranian Dispute On Farzad-B Inches Closer To Resolution

May 17, 2017 at 10:57 | Zainab Calcuttawala

In a step forward for Indo-Iranian relations, senior level officials from both countries convened in Tehran to discuss the resolution to a dispute regarding the oil and gas sectors.…

Iraq Emerges As India’s Top Oil Supplier

Iraq Emerges As India’s Top Oil Supplier

May 17, 2017 at 10:14 | Irina Slav

India imported more than 1 million bpd from Iraq last month, which made OPEC’s second-largest producer the top crude supplier to the Asian economy, data from Thomson Reuters has shown.…

Tullow Strikes More Oil In Kenya

Tullow Strikes More Oil In Kenya

May 17, 2017 at 09:31 | Irina Slav

Tullow Oil has announced a find in the Emekuya-1 oil well in the South Lokichar basin in the northwestern part of the country. The exploration well was drilled in the…

Oil Prices Slip After U.S. API Reports Build In Crude Stocks

Oil Prices Slip After U.S. API Reports Build In Crude Stocks

May 16, 2017 at 16:02 | Julianne Geiger

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a build of 882,000 barrels in United States crude oil inventories, compared to analyst expectations that markets would see a draw of

Global Oil Supplies Inch Down In April: IEA

Global Oil Supplies Inch Down In April: IEA

May 16, 2017 at 13:55 | Irina Slav

Global crude oil supply inched down by 140,000 barrels daily last month, to 96.17 million bpd, the International Energy Agency said in the latest edition of its Oil Market Report.…

OPEC Export Revenues Down 15% In 2016

OPEC Export Revenues Down 15% In 2016

May 16, 2017 at 12:10 | Irina Slav

The Energy Information Administration has estimated that the oil export revenues of OPEC members last year declined by 15 percent on 2015 to US$433 billion, on an unadjusted basis. According…

Nigerian Strike At Exxon Spills Over To Chevron, Shell, Eni

Nigerian Strike At Exxon Spills Over To Chevron, Shell, Eni

May 16, 2017 at 11:57 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Pengassan, started on Monday a three-day nationwide strike at Chevron, Shell, and Eni’s unit Agip in a solidarity…

Saudi Aramco, Norinco Set To Build $10B Refinery Complex In China

Saudi Aramco, Norinco Set To Build $10B Refinery Complex In China

May 16, 2017 at 10:46 | Tsvetana Paraskova

China North Industries Corporation, a defense conglomerate also invested in the petroleum industry, has signed a deal with Saudi Aramco to build a refinery and a chemicals plant in northeast…

Russian Oil Companies Won’t Receive Compensation For Cut Extension

Russian Oil Companies Won’t Receive Compensation For Cut Extension

May 16, 2017 at 09:17 | Irina Slav

Russia’s oil companies that are taking part in the OPEC-led production cut effort will not receive any compensation for the reduced output, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said. A preliminary…

US Shale To Increase 122,000 BPD Next Month

US Shale To Increase 122,000 BPD Next Month

May 15, 2017 at 16:57 | Zainab Calcuttawala

American shale output will continue its rise in June, the Energy Information Administration said on Monday in a forecast likely to further rouse the irritation of members of the Organization…

Nigeria’s Next Hurdle To Restoring Oil Output

Nigeria’s Next Hurdle To Restoring Oil Output

May 15, 2017 at 16:51 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Pengassan, has told its members to withdraw their services from production facilities and offices of international oil companies operating in…

UAE A Model For New Oil Market Realities

UAE A Model For New Oil Market Realities

May 15, 2017 at 16:39 | Zainab Calcuttawala

The United Arab Emirates’ fiscal machine has adapted to the status quo of global oil markets, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday. The…

NNPC Plots Exploration Of Chad Basin As Boko Haram Threat Fades

NNPC Plots Exploration Of Chad Basin As Boko Haram Threat Fades

May 15, 2017 at 14:42 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Progress in Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram will allow the country to continue exploration for oil in the Chad Basin – a formation recently freed from the grips of the…

Higher Prices Raise Norway’s Oil Export Value By 30% Y/Y In April

Higher Prices Raise Norway’s Oil Export Value By 30% Y/Y In April

May 15, 2017 at 13:36 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Norway’s crude oil exports were basically flat in volume last month compared to April 2016, but the higher oil prices led to a 30-percent rise in crude oil export revenues…

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