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Smarter Energy Policy Will Broaden Offshore Recovery

Sep 25, 2018

For the past few years, depressed commodity prices, stricter regulatory requirements and competition from onshore development at home and from other countries offering attractive offshore lease and royalty terms have had severe impacts on new exploration in the U…

Big Oil Readies Brazil Offshore Bets

Sep 24, 2018

Exxon Mobil Corp , Royal Dutch Shell Plc and other companies will gather on Friday in possibly their last crack at Brazil's coveted offshore oil for another four years, as a wide-open election spurs fears about barriers to foreign investment…

Russia's Energy Minister: High Oil Prices Benefit No One

Sep 24, 2018

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told Rossiya state TV that high oil prices are not beneficial to anyone, after the OPEC and non-OPEC group of oil-producing countries ruled out any immediate increase in crude output.'All countries should aim to reach one goal: a balance of demand and supply…

Lukoil Gets Approval for LPG Supplies to Ukraine

Sep 21, 2018

Russia's No.2 oil producer Lukoil has obtained approval from a Russian export control regulator on supplies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) such as propane and butane to Ukraine, traders said on Friday.LPG and diesel were listed as goods of dual purposes…

O&G Output at Russia's Pacific Sakhalin Island Seen Down in 2019

Sep 20, 2018

Production of oil and natural gas at the Russian Pacific island of Sakhalin is expected to decline next year, the local government said in an emailed response to a Reuters query.Sakhalin, which is also famous for producing seafood, derives most…

China and U.S. Energy Officials Tout Cooperation, Despite Tariffs

Sep 19, 2018

Energy trade with China will remain strong in the long-term, officials said on Wednesday at a China-U.S. oil and gas forum in Houston, even as an escalating trade dispute hits U.S. exports of natural gas.Cooperation could be expanded and more…

China LNG Tariff Casts Shadow Over New US Export Terminals

Sep 18, 2018

China set a 10 percent tariff on U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, extending a trade dispute into energy and casting a shadow over U.S. export terminals that would propel the United States into the world's second-largest LNG seller.Beijing on Tuesday said it would tax U…

U.S. Energy Secretary to Russia: Joint Work Could Help Market Stability

Sep 13, 2018

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Thursday he had told his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak in talks in Moscow that Washington and Moscow could work together as leading energy producers to ensure global market stability.Perry said…

Qatargas, PetroChina Sign 22-Years LNG Supply Deal

Sep 10, 2018

Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producer,  has announced a long-term Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with PetroChina International Company Limited, a unit of PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina), to supply China with around 3.4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum…

Indonesia to Issue Rules on Crude Oil Sales Next Week

Sep 05, 2018

* Indonesia expects to issue rules next week prioritising Pertamina and other domestic refinery operators in sales of crude oil produced locally by contractors, Oil and Gas Director Djoko Siswanto said on Wednesday* The rules require Pertamina…

China's Falling U.S. Crude Imports More to do with Money than Politics

Aug 27, 2018

One of the side effects of President Donald Trump's escalating trade dispute with China is that U.S. exports of crude oil to the world's biggest importer are now viewed through the prism of politics.However, this ignores that buyers and sellers…

U.S. Sanctions Russian Firms, Vessels Over N. Korea Oil Transfers

Aug 21, 2018

The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on two Russian shipping companies and six vessels it said were involved in the transfer of refined petroleum products to North Korean vessels in violation of U.N. restrictions.The U.S. Treasury…

Trump Administration Proposes Rolling Back Obama's Clean Power Plan

Aug 21, 2018

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed replacing the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of former President Barack Obama's regulatory efforts to combat climate change.The proposal released by the Environmental Protection Agency is now open for a public comment period…

China Shifts to Iranian Tankers to Keep Oil Flowing Amid US Sanctions

Aug 20, 2018

Chinese buyers of Iranian oil are starting to shift their cargoes to vessels owned by National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) for nearly all of their imports to keep supply flowing amid the re-imposition of economic sanctions by the United States…

En+ Considers Move to Russia's New Offshore Zone

Aug 16, 2018

En+ Group, hit by U.S. sanctions against Russia in April, said on Thursday it was investigating the possibility of re-domiciling from Britain's Jersey to one of Russia's new offshore zones.London-listed En+ Group, which manages the energy and aluminium businesses of Oleg Deripaska…

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