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  • South Korea To Build World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    Published 05 February 2021 | viewed 6,114 times

    South Korea will invest some $43 billion in constructing what is to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Reuters reports, adding that the project…

  • China’s Oil Major CNOOC Boosts Capex To 7-Year High Despite Pandemic

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  • Cold Weather Pushes Gas Prices Above $3

    Published 04 February 2021 | viewed 8,596 times

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  • India Worried About Rapid Oil Price Rally

    Published 04 February 2021 | viewed 10,999 times

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  • Shell’s Profits Plunge 87% In 2020

    Published 04 February 2021 | viewed 4,356 times

    Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell reported a profit of 4.85 billion for 2020, down 87 percent on the year, from $16.46 billion booked for 2019. While the…

  • Brazil's Petrobras Exports Record Amount Of Crude In January

    Published 03 February 2021 | viewed 1,936 times

    Petrobras exported a record amount of crude oil in January this year, Argus reports, at 19.3 million bpd through the Angra dos Reis terminal. The…

  • Oil Prices Inch Lower On EIA Crude Inventory Report

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