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    Published 27 July 2018 | viewed 6,704 times

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    BHP Billiton has concluded the sale of its U.S. shale oil operations to BP and Merit Energy, a local U.S. oil independent, for US$10.8 billion,…

  • Saudi Budget Deficit Shrinks As Oil Prices Rally

    Published 26 July 2018 | viewed 9,285 times

    Higher oil prices are invariably good news for oil-dependent economies. The latest price rally is particularly good news for the world’s top oil exporter, Saudi…

  • Total’s Record Production Boosts Q2 Profit

    Published 26 July 2018 | viewed 5,435 times

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  • Indian Refiner Cancels Iranian Oil Shipment As Insurance Won’t Cover Cargo

    Published 26 July 2018 | viewed 16,074 times

    Hindustan Petroleum has cancelled a crude oil shipment from Iran after its insurer refused to provide coverage for the cargo on concern about U.S. sanctions,…

  • Venezuela Boosts Reserves By Granting Central Bank Oil Bloc

    Published 26 July 2018 | viewed 7,194 times

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  • Saudi Arabia Halts Oil Shipments At Key Chokepoint

    Published 26 July 2018 | viewed 23,168 times

    Saudi Arabia halted crude oil and oil product shipments via the Bab el Mandeb chokepoint in the Red Sea after a Houthi attack on two…

  • Oil Jobs Under Threat From Drones

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  • Citi: The Case For $45 Oil

    Published 25 July 2018 | viewed 49,895 times

    Oil could be back to US$45 a barrel within 12 months, Citigroup’s commodities chief Ed Morse said in an interview with the Financial Post, noting…

  • Oil Markets Stabilize On Major Crude Draw

    Published 25 July 2018 | viewed 23,523 times

    A day after the American Petroleum Institute pushed prices up by surprising the market with a draw across the crude oil and fuels inventory board,…

  • Petrobras Could Be Selling Mature Oil Fields To EIG-Backed Bidder

    Published 25 July 2018 | viewed 7,311 times

    Petrobras has entered exclusive talks with Ouro Preto Oleo e Gas, a company backed by EIG, for the sale of two mature oil field clusters,…

  • Is The Solar Industry Really In Trouble?

    Published 24 July 2018 | viewed 26,981 times

    Last week Goldman Sachs ruined the mood of many in the solar industry—at least of those who pay attention to investment bank forecasts—by projecting that…

  • U.S. Refiners Set To Benefit From Shipping Emissions Rule

    Published 24 July 2018 | viewed 6,474 times

    Large U.S. refiners such as Valero and Philips 66 are set to benefit from a shipping fuel emission rule that will come into force in…

  • Can China Replicate The U.S. Shale Boom?

    Published 24 July 2018 | viewed 22,427 times

    The world’s largest gas importer is also home to the world’s largest reserves of shale gas—gas that is just sitting there, at least for now.…

  • Rosneft Sues Exxon, Others Over Sakhalin Oil Project

    Published 24 July 2018 | viewed 6,741 times

    Russia’s Rosneft is suing five of its partners in the Sakhalin-1 oil project for US$1.4 billion (89 billion rubles), including Exxon, Indian ONGC Videsh, Japanese…

  • U.S. Refiners Scramble To Avoid Railcar Shortage

    Published 24 July 2018 | viewed 7,781 times

    U.S. oil refiners as well as producers are frantically looking for ways to reverse a decision by the country’s largest railroad operator, BNSF Railway Co,…

  • Oilfield Service Majors See Bright Future Ahead

    Published 23 July 2018 | viewed 10,615 times

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  • Tesla Turns To Suppliers To Help It Become Profitable

    Published 23 July 2018 | viewed 4,950 times

    Tesla has asked some of its suppliers to return parts of payments that the carmaker has made since 2016 in an attempt to turn in…

  • Taiwan Refiner Samples U.S. Crude

    Published 23 July 2018 | viewed 7,681 times

    Taiwanese refiner Formosa Petrochemical Corp has bought its first-ever cargo of U.S. crude oil—Mars grade—as part of efforts to diversify supplies, Reuters reports, citing a…

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