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Inpex Sells Ichthys LNG at Record Low

Apr 28, 2020

Inpex sold a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from Australia's Ichthys plant for loading in May at what traders say is a record low price.Inpex had offered two cargoes for loading in May and has sold at least one of them at about $1.70 to $1…

BP's Profit Tumbles

Apr 28, 2020

BP's first-quarter profits tumbled by two-thirds as the coronavirus crisis hammered oil demand and the energy major's debt rose sharply as it warned of exceptional uncertainty ahead.London-based BP said it expected significantly lower refining…

Diamond Offshore Sues Beach Energy for Terminating Drilling Contract

Apr 27, 2020

Bankrupt Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc has sued Australian oil and gas producer Beach Energy Ltd for abruptly terminating a $65 million drilling contract.Beach Energy ended the agreement, claiming Diamond Offshore missed a 'contractual milestone to deliver the rig'…

China's Crude Imports from Saudi Slip, Russia Up 31%

Apr 27, 2020

China's March crude oil imports from top supplier Saudi Arabia fell 1.6% from a year earlier, while purchases from No.2 supplier Russia rose 31%, Reuters' calculations based on customs data showed on Sunday.China's March crude oil imports rose 4…

Sembcorp Begins Proceedings Against Hin Leong Affiliate

Apr 27, 2020

Sembcorp Industries on Monday said its Sembcorp Cogen unit had begun legal proceedings to assert ownership over some gasoil reserves stored in tanks at Singapore's Universal Terminal, partly owned by oil trader Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd.Just last week…

Petronas Denies Shutting Down Offshore Rigs

Apr 27, 2020

The Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has denied reports claiming the company has shut down 14 oil rigs.'Petronas refutes the allegations in news reports published in the New Straits Times dated 24 April 2020, regarding the deactivation of 14 Petronas oil rigs as reported in its print version…

KrisEnergy Sues Rubicon

Apr 27, 2020

KrisEnergy, a Southeast Asia-focused oil company, has started proceedings against FPSO owner Rubicon at the High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts of England and Wales.The oil company is reacting to a claim recently made by Rubicon demanding a $2…

Diamond Offshore Files for Bankruptcy

Apr 27, 2020

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas on Sunday, after the company recently skipped making an interest payment and said it had retained restructuring advisers.The Houston-based contract drilling company's filing…

Indonesia: Oil and Gas Sector Seeks Travel Ban Exemption

Apr 24, 2020

Indonesia's upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas will ask the Transport Ministry to exempt the sector from its ban on air and sea travel to reduce disruptions to drilling operations, an official at the regulator said on Friday.To curb the…

Supertanker Rates Ease After Spike. Could Jump Again Soon

Apr 24, 2020

Supertanker freight rates eased this week as surging demand for floating storage cooled and crude oil output is set to fall, but rates could jump again as fewer tankers become available and as traders take advantage of weak oil prices, sources said…

Malaysia Calls for Peaceful End to South China Sea Standoff

Apr 23, 2020

Malaysia called on Thursday for disputes over the South China Sea to be resolved by peaceful means, amid a standoff between Chinese and Malaysian vessels that a U.S. think tank said had been going on for months.U.S. and Australian warships arrived…

Santos Revenue Down. Says Has Strong Liquidity Position

Apr 23, 2020

Australia's Santos Ltd posted a 13% drop in first-quarter revenue on Thursday due to lower realized prices for oil and gas, but said it had sufficient liquidity and debt headroom to weather the recent crude price crash.The country's second-largest…

Keppel Delivers New Jack-Up Drilling Rig to Borr Drilling

Apr 23, 2020

Singapore-based offshore drilling rig builder Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered a newbuild jack-up drilling rig to Norway's Borr Drilling.The rig, named Hild, was built to Keppel's KFELS Super B Class design. The Hild is the sixth jack-up that Keppel has delivered to Borr Drilling…

Malaysia's Kimanis Crude Supply to Halve in May, June

Apr 22, 2020

The supply of Malaysia's flagship crude grade Kimanis will be halved in May and June due to weak demand and as the country has agreed to reduce production in a pact with major oil producers, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday…

Qatar Books Chinese Shipyard Capacity in LNG Carrier Fleet Expansion Push

Apr 22, 2020

Qatari state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Petroleum has signed a deal to reserve LNG ship construction capacity in China in a deal potentially worth more than $3 billion.QP said that the reserved LNG carrier construction capacity would be used for QP’s future LNG carrier fleet requirements…

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