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Libyan PFG Relinquishes Control Of Major Refinery

Libyan PFG Relinquishes Control Of Major Refinery

Jan 06, 2017 at 14:28 | Irina Slav

Following accusations of fuel smuggling from the chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) has removed itself from the Zawiya refinery, Libyan media report,…

South Sudan Says Unity Oilfield Production To Resume Soon

South Sudan Says Unity Oilfield Production To Resume Soon

Jan 06, 2017 at 14:19 | Tsvetana Paraskova

South Sudan will restart crude oil production from oilfields in the Unity state within two months, which could potentially derail OPEC and non-cartel producers’ deal to curtail global supply in…

Trump’s Energy Dept Pick Perry Quits Oil Company Board

Trump’s Energy Dept Pick Perry Quits Oil Company Board

Jan 06, 2017 at 12:22 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is Donald Trump’s nominee for Energy Secretary, has resigned from the board of directors of Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the highly-contested…

Yemen To Export First Crude Since August

Yemen To Export First Crude Since August

Jan 06, 2017 at 12:13 | Irina Slav

Yemen may export its first crude oil shipment since August later this month, according to fixture list data showing Glencore has booked an oil tanker, to dock in Yemen…

Gulf Of Mexico Platform Fire Put Out, Production Shut-In

Gulf Of Mexico Platform Fire Put Out, Production Shut-In

Jan 06, 2017 at 09:42 | Irina Slav

The fire on a Gulf of Mexico platform off the Louisiana coast has been put out and no pollution has been detected, the U.S. Coast Guard said, as quoted…

OPEC Oil Output Falls From Record Highs

OPEC Oil Output Falls From Record Highs

Jan 05, 2017 at 17:08 | Charles Kennedy

A newly released survey by Reuters indicates that OPEC oil output in December fell from its record high - for the first time since May - falling to 34.18 million…

600 Hundred Arrested And 1 Dead As Mexican Gas Price Protests Intensify

600 Hundred Arrested And 1 Dead As Mexican Gas Price Protests Intensify

Jan 05, 2017 at 16:05 | Charles Kennedy

Some 600 people have been arrested, one policeman killed and around 300 stores looted as protests intensify in Mexico following the weekend decision to hike fuel prices by 20 percent,…

Fire Burns On Gulf Of Mexico Oil Platform, 4 Rescued

Fire Burns On Gulf Of Mexico Oil Platform, 4 Rescued

Jan 05, 2017 at 11:12 | Tsvetana Paraskova

A fire on an oil production platform offshore Louisiana broke out early on Thursday and four people were evacuated from the platform, the U.S. Coast Guard said, adding there…

U.S. LNG Fleet Heads To Asia As Spot Prices Soar

U.S. LNG Fleet Heads To Asia As Spot Prices Soar

Jan 05, 2017 at 11:03 | Tsvetana Paraskova

With Asian LNG spot prices almost doubling in three months, a total of nine U.S. LNG cargoes are traveling to northeast Asia, the world’s top LNG demand destination, as the…

Human Rights Lawyers Take Angola’s Oil CEO To Court

Human Rights Lawyers Take Angola’s Oil CEO To Court

Jan 05, 2017 at 10:35 | Irina Slav

A group of 12 human rights lawyers, who last year filed a suit against the new head of Angola’s state-owned oil company Sonangol, have now taken matters to the…

Venezuela’s Maduro Names New Oil Minister

Venezuela’s Maduro Names New Oil Minister

Jan 05, 2017 at 09:51 | Irina Slav

In a surprise move, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has named a new Economy and Finance Minister and also replaced Eulogio del Pino as head of the Oil Ministry in…

API Reports A Major Crude Oil Draw

API Reports A Major Crude Oil Draw

Jan 04, 2017 at 16:25 | Charles Kennedy

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has reported a sizable draw on U.S. crude oil inventories, down 7.4 million barrels over the previous week—a much larger draw that expected, and the…

Goldman Sachs Sees 84% Compliance With OPEC Cuts

Goldman Sachs Sees 84% Compliance With OPEC Cuts

Jan 04, 2017 at 15:19 | Tsvetana Paraskova

OPEC and the non-cartel producers that have joined the effort to reduce global oil supply have a high incentive to bring about a fast normalization of crude inventories, which would…

Lebanon Passes Key Legislation To Tap Huge Levant Basin

Lebanon Passes Key Legislation To Tap Huge Levant Basin

Jan 04, 2017 at 15:11 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The new Lebanese government adopted on Wednesday two landmark decrees to define oil and gas exploration blocks, which could give a much-needed start to tendering offshore reserves in Lebanon’s portion…

Tillerson Cuts All Ties With Exxon To Become Secretary Of State

Tillerson Cuts All Ties With Exxon To Become Secretary Of State

Jan 04, 2017 at 14:39 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Exxon Mobil and Rex Tillerson have agreed to cut all ties as part of conflict-of-interest requirements while the former Exxon CEO and chairman is awaiting a confirmation process as U.S.…

Vitol Loans US$1B To Iran In Exchange For Future Oil Exports

Vitol Loans US$1B To Iran In Exchange For Future Oil Exports

Jan 04, 2017 at 14:14 | Irina Slav

Commodity trader Vitol has agreed to provide the National Iranian Oil Company with the euro equivalent of US$1 billion in exchange for a share in future oil product exports…

Tesla Misses 2016 Delivery Target

Tesla Misses 2016 Delivery Target

Jan 04, 2017 at 13:59 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Tesla Motors said on Tuesday that it had delivered 76,230 vehicles in 2016, which was less than its target of 79,000 deliveries, but was expected by many analysts. Deliveries…

Nigeria Awards 2017 Crude Oil Term Contracts To 39 Companies

Nigeria Awards 2017 Crude Oil Term Contracts To 39 Companies

Jan 04, 2017 at 12:03 | Tsvetana Paraskova

State-held Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded the 2017/2018 crude oil term contracts to 38 companies to lift 32,000 bpd each and an NNPC unit to load 90,000 bpd,…

Fuel Price Protests In Mexico Lead To Critical Situation

Fuel Price Protests In Mexico Lead To Critical Situation

Jan 04, 2017 at 10:55 | Irina Slav

Mexicans, who took to the streets at the start of this week to protest a sharp spike in fuel prices, have now created a critical situation in at least three…

Glencore, Qatar Close Deal for 19.5% Stake in Russian Rosneft

Glencore, Qatar Close Deal for 19.5% Stake in Russian Rosneft

Jan 04, 2017 at 10:27 | Irina Slav

Swiss-based commodity trader and miner Glencore and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund have announced the completion of a deal for the acquisition of 19.5 percent in Russia’s oil behemoth Rosneft.…

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