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  • Qatar’s Energy Sector Shrinks By 2.7% In Q2

    Published 02 October 2017 | viewed 4,971 times

    Qatar reported a 2.7-percent annual contraction in its mining and quarrying sector, which includes oil and gas production, for the second quarter of the year.…

  • Saudis See Economy Shrink In Spite Of Higher Oil Prices

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  • Brazil Puts Eletrobras Up For Sale For 30 Cents: But Is It Really A Bargain?

    Published 29 September 2017 | viewed 7,389 times

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  • Shale Drillers To Lose At Sub-$50 Oil

    Published 29 September 2017 | viewed 7,623 times

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  • Tesla On Track To Build World’s Biggest Battery

    Published 29 September 2017 | viewed 9,578 times

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    Published 28 September 2017 | viewed 37,454 times

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  • Statoil Sends Crude To Asia With World’s Last Ultra-Large Carrier

    Published 28 September 2017 | viewed 8,212 times

    Norway’s Statoil has chartered the last ultra-large crude carrier in the world, TI Europe, to Malaysia, where the oil will be transferred onto smaller vessels…

  • Aramco Optimizes Oil Trading Operations Ahead Of IPO

    Published 28 September 2017 | viewed 10,199 times

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    Published 28 September 2017 | viewed 15,812 times

    Exxon won the rights to develop 10 oil blocks in Brazil’s deep waters at a Wednesday auction that marks a turn for the local oil…

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